Review: A "Sweet" Christmas Romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 6, 2013
In Melissa McClone's Home for Christmas, Rachel Murphy comes to Montana to spend Christmas with her brother Ty, foreman at the Bar V5 Ranch outside Marietta. Rachel has been going through a rough time professionally, placing all her trust in the wrong people. Now she needs a place to re-group and recover after all her bakery plans are stolen by her so-called friends and business partners. Ty is her only family, and he raised her after her parents were killed in an accident when she was 10. He left her in Arizona when she went to Culinary school, making a place for himself at the Bar V5 with Nate Vaughn. Nate took over the ranch after a successful career as a Venture Capitalist. He is home, and the ranch is successful, thanks to Ty. Rachel has stumbled on a way to make a little money by making Gingerbread houses, and finds herself using Nate's kitchen to do it. The attraction between the two is immediate, but she is Ty's sister and off limits to Nate. Instead, he works at ways to make her business grow, whether she wants the help or not.Rachel and Nate both have a lot to learn about themselves and how to make a relationship work. It is so much fun watching them both find their way, and realize they belong together. Christmas time in Marietta is beautiful, and Rachel's creations just add to the beauty and tradition. It is fun watching Rachel learn what Home really means.  A wonderful novella and addition to the Copper Mountain group. This novella makes me want to sit back with a cup of hot cocoa and a roaring fire, the smell of baking gingerbread in the air, and snow falling outside the window...