Saturday, May 10, 2014

Blog Tour: Secrets in the Snow by Roz Marshall


Women's Fiction/Drama/Sports

Collection of 3 Novellas

The White Cairns Ski School early season collection (Episodes 1-3)
When her ski instructor husband is delayed from returning to Scotland, it falls to Jude Winters – creative graphic artist, mother and home-maker – to assemble a team of instructors and get the season started for ailing White Cairns Ski School.

It's a challenge that's way out of her comfort zone, especially since even the seemingly confident and extrovert ski instructors are hiding mysterious pasts or secret longings that might threaten the equilibrium of the ski school.

As they battle sabotage, stormy weather and accidents in the first months of the winter season, can she turn things around and keep the wolf from their door until her chief instructor gets back from New Zealand?

REVIEWS
"The words just flashed by. I forgot I was reading. I love the characters."

"Great story with an excellent ending that will leave you wanting, nay, needing more."


"I liked this story. It was quick and entertaining. It played out in my head like a movie"

“Secrets in the Snow” is a collection of the early season stories from the 'White Cairns Ski School' novella series about a Scottish snowsports school.


It’s a character-driven drama with an action setting, youngish-adult protagonists and romantic elements. If you enjoy early evening TV drama series like Downton Abbey (with mountains instead of mansions), Glee (with skiing instead of singing) or The Musketeers (with snowploughing instead of swashbuckling), then this might just be for you!



Review
Note: This is not yet a complete series. This is a collection of the first 2 novella's in Roz Marshall's, White Cairns Ski School Series. 

That being said, this is a great ride for fans of winter sports, sports in general, or anyone who is looking to read about something out of the norm for them. Reading is all about being taken away to new places and having new adventures through reading. This one definitely delivers in that area. I loved the setting of this story, Roz Marshall has done a great job of creating a vivid image of the surroundings and I could imagine myself there. 

The writing really showed a clear understanding and knowledge of the world of skiing/snowboarding and the lifestyle. 

Drama, wow, there is a lot going on in this series. There are a multitude of characters and it took a bit to get them all straight in my head.

This is a great first 1/2 of the series, and I'm looking forward to the conclusion.







Roz Marshall

Roz lives in Scotland with her husband and the obligatory dog and cat. She has been writing since childhood, including screenwriting, songwriting, web pages and even sentiments for greeting cards!
The White Cairns novellas are written from experiences Roz had whilst working as a ski instructor in various Scottish ski resorts and slopes - they do say you should 'write what you know'!

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