When Sonia returned to her hometown of Evergreen Valley from teaching abroad, she wanted a simple Chirstmas with her family. When her character is put to the test, she saves a life and in the process earns the gratitude of Aiden, the charming new café owner in town. Sparks fly, but can Sonia overcome her own doubts and at the same time save the youth choir’s Christmas Eve performance? Travel to … Travel to the beautiful Canadian Rockies for a sweet story and a good latte to find out…!
In the heart of the snow-covered Canadian Rockies lies the small town of Evergreen Valley. Sonia and her sister Yvette have grown up in the quaint little town which neighbours a popular ski resort. Every Christmas they carry on their childhood traditions of sledding, baking and spending quality time with their mother and grandma. This year tragedy nearly strikes the sleepy town, but is luckily averted do to the quick actions of one of the girls.
When Sonia meets Aiden, she is determined to avoid entangling herself in another relationship, but fate has other ideas. As she helps him with his struggling café, he helps her to confront her fears of abandonment. Soon she finds herself thrust into taking over as the church’s Youth Chorus director, but can she do the job and pull off the best Christmas Eve recital the town has ever seen?
Cozy up with this heartwarming holiday read to find out!
AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is an cozy contemporary stand-alone short story with a HEA ending! Story is a clean romance with no offensive language.
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The story was sweet, but didn’t enter my heart.
I love sweet romance. Lovelovelove. But this one: not so much. The style of writing was dry and stilted. I couldn’t get used to it. I want to FEEL. That didn’t happen. The description of how Sonia saves someone, for example, is so short and curt! The story was sweet, but didn’t enter my heart. A story from afar. It never reached me. I’m not allowed inside Sonia’s head. How is she feeling? It’s only a description of what she’s doing and saying. Clunky and clumsy. Well-meaning but not there YET.
A lovely, family-friendly read to fill an evening. I read an ARC and this voluntary review is my own opinion.
I really enjoyed A Whole Latte Christmas. The characters were interesting and three-dimensional. This is just a heartwarming story of a girl who has been gone from home for a year and a man who followed his dream but whose coffee shop is struggling. Small town romance at its best.
Christmas Wishes & Heartwarming Kisses:
Christmas Wishes & Heartwarming Kisses – A collection of six stories by an author I haven’t read before this collection. The Introduction has overviews of all six books, which I appreciate knowing about a story before I read it. All six are clean, quickly read and interesting; perfect for relaxing with a cuppa. Needs minor editing. I found this book on Booksprout.co. 4*
From New York, With Love – Yankee city girl finds the South not as backwards, out-of-date and uncultured as she naively thought originally. She learns what is really important. 3.5*
A Whole Latte Christmas – A fun, heartwarming story filled with family and love while she learns to trust love again. My favorite story, just perfect for a cuppa and a snuggle. 4*
Key West Christmas – I’m wrong; this is my favorite story! A heartwarming story of change made better by a fun, loving, caring man and a good landlady turned friend. Learning to make new traditions. 5*
A Girl’s Guide To Creating Christmas – One of the best Christmas stories I’ve read in a long time. Fun, heartwarming and filled with the wonders and true meaning of Christmas. A second chance at life and love. 5*
Santa Baby, Maybe –
Scottish Holiday –
Christmas Wishes & Heartwarming Kisses End.
To Love … and … Renovate #2 – I didn’t get to read the first book of this series, which I think would have made this book more meaningful to me. Well written and easy to read with likable characters and a plot full of happenings. Of course, there’s wedding details still to be completed, working at their jobs and trying to wait for the wedding night, why wouldn’t there be drama? But there was fun and laughter, too. A good balance throughout the book. I liked Virginia’s calm approach to the wedding preparations. Oh, don’t forget the elephant in the pink tutu – the renovations. I appreciate this being a clean story, which only needed minor editing. I found this book on Booksprout.co. 4*