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A Home For Christmas (2004)

by Deborah Grace Staley(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0982175671 (ISBN13: 9780982175675)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Bell Bridge Books

series

Angel Ridge

review 1: How does a big-city doc and a small-town doctor begin working together? Big-city doc grew up in Angel Ridge, Tennessee. Now her family home belongs to a single man who is spending time restoring the house to its original state. Small-town doctor is an elderly man who still enjoys an afternoon of fishing...in between caring for the medical needs of the town's residents. In a twist of events all of these elements are stirred together for a fascinating read. Of course, an element of romance in tossed into the mix along with traditional small-town family values. This book is one to be enjoyed.
review 2: Wow, where to start? I couldn't wait to read this book after reading the first in the series....... which I totally loved, by the way. This one, not even close. ... moreI am trying to figure out if Blake had ANY redeeming qualities. Nope, none. Oh wait, I believe the author mentioned him having black hair and I'm a sucker for men with black hair. But of course, that would be the shallow me talking and everyone knows that looks mean nothing if the person is an absolute jerk on the inside. So I go back to the fact that Blake had NOT ONE redeeming quality.1. He got annoyed when Janice.... A DOCTOR.... went to be with a dying patient...... a patient who had no family or friends to be with her when she passed. Then he shows up at the hospital after she told him she didn't need him. And then didn't really do much for her when she cried over losing her patient. 2. He got annoyed when Janice.... remember... a DOCTOR.... stayed with a patient at her uncle's house in order to give her uncle a break. The patient ...... who was dying of cancer...... was Blake's sister's best friend and it was mentioned that he loved her like a sister.3. He shows up at Janice's house for the big dance..... an hour and a half late. Granted, he had good reason to be late though what's the deal with a dead cell battery? Maybe it's just me but my cell stays charged, especially if I know I'm going somewhere. So he shows up at her house and sees her getting in a car with his brother, Cory. Hmm.... don't bother to ask WHY she was in the car or WHY she was going into Cory's house....... where Cory's wife was, by the way..... the wife who had just had a miscarriage and could possibly be having complications as a result. Just start beating the hell out of Cory and calling the woman you supposedly love a whore. And Janice (eventually) forgives him? Which makes me want to get started on her as well but I won't. Blake is enough.Is it any wonder he's 40 and still unmarried???4. After everything that went on with Cory and Blake, all was forgiven between the two of them as an afterthought. As long as the book was, couldn't maybe ONE more paragraph been added instead of having Dixie mention it in passing?Blake's character comes across as an abuser. The anger, the jealousy, all of it. And none of which made him endearing to me. If I hate the hero in the story, it's pretty much a given that I'm not going to like the story. And I can say that I totally hated Blake's character. As a matter of fact, of all the books I've read (hundreds and hundreds) over the years, I am having a hard time remembering another leading man in a book I hated more.I really hate that I didn't like this book. Cole and Josie in the first book were perfect and had the perfect ending, in my opinion. That book went on my favorites shelf. This one will most likely go in the opposite direction.I am sure I will read the others in the series as I really DO like the author's style and (as I said) I loved the first book. I just may wait a day or so before I go on to the next one. less

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