We Need A Little Christmas (Evergreen Lane Novels)

by Sierra Donovan

2016

Status

Available

Publication

Zebra (2016), 288 pages

Description

With its festive Snowed Inn and year-round Christmas store, the pretty town of Tall Pine knows how to do the holidays right. But this year, Liv Tomblyn's homecoming trip may be bittersweet. Liv's grandmother died soon after Thanksgiving, leaving a lifetime of belongings to sort through. Soon Liv is surrounded by memories, including a retro silver Christmas tree. And there's Liv's old friend Scott Leroux-the one-time class clown who's become the town's go-to handyman. Scott enjoyed helping Liv's Nammy with little fix-it jobs in recent years, but now he's wondering if the crafty grandma had a much larger project in mind. Everything-from Nammy's mysteriously malfunctioning heater to that silver tree-seems to be conspiring to throw Liv and Scott together. Not that Scott objects. For though Liv insists she'll leave Tall Pine when the holidays are over, he's hoping their holiday kisses might thaw her resolve and make this Christmas truly unforgettable... "Sierra Donovan captures the magic of Christmas in this charming and romantic tale. I smiled the entire time I was reading it!"--Shirlee McCoy, author of Sweet Surprises Praise for Sierra Donovan's Do You Believe in Santa? "This story is like the perfect cup of hot chocolate- sweet, warm and nostalgia-inducing."--RT Book Reviews Praise for No Christmas Like the Present"A charming holiday story that combines the magic of It's A Wonderful Life with the warmth of A Christmas Carol." --Donna Alward "Donovan packs this contemporary romance full of all kind of Christmas magic."--Publishers Weekly "A stand-out story."--RT Book Reviews… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member CathyGeha
Sweet small town romance, with a kiss or two, that has Liv questioning just what she really needs in life when she is called home to help her mother deal with her grandmother’s death. Liv is picked up from the airport by a classmate when her sister and mother have an issue to deal with and cannot
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come themselves. She and Scott reminisce, feel a spark but also realize that with limited time together before Liv returns to Texas there is not much sense in starting anything. The story deals with the funeral of Liv’s grandmother, sorting through Nammy’s possessions, an injury, Braxton Hicks contractions, memories and other issues before the book concludes.

The interest between Liv and Scott is there but it is not as electric as it is in many other books. I have to say I was drawn more to Scott than I was to Liv. Why? Well, Scott was happy with who he was, enjoyed his chosen profession and was a good man. Liv, on the other hand, had huge self-expectations, worried about looking stupid more than being happy and was afraid…of more than one thing. I am not sure why they were attracted to one another unless there is some sort of magic in town that assists couples in finding one another.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington books for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.
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Language

Original language

English

ISBN

9781420141504

Barcode

1603040
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