Legacy of Love, a Haven Manor Novella by Kristi Ann Hunter
•:*:•. A Wonderfully Heartwarming Christmas Tale .•:*:•
•:*:•. A Wonderfully Heartwarming Christmas Tale .•:*:•
1827 Lancashire, England
Sarah Gooding plays piano and is companion to the elderly and frail Dowager Countess of Densbury, and she loves cake!
Mr. Randall Everard is a third son and therefore of little consequence to the earldom. However, he is the apple of his grandmother's eye and he has a deep love of cultivating the earth.
Sarah Gooding plays piano and is companion to the elderly and frail Dowager Countess of Densbury, and she loves cake!
Mr. Randall Everard is a third son and therefore of little consequence to the earldom. However, he is the apple of his grandmother's eye and he has a deep love of cultivating the earth.
The Dowager Countess has lived a full life and enjoys music, fellowship and practical jokes. She is both kind and formidable if trifled with. She wears a beautiful pendant her sweetheart gave her in her youth that often reminds her of the wonderful love they shared. This Christmas she has some very special ideas of how to celebrate and hopefully cultivate young love.
From this moment on we live
life the way my grandmother did. We love Jesus. We love each other. And we let
everyone else come along or get out of the way.”
I laughed out loud and I also cried. A wonderfully heartwarming Christmas tale.
I laughed out loud and I also cried. A wonderfully heartwarming Christmas tale.
(5 stars)
Gift of the Heart, a Novella by Karen Witemeyer
•°o•:*:•. Incredibly Sweet Story of Acceptance .•:*:• o°•
•°o•:*:•. Incredibly Sweet Story of Acceptance .•:*:• o°•
1890 Hope Springs, TX
After the death of her husband and losing nearly everything, Ruth and her seven-year-old daughter, Naomi, are starting over in the up-and-coming town of Hope Springs. With scant few personal items, a beloved family heirloom is the only thing of value she possess. But, that will be given to her daughter one day, when true love comes to call. Although she has reservations about so many things, she has gumption and the sheer will to provide for her daughter will push her past any doubts. Beauregard owns the local hotel. Heck, he owns most of the town. But his debilitation keeps him hidden away. That is until a fiery widow with a talkative little girl, a meddling best friend and a pesky cat pull him out of his shell.
After the death of her husband and losing nearly everything, Ruth and her seven-year-old daughter, Naomi, are starting over in the up-and-coming town of Hope Springs. With scant few personal items, a beloved family heirloom is the only thing of value she possess. But, that will be given to her daughter one day, when true love comes to call. Although she has reservations about so many things, she has gumption and the sheer will to provide for her daughter will push her past any doubts. Beauregard owns the local hotel. Heck, he owns most of the town. But his debilitation keeps him hidden away. That is until a fiery widow with a talkative little girl, a meddling best friend and a pesky cat pull him out of his shell.
Bo and Ruth are drawn to each other and find something they were each missing in their lives.
"When Ruth pushed open the door, warmth from the front room enveloped them like a welcoming hug. … It left her feeling cherished, pampered. Loved?"
(5 stars)
A Shot at Love, a Sound of Rain Novella by Sarah Loudin Thomas
•°o•:*:•. Great little Romance in the Woods .•:*:• o°•
•°o•:*:•. Great little Romance in the Woods .•:*:• o°•
1958 Bethel, West VA
22-year-old Fleeta is a crack shot and can hold her own with any man. More of a tom-boy, she dreams of becoming a gunsmith but is beholden to her family.
22-year-old Fleeta is a crack shot and can hold her own with any man. More of a tom-boy, she dreams of becoming a gunsmith but is beholden to her family.
1. "Fleeta whispered a prayer that…the ghost deer hadn’t been a sign of anything bad. There were rumors about him."
2. "She’d had her fill of men. She’d take care of herself and never look to a husband for anything."
Hank Chapin is a timber man but is getting restless for something new, and perhaps settling down.
He collects guns, and when he’s invited home for the holidays with his best friend Judd, he decides to enter the local turkey shoot with his brand new Remington 740 Woodsmaster rifle. Little does he know what he’s in for when he meets the attractive and strong-willed Fleeta hidden behind a pile of masculine clothing and a Winchester 1890 rifle.
3. "He had the definite sense he could no more hold on to her than he could a gossamer cloud of mist."
TEA MOMENT: “The best apologies have something to hold them, maybe a bunch of flowers you cut out in the woods, or a tin of tea from the store. The words are the main thing, but it’s nice to have something to remember them by."
Great little romance in the woods that draws you in and moves right along.
(4 stars)
Because of You a Bradford Sisters Romance Novella by Becky Wade
•°o•:*:•. Maddie and Leo find their way through Christmas to Each Other .•:*:• o°•
•°o•:*:•. Maddie and Leo find their way through Christmas to Each Other .•:*:• o°•
Present Day, Merryweather, WA
27 year old Maddie Winslow and 31-year-old Leo Donnelly have a unique connection. Maddie is compassionate and a people person who works in a sweet shop. Leo is a bookish professor and rather shy, and dad to three year old Charlie. When they are paired up at church to work the “Mission – Christmas” project together and bless Kim and her a daughters, a local family in need, they spend more time together than just the occasional run-in they might have expected during the holiday season.
27 year old Maddie Winslow and 31-year-old Leo Donnelly have a unique connection. Maddie is compassionate and a people person who works in a sweet shop. Leo is a bookish professor and rather shy, and dad to three year old Charlie. When they are paired up at church to work the “Mission – Christmas” project together and bless Kim and her a daughters, a local family in need, they spend more time together than just the occasional run-in they might have expected during the holiday season.
(3 stars)
Bethany House Pub. (c) 2018
Karen Witemyer kindly sent me a complimentary book in the hopes of a favorable review with no further compensation.
4 stars overall
The stories are cozy with just enough Christmas to delight, but not be overwhelming if you read it in October like me!!
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