A COLD CREEK CHRISTMAS STORY
RaeAnne Thayne
Harlequin Special Edition
ISBN: 978-0373659258
November 2015
Contemporary Romance
Readers have met Celeste Nichols in previous books by this author. As the librarian of the small town Pine Gulch library she has lived in relative obscurity for a long time. This all changes when her children’s stories about Sparkle the reindeer became an instant success and she is pushed into the publishing limelight. The youngest of the Nichols sisters, she has lived on her family’s ranch with her cat and dog and helps make the Christmas Ranch a continuing holiday tradition.
At the same time divorced hometown boy Flynn Delaney returns to Pine Gulch to clean out his grandmother’s home. A successful businessman in California, he is trying to heal his young daughter’s physical injuries and traumatic memories associated with her mother’s murder by an unstable boyfriend. Now she is Flynn’s responsibility and he brings her back to Pine Gulch with some desperation and a wish to heal.
The delicious part of this story is the knowledge that Celeste had a wild crush on Flynn when they were children. She knows him instantly when he returns to the small town where he spent summers with his grandmother. Celeste has had her own brush with trauma, losing her parents as a child and being raised by her aunt and uncle who owned the Christmas Ranch. She particularly understands what Olivia is experiencing as she tries to conquer her fears.
Flynn finds himself drawn to the quiet young woman who his daughter adores because she is the one who wrote about Sparkle. This is a very sweet, lovely Christmas story about two very lonely people, commitment to family, and finding out what really matters in life. A terrific holiday romance!
Reviewed by Jeri Neal
Rating: 4
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