Mark, Holly and Maggie live out a love story during the Christmas holidays. What I loved about the novel is that it is about many types of love.
LISA KLEYPAS IN Christmas Eve at FRIDAY HARBOR A Novel shares the depth of a widow's love. Maggie's husband died after a bout with cancer. After his death Maggie discovers it's not very easy to open her heart again to a new lover. Mark finds love in an unexpected place after he is left with his sister's child, Holly. Little did he know how much he could love a little girl and how much she could teach him about giving love fully. Then, there is my favorite character, Holly. She is the center, the sun, giving off rays of love to everybody even to her dog, Renfield. In the end I learned that love is flexible, needed to survive and can come from the least expected places. You can find love in a cute, little toy store. Who knew??
Friday Harbor is so lovely. I had the desire to move to Washington State. Catch a ferry and ride myself into Christmas and all of it's sparkling magic. Not surprising I've always wanted to visit Washington State. "
What Holly looked forward to the most was the annual lighted boat parade., Held by the Friday Harbor Sailing Club and the San Juan Island Yacht Club....Even the boaters who didn't join the parade strung their boats with lights...."
I definitely want to read more romances by
LISA KLEYPAS. I've never understood a person's dislike of a good, well told romance. For example, I rediscovered truths about grief through Maggie.
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It helped Maggie knew, to be able to talk about those who were gone. It was good to remember...the spice of memories mingling with the fragrance of warm pie crust."
These words spoken by Mark really blew me away. "
Being alone isn't safety, Maggie. It's just being alone." Those words are so powerful
, meaninful and unforgettable, like the rest of the novel,
Christmas Eve at FRIDAY HARBOR A Novel.lisakleypas
