Review: Wonderful Holiday anthology
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 30, 2013
What Child is ThisThis was a wonderfully emotional story. Garrett Frost, widower with a 5 year old son, runs his family's maple syrup farm. He and his PR assistant, Lily, are working to set up the Frosty Frolics festival for the town. At the end of the night, a real baby is found in the manger of the nativity scene. The discovery of the baby shocks the entire town. Lily and Garrett discover that they have a mutual attraction to one another, but aren't sure how to handle it. It's hard to write a review of this story without giving away too much. I was hooked from the beginning and didn't want to put it down. I just had to get to the end. Now I'm on to the next story, Home for Christmas, with the continuing mystery about the abandoned baby.Home for ChristmasThis story focuses more on James, Garrett's younger brother. He has come back to down for Christmas, and to look into some land areas for a business venture. He runs into April, his former girlfriend who now has a son with autism. Excitement and drama ensue when James discovers that the town, and more specifically his family, don't share his same positive thoughts about his new business venture. The mystery of baby Holly is still there, including the news that the baby may belong to James. Couldn't put it down. Just enough drama and romance and still has the baby Holly mystery tied in.The Holly & the IvyThis story is about Joey, the little sister of Garrett and James Frost. She is a police officer in Carol Falls and is hoping to get a promotion soon. Then in the middle of a snowstorm, she rescues a stranded motorist who just happens to be her teenage crush, Fletch, who just happens to be in town for a job - the job/promotion that Joey thought she was going to be getting. Very fun reading about how Joey works so hard to prove herself as a police officer while battling returning feelings for Fletch. All while solving both the town vandal case and the baby Holly case. This last novella does a wonderful job of tying up the trilogy into a nice neat bow.The GiftThis story isn't tied in with the first three, but is still a wonderful read. Amy is determined to give her sort-of-boyfriend Gray a Christmas to remember. Then when a small girl shows up on her doorstep Amy's world gets turned upside down. This is an emotional story that really tugs at your heartstrings.