She came to Candlewick Mill to finish a Christmas cookbook. She wasn't expecting to find a man who'd rather take her snowshoeing than ask her to cook dinner.
At fifty-two, cookbook author Kelly Prentice has made a successful career out of creating beautiful meals and picture-perfect holiday gatherings. The trouble is, somewhere along the way, Christmas has started to feel more like work than a celebration.
So she rents a cozy loft at Candlewick Mill, determined to finish her latest manuscript, enjoy a little Vermont snow, and spend December doing whatever she pleases. Preferably without anyone asking her to bring a casserole.
Enter Doug Hennessy.
Handsome, kindhearted, and blessed with a quiet sense of humor, Doug runs a wildlife rescue on the mountain above Candlewick. His days are filled with animals who need looking after, including an opinionated barn cat and two elderly draft horses searching for a permanent home. He's perfectly content with his life, although lately he's begun to wonder whether there's room in it for someone special.
When Doug invites Kelly on a snowshoeing adventure, she discovers that falling for a man in her fifties can be every bit as wonderful as it was when she was young. Especially when that man remembers how she takes her tea, makes her laugh, and never expects her to do all the cooking.
Soon they're sharing snowy woodland walks, cozy suppers, sleigh rides beneath the stars, and kisses that make the Vermont winter feel considerably warmer.
But falling in love is the easy part. Kelly has a career and a life she's worked hard to build, while Doug's devotion to the animals in his care doesn't always leave room for romance. As Christmas approaches, they'll have to discover whether two happily independent people can make room for each other without giving up the lives they love.
And in a little Vermont town where nobody stays a stranger for long, they might just find that the best Christmas traditions are the ones you get to share.
Snowshoes & Strays is a heartwarming, later-in-life Christmas romance filled with small-town friendship, found family, snowy adventures, lovable rescue animals, cozy holiday traditions, gentle humor, and the unexpected joy of finding love when you least expect it.
Genre: Romance
At fifty-two, cookbook author Kelly Prentice has made a successful career out of creating beautiful meals and picture-perfect holiday gatherings. The trouble is, somewhere along the way, Christmas has started to feel more like work than a celebration.
So she rents a cozy loft at Candlewick Mill, determined to finish her latest manuscript, enjoy a little Vermont snow, and spend December doing whatever she pleases. Preferably without anyone asking her to bring a casserole.
Enter Doug Hennessy.
Handsome, kindhearted, and blessed with a quiet sense of humor, Doug runs a wildlife rescue on the mountain above Candlewick. His days are filled with animals who need looking after, including an opinionated barn cat and two elderly draft horses searching for a permanent home. He's perfectly content with his life, although lately he's begun to wonder whether there's room in it for someone special.
When Doug invites Kelly on a snowshoeing adventure, she discovers that falling for a man in her fifties can be every bit as wonderful as it was when she was young. Especially when that man remembers how she takes her tea, makes her laugh, and never expects her to do all the cooking.
Soon they're sharing snowy woodland walks, cozy suppers, sleigh rides beneath the stars, and kisses that make the Vermont winter feel considerably warmer.
But falling in love is the easy part. Kelly has a career and a life she's worked hard to build, while Doug's devotion to the animals in his care doesn't always leave room for romance. As Christmas approaches, they'll have to discover whether two happily independent people can make room for each other without giving up the lives they love.
And in a little Vermont town where nobody stays a stranger for long, they might just find that the best Christmas traditions are the ones you get to share.
Snowshoes & Strays is a heartwarming, later-in-life Christmas romance filled with small-town friendship, found family, snowy adventures, lovable rescue animals, cozy holiday traditions, gentle humor, and the unexpected joy of finding love when you least expect it.
Genre: Romance