Review: Charmingly quirky. A sweet read.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 6, 2011
Ms. DeVaney's Southern accent gives her a very distinctive voice and pace that slides into this book and everything else she writes. Her ability to create delightful characters and bring them to life is a gift. She writes a story, but under it is a deeper one. The one that sticks with you long after you've put the book down. In this case, it's two people who've lost so much, and they need to learn to trust again.A delightful Christmas story about a city girl with zero domestic ability. She finds herself lost and stranded in the Smoky Mountains, and is rescued by a guy with serious survival skills. The fun is watching the two of them try to accommodate each other. She's too independent to let on that she's incapable, and he tries hard to be the gentleman that he was raised to be. But it's Christmas so they both try to give the other something even though they have nothing to give a stranger. It's a funny, sweet read, and I found myself screaming, "Just kiss her! Really kiss her."