A VALLEY RIDGE CHRISTMAS ties in with the trilogy of Valley
Ridge but
you don't have to read the trilogy first. It can be read as
a stand alone book
if you're looking for a wonderful Holiday story. The new
couple Boyd and
Josie and their little boy, Carl, are traveling to North
Dakota to look for work
and a home when a blizzard strikes and they get side tracked
to Valley
Ridge NY. They have sold everything they had and bought the
RV and are
living in it. Josie is very pregnant and due in about
another month. This is
where they meet Maeve.
Maeve has always been a quiet and more reserved person who
does a lot
to help Valley Ridge. She does so much for the community
and never asks
for help in return, but the townspeople are waiting right
there to step in if
she would only ask. She had at one time, lost her home and
even though
she survived, it changed her life and way of thinking
forever. When she
meets Josie and her family, she instantly wants to help
them. She allows
them to park their RV in her driveway and hook up to her
utilities. She
feeds them and watches Carl when Josie needs a break. Then
she comes
up with this great plan to fix up the old Culpepper house
that has stood
abandoned for many years. All it needs is a new coat of
paint and maybe
new carpet. Boy is she wrong and realizes almost instantly
that she is very
naive. But the town comes together and everyone pitches in
to help her as
they know she would do for them if they ever needed her
help.
Aaron Holder is in Valley Ridge running his uncle's store
while his uncle is
in Arizona enjoying the warm weather. Aaron hates the cold
weather and
wishes he was back home in Florida working on his laptop
outside in the
heat. As he gets to know the townspeople and tries to get
to know Maeve
better, he learns a few things about himself as well. Lots
of changes
happen to both Maeve and himself and if they will accept the
changes, they
just might be much happier. But like most people, change is
sometimes
hard to accept. Aaron is convinced that Maeve is too good
to be true and
he sets off to prove that to himself. Can they help each
other grow and get
over their pasts? Can they learn to let go and move on?
I like Maeve and Aaron's chemistry. It is very apparent at
the beginning of A
VALLEY RIDGE CHRISTMAS but most of the time, they are
denying it and
running from it. They're not-quite-friends who are not-
quite-dating. They're
allies. Most days they don't even like each other, but it
is fun reading how
they try to fight it. I fell in love with all the
townspeople and wished I could
live in their little small town and get all caught up in
their lives. I sat on my
couch and started reading first thing in the morning and was
finished before
dinner. I was like a mad woman turning the pages, wanting
to know how
Holly was going to end Aaron's and Maeve's story.
A VALLEY RIDGE CHRISTMAS is an awesome Christmas
romance that I highly recommend to anyone that likes a happy
ending
book!!
The whole town's in on this Christmas secret!
Maeve Buchanan isn't the jealous type. But with another
Valley Ridge wedding approaching, she's feeling a twinge of
envy. Everyone seems to be finding "it"—except her. Not that
romance is high on her priority list! Inspired by the
arrival of a homeless family one snowy night, Maeve—Valley
Ridge's own George Bailey—is determined to give them a
permanent home by Christmas.
To make this surprise happen, fiercely independent Maeve is
going to need a lot of help. Particularly from the
irritating newcomer Aaron Holder, who thinks Maeve is just
too good to be true and suspects her motives. Working
together won't be easy. But it'll be worth it-in so many
ways!
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