Forty-two year old Jenny Beckett is dreading the holidays. Her fiancé has just called off their Christmas wedding, and she’s been evicted from her darling chicken coop cottage. When her estranged father dies and leaves her eight rustic guest cabins on Heron Lake, Jenny seizes the chance to make a new life. She packs up her dogs, her miniature horse and her beat up Airstream trailer and moves to … to the lake.Short on time and money, Jenny and her contractor, widower Luke, work feverishly to renovate the cabins in time for the festive holiday event she’s promised her very first guests. When an unexpected blizzard snows them in and jeopardizes the resort’s opening, Jenny and Luke work to save the event and, along the way, find true love… and the magic of Christmas.
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Christmas at the Lakeside Cabins is a delightful story that showcases Susan Schild’s ability to draw characters we love and root for from the beginning. Dumped nine months before her Christmas Eve wedding, animal lover Jenny Beckett is facing the prospect of being homeless when she learns her life is about to change forever. A sweet, southern story that highlights the best of everything we love about celebrating the holidays. A warm-hearted, charming Christmas story you won’t want to miss.
What sweet and wonderful Christmas read. I truly enjoyed reading this story. I loved all the characters. I look forward to reading the next book.
Schild has crafted a lovely and hope-filled holiday romance, and her well-drawn characters in a sparkling setting will make readers want to plan a follow-up visit to the Lakeside Resort.
Favorite Quotes:
Through Shady Grove’s small-town grapevine that ran faster than any high-speed internet, Jenny had heard that Douglas was serious about Aiden, and that the woman was referring to him as her fiancé… would he be cheap enough or insensitive enough to recycle the engagement ring she’d given back to him just nine months ago? Her eyes fixed on them like a hunting dog on point…
Jenny thought she was beautiful, like one of the Greek goddesses who rode around in chariots and threw lightning bolts at people who deserved it.
With coolly assessing eyes, she glanced around her office, the one that she’d been so proud of when she’d first signed the lease… Jenny picked at a cuticle and felt a wave of sadness. Her little office had gotten dumpy and worn and smelled faintly of teenaged boys’ feet.
“Your hound dog of a fiancé swans off with a big-haired man-stealer and Earl-the-rat kicks you out. You’re tired of your work life. Then you get the inheritance from the grave.” Crunching a crouton, she gave Jenny a mischievous smile. “Being friends with you is better than watching those family sagas on Netflix.”
We ought to let the air out of his tires or hide a dead fish in his car or tell a bunch of Amway agents that he wants to become part of a successful team.
My Review:
I adored her previous series and with book one, am already besotted with Susan Schild’s new series. The storylines were wryly humorous, easy to follow, pleasantly engaging, actively entertaining, and left me sighing contentedly with the satisfying HEA. I am eager for more as I love these characters, although my mind stuttered when Jenny prepared a peanut butter and raisin sandwich, an intriguing issue that requires further research.
Lindas Book Obsession Reviews “Christmas at the Lakeside Resort” by Susan Schild
Susan Schild , Author of “Christmas at the Lakeside Resort”, has written an enjoyable, pleasant, entertaining, and heartwarming novel.The Genres for this story are Fiction and Women’s Fiction. There is a slight feel of magic and hope in this Holiday story. The story takes place in the present and goes to the past only when it pertains to the characters or events in the story. The author describes the characters as each having their own set of problems.
The animals in the story enhance the mood and description. As an animal lover, I appreciate that the author brings up rescued animals, a miniature horse and 2 older large dogs that seem so lovable. I also appreciate that the author writes her story using more mature characters.
Jenny Beckett, dreads Christmas, especially since that was to be her Wedding Day. Her fiancé leaves her for a younger women, and Jenny is just about to find out that her small chicken coop cottage has been sold and will be torn down. Jenny does find out that her estranged father, who she had a complicated relationship with, has died. Surprisingly, he has left her some cabins on beautiful Heron Lake, and an older house. Seeking the help of her friend, who loves to redecorate, and Luke and his sister from the hardware store, Jenny is determined to have the guest cabins finished and ready to rent for the holidays.
I appreciate that the author describes, starting over, believing in friends, love and hope. I would recommend this book for those readers who enjoy an easy happily ever after read.
This was a wonderfully written heartwarming novel about achieving your dreams no matter how impossible they seem. No matter how daunting the task, love and friendship will ease the stress.
Jenny’s in a rut. Her boyfriend cancelled their planned Christmas wedding right before the ‘save the date’ cards went out and even though she doesn’t love him anymore, seeing him with his new girlfriend in their small town really hurts. When she finds out that her dad – mostly an absentee dad during her growing up years – has left her land on a beautiful lake and the beginning of a lake resort, Jenny decides that building those cabins and making a home at the lake are what she wants to do with her life. Despite the fact, that it’s almost impossible, she decides that she wants it ready for renters for Christmas. She hires Luke, a good looking man who is also re-thinking his life and Luke’s sister to help her make her dreams come true. Will she be able to open her resort by Christmas and will Luke stay by her side?
This is a fun book with a great bunch of characters in a beautiful setting. I hope that the author plans to do another book about the lakeside resort so we can get read about this group of characters again.
Thanks to the author for a copy of this book to read and review. All opinions are my own.
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so this is not generally the type of book i read. i’m into mysteries and forensics mostly. but i do love a good book with some rescue animals… well… you will be hooked on levi and the rest of the characters. an absolutely fabulously wonderful story. i look forward to the rest of the series.
Quite good.
I had a hard time getting into this book. But the story was worth it
A nice beach read. Or for the train or plane.
Loved this storyline. Can’t wait to read the next book in the series. The writing talent is 5 star however, there are a lot of typos in this book which takes away from the quality. Therefore, I only rated 4 stars. Going forward, I hope the author can find a qualified proofreader as she is really talented.
I loved this book. The character were realistic, it was a fun read
Good read.
This was a great book. I love that the main characters were more mature. A wonderful story about starting over.
I really enjoyed reading about Jenny and Luke and all the characters. The characters were fully described and I could picture them and their surroundings well. The story was engrossing and I look forward to reading more about Jenny and Luke.
Easy to read book for the Christmas season
Delightful sweet story with romance also reality as life has brought pain and heartbreak to the central character Jenny- who is resilient, anxious, funny and loyal and resourceful. Wonderful friends and complicated families. Wonderful to read near Christmas!
Good story, not very realistic … but a light hearted read ….
Great Christmas Read!! Gives me all the warm and fuzzy feelings for the Holiday Season!!