Thank you to NetGalley and Storm Publishing for this ARC.

After Cassie, 37, American with Irish roots, has been jilted at the altar, she takes the money her beloved Nanna Nora left her and spends it on a month long Christmas holiday in the Cotswolds.
 
Why she doesn't go to Ireland beats me, but luckily the book is not called A Christmas in Ireland but a Very Irish Christmas so she finds a ready-made close-knit Irish community in this small English village, complete with an English viscount and his eccentric family: mother Allegra who has dementia, teenage daughter Georgie and Roberts the housekeeper. And a stray dog called Eejit who sort of adopts her. 

Soon she is immersed not only in village life but also in helping Charles the viscount in planning and staging events to hold at Bancroft Manor to increase his revenue. Both he and Irishman Ryan are interested in her but she can't decide so instead she delves into finding out more about Nanna Nora's past in Ireland.

"Woman leaves her old life behind and finds a new one in a community that draws her in" is not a new trope and quite predictable.

However, in Debbie Johnson's hands this becomes a brilliantly written, feel-good, heartwarming fast read with great supporting characters.
 
I didn't care much for the love triangle and didn't find the romance too convincing, especially as there aren't enough scenes between the main characters. This should have been fleshed out more.

However, I loved the description of the snowy Cotswolds and Cork in winter and all the Irish expressions. It is cosy and festive and has log fires aplenty. The Irish blessings and quotes dotted about were a nice touch! What a delightful holiday read.