Review: Sweet contempary romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 1, 2013
I was given this book by the publishing company in return for an honest review.Christmas at Angel Lake is a sweet Contemporary Romance with characters that are easily likeable and believable.Logan is a writer/producer that has gone to Angel Lake to stay in his grandmother's house that had been willed to him years before.  He's looking to "find" himself after being betrayed by his girlfriend to whom he calls the Dark Queen. His stories have been stolen by her, not actually stolen in a true since but he has writers block and hasn't been able to write a good story in years.Logan's first stop is the grocery store where he is bombarded by people that seem to know him.  They are all thanking him for helping them when they needed it most and he has no idea why.  When he finally arrives to the house, he finds Maddie Barrymore who is frantically packing trying to avoid the person that truly owns the house because she has been staying there for the past five years under false pretences and in all actuality is a squatter.After asking Maddie to explain what she's doing in his house, she tells him the story of how she came about living there.  He's intrigued by her and her story and rather than call the police, he tells her that she can stay if she agrees to tell him a story every night.  Her stories are in fact true stories about herself as well as others but she's changes them around to make them into fairy tales.One thing that I truly loved about this book about other than the quirkiness between Logan and Maddie was the side story that weaves into it about a dog trying to find his human.  I felt so bad for this poor little guy and while the story doesn't state how far the dog traveled it does state that it took years.  The love and devotion of this animal is amazing and I was brought to tears at the end of the book when he finally found him.I would also like to add that the author is donating 25c from every book sold to the Washington County Humane Society.  Even though I live in Florida, I still like the fact that she's giving back and to all those animal lovers out there I'm certain that you feel as I do that it doesn't matter where it goes as long as it's helping.  J