As the holiday nears, 17-year-old Carinna sets about filling her curmudgeonly guardian's home with holiday cheer, and discovers that under his brusque demeanor lies the warmest of hearts.
Just when I think Ms. Holbrook's writing can't be more amusing and/or touching, she comes through with another book, better than the one before. This is a delightful romance that doesn't let the reader lose sight of the fact that it's also a Christmas story.
enjoyable reading but not up to the author's high standards
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
A young woman is placed into a lord's household as his temporary ward. Her tendency to pick up stray people and animals totally upsets his life and he feels drawn to her compassionate ways. Again Cindy Holbrook comes up with a nice set of characters and lots of jokes, but somehow this book didn't draw me in like most of her previous books (My all time favourite book - "A Daring Deception" by the same author - makes me both cry and laugh aloud everytime I read it).
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