Christmas is a time for family… its old-fashioned, charming ways – and particularly local single-dad Luke Miller and his adorable daughter Stella.
Volunteer firefighter Luke has been single since his wife died in childbirth six years earlier, making Stella his sole priority. But there’s something compelling about the beautiful out-of-towner and, before long, both Luke and his daughter are welcoming Ally into their home.
She came to Cape Hope looking for family and instead Ally found her way to Luke and Stella – but will they still want her when they realize she’s been lying to them about who she really is and what she’s doing in town?
First published as Christmas with the Firefighter
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This is a beautifully written romance, a story of finding love when you least expect it, Luke Miller is a single dad to his six year old daughter Stella and Ally Munroe is trying to find her dad who left her years before, fate brings them together in the seaside town of Cape Hope but true love doesn’t always run smoothly.
It has been twenty years since Ally last saw her father and with the passing of her mother and with Christmas just around the corner, Ally feels it is time to see if she can find him and work out why he left, an envelope that she discovers gives her a town to start looking in, Cape Hope, but Ally never thinks that this search will open up a whole new world for her and give her the family that she has always longed for when she meets the handsome Luke and his adorable daughter Stella.
Luke lost his wife in childbirth six years ago and it has just been him and Stella since, he puts everything he has into loving and caring for her, but a chance meeting with a beautiful tourist has him re-thinking his life and when Stella makes friends with Ally as well, and the pull between heats up then maybe a future together could happen, that is until he discovers that Ally hasn’t been completely honest with him.
This is a moving and emotional story, Luke is such a wonderful hero and deserves to find love again and Ally had been hurt so badly with her father leaving that she didn’t ever think that she would be loved, that is until Luke and Stella, the fun they had cooking and talking was so heart-warming, Stella is such a beautiful child and such a big part of the story and of course Christmas and cold weather and little snow and this one is a winner, a must read, and the first in a series, thank you MS Connelly I loved this one.
Luke is raising his daughter Stella alone as he lost his wife as she gave birth. His life is difficult as he was in the marines and faced death daily but never thought his Jen would lose her life and he would be here raising their daughter alone. When he meet Ally Monroe who using a fake name of Amy James he tried not to be attracted to her. Ally is trying to find the father that left her and her mom
and the only lead she has is a card with a post mark from New Hope North Carolina. will she find her dad here.
When these two cross paths emotions take over and before long they both have strong feelings for each other problem is Amy is not Amy and Luke may not take kindly to lies. Ms. Connolly as always writes an amazing story of love and finding your way again. Loved it and hope more stories come from this town.