Wow, I loved Christmas in the Castle Library by Ann Swindell. A scholar, Ellie Sawyer, who is working on her dissertation is offered a residency over the Christmas holiday in the fictional European country of Lethersby. Though not exactly what she was hoping for (she was hoping for the full semester), she decided to take the opportunity to continue researching the 100 year old mystery of the country's missing queen.
She receives some help from Mark, a man she meets in the castle library. A man who says vaguely that he works in the castle, though he doesn't really give any more information. However, he also loves digging into history and Ellie welcomes the help, seeing as her time in Lethersby is quite short for the amount of work she has to do..
They work together to see if they can discover anything that scholars through the years have missed. Not only is her dissertation and professional future dependant on the results of this research, but the country and royal family would love to know what really happened.
I loved the mystery of the missing queen, and the relationship that developed between Ellie and Mark. The author really brought the castle and the kingdom to life. Faith was an extremely important part of the story and the author wove it into the live of the characters wonderfully.
I loved this book and can't wait until I can read book 2.
I received an e-copy of this book as a member of the launch team and was not required to write a favorable review. These are my own honest thoughts.
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