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The Christmas Brides: A McKettrick Christmas\A Creed Country Christmas (2010)

by Linda Lael Miller(Favorite Author)

4 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0373775024 (ISBN13: 9780373775026)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

HQN Books

series

McKettricks

review 1: 2 stars, McKettrick Christmas, 3 stars, A Creed Country Christmas. This book is a set of two Christmas novellas. The first one started out promising, albeit predictable, but somehow the middle of the book (where the hero and heroine might get to know each other and work out any differences) was absent, yet the end was drawn out. It really would have been a better novella if the beginning served as the story, with a brief epilogue that would have condensed the ending. I liked a Creed Country Christmas much better, although it predictably pairs widow/er and orphans, etc. but the story flowed much better. I haven't read much (if anything) by this author, although I know that she's popular. I can't say that this offering left me very intrigued.
review 2: I di... morescovered Linda Lael Miller 2 years ago with another Christmas story, A Stone Creek Christmas and was immediately drawn to her interesting story lines and strong, profoundly decent characters who often are dealing with issues of loss and regret. I also enjoy the supernatural elements that show up in some of the stories. I've read a good number of her books since and have only rarely been disappointed. The Christmas Brides consists of two very enjoyable holiday stories set around the turn of the 20th Century. A McKettrick Christmas begins with Lizzie McKettrick and Dr. Morgan Shane meeting on a train that is hit by an avalanche and pushed dangerously close to the edge of a deep ravine. I found the description of the perils the passengers faced very gripping. In addition to a couple of injured people and one very ill man, they faced the possibility of death from exposure, hunger, or more likely being hit by a second avalanche. With a touch of the magical/mystical, Lizzie and Morgan fall in love and survive against the odds. A Creed Country Christmas tells the story of Lincoln Creed, a lonely widower and Juliana Mitchell a very down on her luck teacher who is trying to help 4 Native American Children who face the uncertain future of being shipped out to institutions since the Indian School she taught was closed. Linc offers Juliana and the children a place to stay and in addition to their immediate attraction, they begin to see who they may be the answer to each other's problems. Both stories were very moving and sweet, with a nice Christmas feel to them. My only complaint would be that due to their short length, they were both a little rushed at the end. I would have liked spending more time with Lizzie, Mogan, Juliana, Lincoln and the secondary characters as well. less

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