Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Meet Me in the Yorkshire Dales Tour & Giveaway

About the Book

Book: Meet Me in the Yorkshire Dales

Author: Valerie Massey Goree

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Release Date: February, 2025

To inherit her grandfather’s estate, Roxanne Clarke has to prove the identity of her birth mother. Considering all the ancestry help online, that shouldn’t be a problem. However, the only clues Roxanne has are an old photograph and hints provided by a member of her grandfather’s household that her mother was born in Yorkshire.

Accompanied by her best friend, Avery, and Avery’s twin brother, Lucas, Roxanne travels to England. Their attempts to identify Roxanne’s mother send them from one village to another. To add to their frustration, a fellow Texan is following them, threatening them, trying to locate the woman first.

Lucas has been in love with Roxanne since high school, but botched their relationship two years ago. While helping her find her mother, can he salvage their once-blossoming romance, build a new beginning, and keep her safe when the Texan’s actions intensify?

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About the Author

American Christian Fiction Writers Genesis Award winner Valerie Massey Goree resides in San Antonio, Texas.

She was born in South Africa and grew up in Rhodesia—now Zimbabwe. Valerie met her husband, Glenn, at a Christian university in the USA. After they married, they served as missionaries in Rhodesia. When the family returned to Texas, Valerie began her teaching career. She served 25 years in the public school arena, focusing on children with special needs.

Her writing journey only began when their children were in high school. Attending workshops and ACFW conferences helped propel her toward publication. She has eleven romantic suspense novels published.

Valerie and her family traveled extensively throughout North America, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. Now retired and widowed, she spends her time writing, reading, traveling, and spoiling her grandchildren.

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More from Valerie

Meet Me in the Yorkshire Dales is the second book in my series From England with Love and…Treachery. The three standalone stories feature American characters who are visiting or working in England. When they meet, romance blossoms, but is hindered by misfortune, menacing strangers, betrayal, and dead-end clues. Book One, Meet Me Where the Windrush Flows, is set in the Cotswolds. Book Three, which I’m writing now, takes place in the City of Bath during the Jane Austen Festival.

As an author, my goal is to set stories in places I’ve lived or visited. What a hardship it was for me to travel to England to research the Cotswolds area for Book One, and the next year to visit the Yorkshire Dales and Bath!

During my two-week sojourn in the Yorkshire Dales, I stayed in a cottage in each of the villages featured in the story. When I walked down the ‘Snake Path’ in Grassington, I knew I had to include it in the story.

Roxanne, my heroine, has never been to England and is enthralled by the villages’ narrow roads, cobblestone streets, and the ancient cottages, some built in the seventeenth century.

When I made the reservation for the cottage in Grassington, I didn’t know that the TV showAll Creatures Great and Small is filmed there. They usually film in April, but alas, I was there in September. I did recognize many places used in the show, such as the village center, featured in the photo.

Needless to say, I loved visiting these places. Roxanne did, too.

MY REVIEW

An exciting book that takes Roxanne on a journey to discover not only who her birth mother is but the beauty and culture of Yorkshire. I loved how she travels with friends who have her back when danger starts to slip into their travels. I know that Roxanne was surprised to learn that her grandfather’s estate could be hers if she can prove who her mother is. There is a little detail that may damper her ability to achieve this mission. Roxanne is adopted and has never known who her birth parents are.

Lucas and Avery join Roxanne on her trip where breathtaking landmarks draw them in. I could picture these many places with vivid descriptions supplied by the author. I appreciate how the author traveled to the places she wrote about in the book. This helps her story become more authentic with her first hand account of where she traveled first this story. Lucas is steady and a great person to have around when Roxanne gets discouraged at times. Little hints give readers a glimpse of his feelings for Roxanne. I thought it was sweet and sincere how Lucas comes to care for Roxanne.

Within this book lies a mystery that I couldn’t wait to try to solve with hints from the author. Who is this mysterious man that has followed our group to Yorkshire? Is this person hoping to access valuable information for their own gain? Written with faith, second chances and a great mystery, the story will capture readers attention. Be sure to grab a copy for yourself to see if Roxanne can successfully identify her birth parents and find happiness.

I received a copy of this book from Celebrate Lit. The review is my own opinion.