Stuck in a storm … with a handsome stranger!Melody Connelly, the Broadway singing star with a heart of gold, is back with a romance of her own!Two years after first visiting Heartsprings Valley, Melody has bought and restored a grand Victorian home just outside of town.As the holiday draws near, she’s busy getting her new home ready to host her mom for the best Christmas ever.But when a winter … the best Christmas ever.
But when a winter storm hits, Melody finds herself snowbound with James, a handsome furniture craftsman.
Surprised by their unexpected connection, Melody believes the universe is nudging her toward romance — until a blast from the past throws everything into doubt.
Now Melody must ask: Does her dream of a perfect Christmas include a chance at romance?
The Heartsprings Valley Sweet Romance series celebrates love and romance during the most wonderful time of the year.
Christmas to the Rescue! (Book 1)
A Very Cookie Christmas (Book 2)
Sweet Apple Christmas (Book 3)
I Dream of Christmas (Book 4)
It’s always Christmas in Heartsprings Valley!
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Of the four books I’ve read in this series this one is my least favorite. The beginning of the story was good I thought but as the ending rolled around I’d already found things I wasn’t impressed with. Melody Connelly,the Broadway singer and actor was a secondary character in book two of the series. She moved to the main character in I Dream of Christmas. I found her habit of calling everyone darling to be very irritating. I hadn’t noticed it too much as she made her debut in book two but as the main character it was very annoying to this reader. I mean how many actresses go around calling everyone darling ,unless of course it was Eva Gabor!
I enjoyed the other books in this series because they seemed to be wholesome stories about a small town and the people that made up the community. In this book I found there was all this talk about the universe controlling people’s destiny. What does that mean? As a Christian I feel that God controls our lives, not the universe that He created. Then something else was the mention of whiskey which surprised me since the other two stories seemed to be wholesome romance books.
Melody Connelly returns to Heartsprings Valley and buys a huge Victorian house in much need of repairs. She want a place to escape the pressures of her career in Broadway and life in the city of New York. She fell in love with the town of Heartstrings Valley two years ago and she loves the community there.
Before leaving New York for the holiday spent in Heartstrings Valley her former boyfriend Derek Davies, famous movie star , asked her to go back with him. Back in Heartstrings Valley she checked on how the renovation on her new house is going. While there she meets a new man who is working on her house and they become attracted to each other. Now Melody is at a place where she must decide between Derek and this new man.
This is contemporary romance. As I previously said, this was not my favorite book in the series. Readers of contemporary romance might enjoy it more than I did.
I downloaded a Kindle ebook copy of this book from Amazon . A favorable review was not requested. All opinions expressed and shared here in this review are my own.
I Dream of Christmas is a delightful and charming addition to The Heartsprings Valley Sweet Romance series. It can also be read as a stand-alone but part of this books charm is the characters we met in previous books. Melody’s return to Heartsprings Valley does not go quite the way she planned as the universe clearly had other ideas. This is a brilliant, sweet book with depth and humour, it is definitely more than just a Christmas story. The characters are like old friends and this is a small town that you will want to live in. I loved this book, and the whole series and cannot wait for my next visit. I thoroughly recommend this book for any time of year.