Tassie Morris is everyone’s favourite wedding photographer, famous for her photos of offbeat ceremonies and alternative brides. Yet commitment is proving impossible for Tassie herself, who cannot forget her first love.
When she’s sent to photograph a ceremony on Schiehallion - the Fairy Hill of the Scottish Caledonians - she meets Dan, who might be the one to make her forget her past. That is, until a family crisis begins a chain of events that threaten to destroy not only Tassie’s love life, but her entire career.
Set in a colourful world of extraordinary weddings, Shoot the Moon explores the complexities of different kinds of love: romantic love, mother love, friendship. And, ultimately, the importance of loving yourself.
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Review
Tassie might have a successful job, great friends, and a garden she adores, but she's getting awfully tired of them playing happy couples while she's still hung up on her childhood sweetheart. Enter Dan, last minute Best Man and Tassie's ride to a wedding in remote Scotland. The connection is instant, but Tassie's got a self-destructive streak that might ruin everything.
This is a refreshing, emotional, and delightful read about someone falling in love, losing it, and finding herself and her happy ending along the way. Not a coming of age, nor a Hallmark movie, but a genuine romance about friends, family, and farming, with just a smidge of the supernatural. I would however warn for discussion around infertility if this is something that distresses.
I loved that Tassie unashamedly loved cheese and made mistakes, painting her as both likeable and realistic. Dan is a little more hazy but we are given enough of him to understand why Tassie falls for him. Tassie's friends and family are an eclectic and loveable bunch, each with their own foibles and stories - enough to enjoy but not so much that they take over the story. I could well imagine them as the cast of a series, with this as one of many storylines spanning multiple episodes.
It was so very satisfying, after everything had fallen apart, to see things come together, throwaway lines woven together with a deft hand to a believable conclusion. I enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more by the author.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book via Rachel's Random Resources; all opinions are my own.
Author Bio
Bella Cassidy grew up in the West Country - reading contemporary romances, romances, historical novels, literary fiction... just about anything she could lay her hands on. After a few years in London, working as a waitress and in PR and advertising, she went to Sussex to read English - despite admitting in her pre-interview that this rather sociable period in her life had seen her read only one book in six months: a Jilly Cooper.
She’s had an eclectic range of jobs: including in the world of finance; social housing fundraising; a stint at the Body Shop - working as Anita Roddick’s assistant; as a secondary school teacher, then teaching babies to swim: all over the world.
She’s done a lot of research for writing a wedding romance, having had two herself. For her first she was eight months pregnant - a whale in bright orange - and was married in a barn with wood fires burning. The second saw her in elegant Edwardian silk, crystals and lace, teamed with yellow wellies and a cardigan. Both were great fun; but it was lovely having her daughter alongside, rather than inside her at the second one.
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