Chick Lit Winter Warmer - 'Wrapped up in You' - Carole Matthews

Winter Warmer?! This book is like central heating for your insides!

As soon as you are greeted with the lovely opening letter from Carole you will feel toasty..... and it only gets better.

Janie Johnson is a hairdresser. Her single status is the gossip of her friends and clients alike.

Determined to prove them wrong and show them she can get back into the dating game, Janie gives in to her best friend and goes on a blind date.

Janie sees the date as disastrous (it's hilarious!!) and when, not long after, her ex informs her he is having a baby with the new love of his life, Janie realises it's time she did something with hers.

Whilst being stalked by the man from the blind date, Janie wants to escape everything for a week. She leaves her evil cat with her lovely, lovely (divorced) neighbour Mike and heads to Africa.

The Maasai Mara couldn't be further from the life she has left behind. Janie finds herself falling in love with the Maasai Warrior Dominic and he tells her he feels the same.

Back on British soil, Janie can't imagine spending Christmas without her new Warrior and, oblivious to the warnings of her friends, she saves and borrows enough money to get her back to Kenya.

After spending a blissful Christmas with Dominic, Janie realises there is nobody else she would rather be with - not even Mike who is, quite clearly, in love with her.
Despite her friends concerns, Janie pays for Dominic to move to England.

Dominic is completely out of his comfort zone. Watching him settle into Village life is both hilarious and touching.

Janie's friends are sceptical about the new love of Janie's life they are convinced they have been proved right when Dominic disappears without a trace.

Mike is the much needed shoulder to cry on and is happy to help Janie in any way she needs.

The ending of this book is so delicious, I couldn't possibly give it away..... but be prepared to have your heart well and truly warmed in this magical story.

The way Carole Matthews shifts between the bright Mara background and the bleak British background is fantastic. Dominic's African clothing feels so bright against the British winter, yet it's almost as though some people find it too bright. Stereotypical points of view are highlighted in an excellent way as Dominic tries to fit in with Western culture.

This book does exactly what it says on the tin and completely wraps you up with a romantic, humorous and exotic blanket.