Review: Sweet story.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 8, 2013
[...]What do you do, when you find someone squatting in your barely used home? Even worse, a very lovely, honest, and interesting squatter with a four- year old son? That is what Logan would like the answer to. Should he throw them out or let them stay?There was just something about this story that I loved. Grumpy, jaded Logan? Or Maddie and her charmingly sad stories? I'm not sure but Christmas at Angel Lake warmed my heart and put me in the Christmas mood. This is a sweet and interesting story about two individuals in need of heart, family, and healing. And they find it in the most unlikely place. It almost feels like destiny.One day, not too long ago Maddie was seeking refuge and on her way to her sister's home. Alone, pregnant, and with little hope for the future, her day can't get much worse. That is until she swerves off the road and into a ditch. On a cold snowy day. Far from town. Well, it seems that life can get worse. But when a stranger mistakes her for a renter, opens up a home for her to get warm and possibly get back on her feet... well how can she say no? But many years pass and she's gotten a little too comfortable in her borrowed life.Logan has just been dumped. He's broken. Nothing seems to be helping, no matter where he goes or what he does, he's miserable. So he goes to the house he inherited many many years ago, seeking solitude and peace... only to find that there is someone living in his home. Without his permission.And somehow, it seems he's intrigued by this stranger. So they strike a deal, she can stay with her son and in return, she will tell him a bedtime  story. When he gets bored or the stories run out, she will be on her way.Well, we can all see where this is going. But a brilliant journey it is, nevertheless. Soft, sweet, and easy to read, this story was a delight. A true romance, centered around love and family, old sorrows and new hurts. A neat story that made me feel lighter with it's telling.Somehow, I just know that I will miss Maddie and her nighttime stories, Logan and his secretly soft heart, and the dog who is looking for his human.