The Wassail Wager- A Sweet Regency Christmas Romance Novella

[@francinemanuel2450]

I thoroughly enjoyed the blend of humor and romance and so beautifully read by the author...thank you for sharing your talent 🥰

[@chrisberry9017]

Thank you so much Catherine. I listened to this lovely story on what would have been our 32nd. wedding anniversary. My dear husband died two months ago of dementia. We loved each other dearly.

[@cathbilson]

I'm so sorry to hear that. My day job is in disability care and I'm currently working with some early onset dementia patients: it's a terrible illness and I think in a lot of ways it's harder on those left behind. I hope this brought you a little comfort.

[@chrisberry9017]

Indeed it did my friend! I actually feel closer to Alan than I’ve done for some time. The illness was masking who he truly is. Thankfully Alan had already lived a very full and rewarding life before the dementia started in his mid seventies, and he was very much loved by the staff at the care home. The experience has certainly taught me a great deal, which hopefully I can use to benefit others. Your writing is a joy! Thank you.@@cathbilson

[@charlottewolf1096]

Thank you so much for this x just what I needed when I'm feeling low 😔 xx

[@barbarawilliams8523]

This is a truly lovely story. Thank you so much for writing it and recording it.

[@nileoracle]

The background scenery video is wonderful addition

[@cathbilson]

Oh thank you! I try to make it look cute as well as sound good :D

[@nileoracle]

@@cathbilson you did better than that my dear it is a very soothing comforting smooth movement along with the narration and the wonderful story itself it is so much better than looking at a flat image of a book cover on the screen it gives a feeling of being there well done

[@ragingsea6667]

I like the bit that "she is on the shelf so much that she needs dusting" 😆

[@cathbilson]

Thanks! As an author, I know it's a good line when I give myself a giggle over it!

[@ragingsea6667]

Laughter is a great medicine....

[@rmuller366]

Excellent! 10 stars from a new subscriber. I love this Era. Thank you for writing and narrating Griff and Evie's story. And for keeping it clean. Look forward to listening to other audiobooks you have. Blessings to you!

[@lanaMateo-zu7up]

A charming romance. Thank you😌

[@denisedavis8917]

Thank you my dear for your wonderful writings. It makes this old heart sing.

[@vickicsurbs444]

Such a good story❤ Thank you!

[@guignegenie8253]

What a charming story. I enjoyed it so very much. Thank you for sharing ❤❤❤

[@cathbilson]

Our pleasure!

[@eloicasmith9801]

Thanks so much for this beautiful book- awesome narrator🎉

[@jessicahickey8247]

I have listened now to a few of your books, and really enjoy them, excellent writing and reading.

[@sassandsavvy007]

What a lovely story and so very charmingly narrated. Thank you very much for sharing it with us, you made an old lassie smile in her sickbed. I'm looking forward to checking out more of your works. All the best to you you and your loved ones 🙋🏻‍♀

[@martakavaliauskaite4566]

Thank you

[@liamnovel]

I'm so glad I found this video. This is exactly the kind of story I enjoy! 😍

[@vivianetien1384]

Love the humorous between the lines. Such an enjoyable listening experience. Thanks very much❤

[@karenzak6627]

Lovely story, wonderful characters. Thank you!

[@colly1952]

Love the voice of the narator as well as the story

[@minaj6628]

Such a sweet novella! Thank you for sharing this clean romance story with us! ❤

[@ismamura794]

Carinoooo!!! leggero come una piuma rosa .😍💘

[@tumisekhame9621]

Loved it, loved it, LOVED IT! Thank you.

[@dawndaniels5941]

Such a refreshing book to listen too.

[@gavanbennett140]

This is the third story by Catherine Bilson I have listened to and they have all been very enjoyable. In my opinion they are all very well written and well narrated by her. She just seems to have the knack of striking a balance so that even though you know it’s fiction it seems believable and of course the main point is it has always been an enjoyably entertaining listen.

[@cathbilson]

Oh, thank you so much! I like to think I'm a study of character and I try hard to make the characters I'm writing about believable by asking myself the hard questions. Given everything we know about this character, what would a reasonably sensible and intelligent person DO in this situation? Way too many times I've tossed a book aside in frustration because 'nobody would react like that!' My ultimate goal is for nobody to have that reaction when reading one of MY books.

[@jh-hh6vs]

Lovely story❤ Thank you❤

[@TedaR]

I would love to hear your work adapted & performed as full cast radio dramas! ✅💯👍🏼

[@maryellenvannederynen1445]

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[@hhh123aaa]

You write truly lovely stories.❤

[@cathbilson]

Glad you like them!

[@jimpaxton8341]

How adorable this book was.

[@Sophie-un6df]

I really love these audio books! This is my first time getting into it

[@cathbilson]

Glad you like them!

[@cinziabeley7059]

Such a lot of fun!!

[@hartwell146]

I enjoy this very much ❤

[@thesussexstitcher]

It made me cry … difficult to do. X

[@brandypalm527]

I can't tale the screeching

[@zainabbohri4495]

It was amazing !!

[@birkethaumuller-grobler7826]

Ahhh, now I know why Miss Caroline Penhurst was planting turnips and happy to do so. 😂😂 Thank you Catherine for another very enjoyable book and spectacular reading of it.❤

[@jaysasso4392]

Great Story....and now we know the real story behind GRANNY SMITH APPLES (Part One) 😊

[@woodsandcreek7589]

Are Abigail and Tobias siblings? Who did they marry in a double wedding? Is Hiram Abigail's husband? Who is Tobias' wife? Is Mrs. Pascow "Birdie" from another book? This is an excellent story. It's funny too!❤

[@barbarawilliams8523]

Isn’t there a sequel to this? If so, I would love to know what it is it seems I have read one where EB or another lady finally gets mixed up in the towns business.

[@cathbilson]

The novella was in a multi-author boxed set called Sweet Secrets of Swain Cove, which is a 'shared world', so lots of the characters were shared across them. If you read the set (or the companion set, which was... I think Saucy Secrets of Swain Cove or something similar) there might well have been a story which shared some common elements!

[@janefitton1198]

Loved this romantic story Thank you Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️21/5/24

[@sleavitt5135]

Have to say the narrator/author did a pretty good job on this book. Needs to practice her mans voice but otherwise okay. Way better than the AI readings which mostly I can't stand even on really good books.

[@elim2234]

She is wonderful! Author AND narrator- she is awesome, for she knows her characters well! Wouldn’t you say?

[@annelawton6783]

Agree with the man’s voice.

[@twinnish]

A man is not usually going to successfully do a female voice and a woman cannot fully successfully do a man’s voice, but I’m definitely getting the sense of it and I think the author narrator did a great job

[@marshawargo7238]

I Do Not listen if it's AI😠!!! I do prefer a male & female duo, But This author/narrator is Great❤!!!

[@birkethaumuller-grobler7826]

I think the narrator has an exceptional talent in the way she can change her voice to such ranges to give each character their voice and still keep her own voice as the narrator seperate. And for a woman to constantly talk in such a rough voice is no small feat as it strains the vocal chords quite a lot and yet...she still does and still manages to jump back to a female tone in a second. When I read to my boy, I often get so confused to just get the voices straight when required.

[@mora_007]

With all the fortune step-daddy dear had, mother couldn't appeal to him for a dowry for her firstborn??? Strangers have done better...Pathetic mother....at least fate intervened and gave her a life of her own

[@pepperh.6775]

**Sigh** Great story 🤓

[@emmaknight3890]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️➕

[@marianne6876]

Surely a Cornishman would not have a Welsh first name.

[@cathbilson]

You do realise that Cornwall and Wales are separated by only a fairly narrow stretch of water? And they're both Celtic nations? Lots of names in common with only slight variations of spelling.

[@birkethaumuller-grobler7826]

What is in a name? Surely not location, right? I have a very German name (though hardly used as a girl's name in Germany), was born in South Africa and raised in Namibia...where I met one single person who was unfortunately blessed with the same name. Surely, Namibia is a right far distance away from Germany, so location surely is irrelevant in a name unless it is of geographical purpose. People move about.