Review: A quick, sweet romance for the holiday...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 14, 2013
I am a total sucker for those sweet holiday romance stories.  They are never in-depth or serious and they give readers like me a chance to unwind for a couple hours and enjoy a light, enjoyable read.Christmas At Angel Lake by Edie Ramer is exactly that kind of story.  It is sweet, and uncomplicated and just a all-around fun story for the holiday season.  The story revolves around Maddie Barrymore, who is pregnant and alone after being abandoned by her baby's father.  She decides to make a new start by moving in with her sister who lives in Angel Lake Wisconsin.  While driving in blizzard conditions, she swerves to miss a kitten in the road and finds herself stuck in front of an empty estate.  The caretaker thinks that Maddie has come to live in the house, and Maddie does nothing to correct the misunderstanding.  She decides that she will stay for just a little while which ends up turning into five years.  She now has a five year old son, a job, and has incorporated herself into the community.Meanwhile, the actual owner of the house, Logan MacLeesh has also decided to take a break from his recent break-up as well as try to take up writing again, so he heads to Angel Lake to the house that his Grandmother had left to him.  When he arrives he finds Maddie and her son, as well as the kitten that she had kept and a stray dog named Dog, who is searching for his human.  He isn't upset that Maddie is there, but instead makes a deal that she can stay as long as she tells him a new story every night - as it is his hope that she will become his new muse.Like I said, this is a cute, simple holiday romance.  Nothing heavy, nothing complicated - just a quick, easy holiday romance.  And being an animal lover myself, I loved the little added story of Dog and his narrative within the story as well.  And the author has arranged for 25 cents to be donated to a Wisconsin humane society for every book sold.If you too enjoy those quick little Christmas reads, pick this one up.  Not only will you be giving yourself a reason to smile, you will be providing some homeless animals a chance to survive as well.I received this ebook from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.