Review: A charming holiday read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 20, 2013
Christmas At Angel Lake is a beautiful story and a heartwarming tale of love.Maddie was pregnant and alone. Driving to her sister’s house she slid off the road in front of a beautiful house while trying to avoid a kitten in the road. But that kitten ended up being the beginning of something truly amazing. The caretaker of the home thought that Maddie was going to be staying there. Maddie felt badly when the caretaker wouldn’t give her a moment to explain the situation so she kept her mouth shut. Making the decision to stay in the home for a couple of days or just until after the holidays, Maddie moved in.Five years later, she was still in the house with her beautiful little boy and the cat that changed everything for her. She had a good job and really enjoyed helping people in the community. She was an angel to the community, helping those who were displaced from their own homes for different reasons. Of course, she was kind of doing it all without permission from the owner of the house.So when the call came that day that the owner would be coming, Maddie hurried home and began packing, knowing that she would soon be homeless. She had been saving money for this moment and hoped that she would be able to leave before he showed up.Of course, the best laid plans don’t exactly work out the way they are supposed to, or do they?Logan is just looking to escape and find his way back from a broken heart. When he shows up at his house in Wisconsin, he is a bit surprised to find Maddie already there. Appearing to have been staying in the house. But he is so amused by her story of how she ended up there and why she never left, a spark went off for him. He made an agreement with Maddie that she and her son should stay and the only payment required would be that she had to tell him a story each night.What neither of them expected was what happened.This is a beautiful story of finding and trusting and believing in the power of faith with a few miracles thrown in. I loved Maddie, though I could not fathom living in a house where she was not invited without the owner knowing. But the love she found for the town and the love she had for her son were just inspiring. Logan may have been broken when he showed up at his house, but with the love that surrounded him in his home, he was put back together and he found something even more magical there too.But along with the story of Maddie and Logan, there is a secondary story running through the entire book. The journey of a dog searching for his owner. Only he knows the owner. So his journey takes him from home to home on the path to his true owner, Logan. It is a beautiful side story of a cute little dog.I loved this book. It was sweet, romantic and full of charm, thrown in a little steam and it was a great read. I loved the characters and the connection they had to each other.*I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*