The Wassail Wager- A Sweet Regency Christmas Romance Novella

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  • Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
  • In the enchanting depths of Cornwall, Evie Kernow, a spirited rebel banished from the glittering streets of London, embarks on a journey where love blooms unexpectedly. Amidst a land steeped in secrets and smugglers, she stumbles upon Gryffyn Pascoe, a brooding and formidable figure. Initially unimpressed by the locals, Evie finds herself irresistibly drawn to the handsome owner of a fine estate-a man who has forgotten the warmth of a smile.
    Fueling her curiosity, Evie makes a daring wager with herself: she will unravel the secrets behind Gryffyn's guarded heart and teach him the joy of a genuine smile. As they traverse the rugged landscapes and collide with society's expectations, an unspoken connection blossoms between them. Evie's spirited determination awakens Gryffyn's dormant emotions, kindling a passion they both believed unattainable.
    Amidst the breathtaking backdrop of Cornwall's captivating beauty, Evie and Gryffyn embark on a heartwarming dance of friendship, hope, and the promise of love. Can Evie's tender touch and indomitable spirit heal Gryffyn's wounded soul?
    Lose yourself in this captivating tale, where the magic of Cornwall weaves its spell, and love blossoms against all odds.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 62

  • @ragingsea6667
    @ragingsea6667 11 місяців тому +8

    I like the bit that "she is on the shelf so much that she needs dusting" 😆

    • @cathbilson
      @cathbilson  11 місяців тому +4

      Thanks! As an author, I know it's a good line when I give myself a giggle over it!

    • @ragingsea6667
      @ragingsea6667 9 місяців тому +1

      Laughter is a great medicine....

  • @chrisberry9017
    @chrisberry9017 Рік тому +17

    Thank you so much Catherine. I listened to this lovely story on what would have been our 32nd. wedding anniversary. My dear husband died two months ago of dementia. We loved each other dearly.

    • @cathbilson
      @cathbilson  Рік тому +8

      I'm so sorry to hear that. My day job is in disability care and I'm currently working with some early onset dementia patients: it's a terrible illness and I think in a lot of ways it's harder on those left behind. I hope this brought you a little comfort.

    • @chrisberry9017
      @chrisberry9017 Рік тому +5

      Indeed it did my friend! I actually feel closer to Alan than I’ve done for some time. The illness was masking who he truly is. Thankfully Alan had already lived a very full and rewarding life before the dementia started in his mid seventies, and he was very much loved by the staff at the care home. The experience has certainly taught me a great deal, which hopefully I can use to benefit others. Your writing is a joy! Thank you.@@cathbilson

  • @francinemanuel2450
    @francinemanuel2450 9 місяців тому +6

    I thoroughly enjoyed the blend of humor and romance and so beautifully read by the author...thank you for sharing your talent 🥰

  • @nileoracle
    @nileoracle 8 місяців тому +8

    The background scenery video is wonderful addition

    • @cathbilson
      @cathbilson  8 місяців тому +1

      Oh thank you! I try to make it look cute as well as sound good :D

    • @nileoracle
      @nileoracle 8 місяців тому +4

      @@cathbilson you did better than that my dear it is a very soothing comforting smooth movement along with the narration and the wonderful story itself it is so much better than looking at a flat image of a book cover on the screen it gives a feeling of being there well done

  • @barbarawilliams8523
    @barbarawilliams8523 Рік тому +9

    This is a truly lovely story. Thank you so much for writing it and recording it.

  • @gavanbennett140
    @gavanbennett140 5 місяців тому +3

    This is the third story by Catherine Bilson I have listened to and they have all been very enjoyable. In my opinion they are all very well written and well narrated by her. She just seems to have the knack of striking a balance so that even though you know it’s fiction it seems believable and of course the main point is it has always been an enjoyably entertaining listen.

    • @cathbilson
      @cathbilson  5 місяців тому +2

      Oh, thank you so much! I like to think I'm a study of character and I try hard to make the characters I'm writing about believable by asking myself the hard questions. Given everything we know about this character, what would a reasonably sensible and intelligent person DO in this situation? Way too many times I've tossed a book aside in frustration because 'nobody would react like that!' My ultimate goal is for nobody to have that reaction when reading one of MY books.

  • @denisedavis8917
    @denisedavis8917 5 місяців тому +3

    Thank you my dear for your wonderful writings. It makes this old heart sing.

  • @eloicasmith9801
    @eloicasmith9801 5 місяців тому +3

    Thanks so much for this beautiful book- awesome narrator🎉

  • @colly1952
    @colly1952 Рік тому +3

    Love the voice of the narator as well as the story

  • @rmuller366
    @rmuller366 10 місяців тому +2

    Excellent! 10 stars from a new subscriber. I love this Era. Thank you for writing and narrating Griff and Evie's story. And for keeping it clean. Look forward to listening to other audiobooks you have. Blessings to you!

  • @martakavaliauskaite4566
    @martakavaliauskaite4566 Рік тому +6

    Thank you

  • @jessicahickey8247
    @jessicahickey8247 Рік тому +7

    I have listened now to a few of your books, and really enjoy them, excellent writing and reading.

  • @charlottewolf1096
    @charlottewolf1096 4 години тому

    Thank you so much for this x just what I needed when I'm feeling low 😔 xx

  • @lanaMateo-zu7up
    @lanaMateo-zu7up Рік тому +11

    A charming romance. Thank you😌

  • @tumisekhame9621
    @tumisekhame9621 Рік тому +7

    Loved it, loved it, LOVED IT! Thank you.

  • @vickicsurbs444
    @vickicsurbs444 8 місяців тому +1

    Such a good story❤ Thank you!

  • @sassandsavvy007
    @sassandsavvy007 11 місяців тому +2

    What a lovely story and so very charmingly narrated. Thank you very much for sharing it with us, you made an old lassie smile in her sickbed. I'm looking forward to checking out more of your works. All the best to you you and your loved ones 🙋🏻‍♀

  • @guignegenie8253
    @guignegenie8253 4 місяці тому +1

    What a charming story. I enjoyed it so very much. Thank you for sharing ❤❤❤

  • @liamnovel
    @liamnovel Місяць тому

    I'm so glad I found this video. This is exactly the kind of story I enjoy! 😍

  • @karenzak6627
    @karenzak6627 Рік тому +4

    Lovely story, wonderful characters. Thank you!

  • @dawndaniels5941
    @dawndaniels5941 5 місяців тому +2

    Such a refreshing book to listen too.

  • @TedaR
    @TedaR Рік тому +15

    I would love to hear your work adapted & performed as full cast radio dramas! ✅💯👍🏼

  • @vivianetien1384
    @vivianetien1384 Рік тому +9

    Love the humorous between the lines. Such an enjoyable listening experience. Thanks very much❤

  • @minaj6628
    @minaj6628 11 місяців тому +1

    Such a sweet novella! Thank you for sharing this clean romance story with us! ❤

  • @ismamura794
    @ismamura794 8 місяців тому +1

    Carinoooo!!! leggero come una piuma rosa .😍💘

  • @jh-hh6vs
    @jh-hh6vs 10 місяців тому +1

    Lovely story❤ Thank you❤

  • @jimpaxton8341
    @jimpaxton8341 8 місяців тому +1

    How adorable this book was.

  • @Sophie-un6df
    @Sophie-un6df Рік тому +4

    I really love these audio books! This is my first time getting into it

  • @hhh123aaa
    @hhh123aaa Рік тому +2

    You write truly lovely stories.❤

  • @cinziabeley7059
    @cinziabeley7059 Рік тому +1

    Such a lot of fun!!

  • @zainabbohri4495
    @zainabbohri4495 Рік тому +3

    It was amazing !!

  • @hartwell146
    @hartwell146 Рік тому +4

    I enjoy this very much ❤

  • @thesussexstitcher
    @thesussexstitcher Рік тому +1

    It made me cry … difficult to do. X

  • @brandypalm527
    @brandypalm527 28 днів тому

    I can't tale the screeching

  • @sleavitt5135
    @sleavitt5135 Рік тому +14

    Have to say the narrator/author did a pretty good job on this book. Needs to practice her mans voice but otherwise okay. Way better than the AI readings which mostly I can't stand even on really good books.

    • @elim2234
      @elim2234 Рік тому +9

      She is wonderful! Author AND narrator- she is awesome, for she knows her characters well! Wouldn’t you say?

    • @annelawton6783
      @annelawton6783 Рік тому +2

      Agree with the man’s voice.

    • @twinnish
      @twinnish 11 місяців тому +5

      A man is not usually going to successfully do a female voice and a woman cannot fully successfully do a man’s voice, but I’m definitely getting the sense of it and I think the author narrator did a great job

    • @marshawargo7238
      @marshawargo7238 5 місяців тому +1

      I Do Not listen if it's AI😠!!! I do prefer a male & female duo, But This author/narrator is Great❤!!!

    • @birkethaumuller-grobler7826
      @birkethaumuller-grobler7826 4 місяці тому +1

      I think the narrator has an exceptional talent in the way she can change her voice to such ranges to give each character their voice and still keep her own voice as the narrator seperate. And for a woman to constantly talk in such a rough voice is no small feat as it strains the vocal chords quite a lot and yet...she still does and still manages to jump back to a female tone in a second. When I read to my boy, I often get so confused to just get the voices straight when required.

  • @birkethaumuller-grobler7826
    @birkethaumuller-grobler7826 4 місяці тому

    Ahhh, now I know why Miss Caroline Penhurst was planting turnips and happy to do so. 😂😂
    Thank you Catherine for another very enjoyable book and spectacular reading of it.❤

  • @jaysasso4392
    @jaysasso4392 3 місяці тому

    Great Story....and now we know the real story behind GRANNY SMITH APPLES (Part One) 😊

  • @barbarawilliams8523
    @barbarawilliams8523 10 місяців тому +2

    Isn’t there a sequel to this? If so, I would love to know what it is it seems I have read one where EB or another lady finally gets mixed up in the towns business.

    • @cathbilson
      @cathbilson  10 місяців тому +3

      The novella was in a multi-author boxed set called Sweet Secrets of Swain Cove, which is a 'shared world', so lots of the characters were shared across them. If you read the set (or the companion set, which was... I think Saucy Secrets of Swain Cove or something similar) there might well have been a story which shared some common elements!

    • @janefitton1198
      @janefitton1198 4 місяці тому

      Loved this romantic story Thank you Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️21/5/24

  • @emmaknight3890
    @emmaknight3890 9 місяців тому +1

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️➕

  • @pepperh.6775
    @pepperh.6775 8 місяців тому +1

    **Sigh** Great story 🤓

  • @mora_007
    @mora_007 2 місяці тому

    With all the fortune step-daddy dear had, mother couldn't appeal to him for a dowry for her firstborn??? Strangers have done better...Pathetic mother....at least fate intervened and gave her a life of her own

  • @marianne6876
    @marianne6876 4 місяці тому

    Surely a Cornishman would not have a Welsh first name.

    • @cathbilson
      @cathbilson  4 місяці тому +3

      You do realise that Cornwall and Wales are separated by only a fairly narrow stretch of water? And they're both Celtic nations? Lots of names in common with only slight variations of spelling.

    • @birkethaumuller-grobler7826
      @birkethaumuller-grobler7826 4 місяці тому +1

      What is in a name? Surely not location, right? I have a very German name (though hardly used as a girl's name in Germany), was born in South Africa and raised in Namibia...where I met one single person who was unfortunately blessed with the same name. Surely, Namibia is a right far distance away from Germany, so location surely is irrelevant in a name unless it is of geographical purpose. People move about.