Review: A Willow Creek Christmas
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 11, 2013
I'm a sucker for underdog stories and LG does a good job with this one. Noah Lloyd, recluse, scarred, a man people avoid/stare at and withdraw from. He is living a self imposed lone existence, full of sad and bitter memories and a sad and lonely present. Noah saves the lives of Keri Hilam and her two children, Aaron and Sophie, when he finds them living in a dilapadated shack, half starved and nearly frozen. Noah takes them to his cabin even though he is very uncomfortable at first with them there. He intends to take them to town and have the sheriff decide what to do with them as soon as the weather permits. But as time passes, he becomes attached to the children and enamored of Keri but he doesn't believe a woman could ever desire him. He is wrong, Keri sees the inner man but she doesn't believe there is a future with Noah; he has taken them in out of kindness and wants them gone as soon as able. Keri has her own tragic past that she is fleeing from with her children. The characters are great; the story has sadness, fear, joy and a love between Noah and Keri that seems destined to not come to fruition. I am a fan of LG's other books and this is another good book by her.