Community. Courage. Compassion.Hometown Heroes brings you five Christmas romances that celebrate everyday heroes.From paranormal to contemporary to historical, there’s something here to fill everyone with the spirit of the season.A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Cajun Navy Relief, an organization dedicated to helping neighbors in distress. “Courtship and Courage” by Carrie Dalby …
“Courtship and Courage” by Carrie Dalby
Witnessing the race riots before the soldiers left for Cuba during the summer of 1898 didn’t stop Claire O’Farrell from opening her heart, but it prevented her from wanting to share it. The stormy Mobile Bay winter proves the right catalyst for Joe Walker to prove his devotion to the woman he loves, though Claire is determined her choices have made her unworthy.
“When Time Stood Still” by Chelsi Arnold and J D Boudreaux
Jacqueline Jones needs a change. Abandoning her Upper East Side apartment, she’s looking for an adventure, or maybe a challenge that will make her heart race. Nick Lapointe, once a member of the Cajun Navy, bids the bayous farewell, seeking less destruction and more beauty in the world. Together in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee she has her hands full with the tall, handsome, and infuriating Nick. As for him, the five-foot-two beauty may be just what he needs, if he can survive “Hurricane” Jacqueline.
“Hobbes House Noel” by cj petterson
Merrill Cowper rents her beloved Hobbes House lakefront cabin to a stranger and becomes an unlikely hometown heroine when she saves his child from a watery death. This will be the year she learns that the best Christmas gifts don’t always arrive wrapped in pretty paper and tied with a bow. Sometimes they don’t even fit under the Christmas tree.
“Talking in Code: A Christmas Homecoming” by E.A. Hale
In 1919, as a suffragette for equal rights, Evelyn Thompson arrives at the ammunition factory for her regular supervisor shift. She learns that she’s been terminated for the flimsiest of reasons: to make room for a war veteran whose battlefield heroics have earned him celebrity status in Oklahoma. When her father hosts a Christmas gala with the Choctaw Code Talkers as guests of honor, she is drawn to the courageous and dashing Lieutenant James Clayton, until she discovers that her job at the factory was handed over to him! An accidental explosion tears apart the factory but brings Evelyn and James together in a selfless display of heroics that has nothing to do with gender and everything to do with love.
“Safe Haven” by Jolie St. Amant
Letting go is never easy, and for Haven Cross, it’s almost impossible. Every year at Christmas, she returns to the Chateau Rouge and relives the moment her fiance’ proposed and the grief she felt when he was killed in action. This year, however, the enchanting hotel has other plans for her and for the charming musician, Chance Montgomery. Will Haven be brave enough to leave the past behind and embrace a new beginning?
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This romance anthology is the perfect way to start your holiday season . The stories are short and easy reads. Some take place in the past, others in the present, but all have strong women and the heroes that come into their lives. I especially loved Safe Haven as well as having the opportunity to discover “new” authors. All who will be added to my must read list .
I was entrusted a copy of this anthology . The opinions expressed are solely my own.
Title: Hometown Heroes: A Christmas Anthology
Author: Multiple Authors
Pages: 232
Rating: 5 Bells
Reviewed by Mandy Barnes
Carrie Dalby, Chelsi Arnold, C.J. Petterson, E.A. Hale, J.D. Boudreaux, &
Jolie St. Amant have all come together to write this wonderful Christmas short that is well worth the read, each individual story hits home in some form or fashion, from love lost, to love found. To those who have sacrificed all to protect those that they love to the country they love. Each novella has been such a blessing to read that I couldn’t put this one down and devoured this one in one sitting. I was begging for more in each book.
A few of these authors I have not read before but they have fast become new favorites of mine, Jolie St. Amant Chateau Rouge series is one of my favorites and I was so happy to see a Christmas story in the series. Portion of proceeds from this book will benefit the Cajun Navy, those who help others and what more can we do during the holiday season and to give back to those who help. This is a great way and these authors are doing it.
This is a collection of finding love and starting over. Various writers have come together and tell the stories of women finding nee loves from unexpected places. It’s a must read. I will read it again and advise everyone to read this positive minded collection