Christmas In Ghost Gum Springs
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4.3 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
She's a long way from home, and definitely not in the Christmas spirit...
Diana Jenkins' dream vacation has turned into a nightmare. First, her car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, Australia. Then she's rescued by a tall, blonde Aussie who won't take her back to Sydney, only to the blink–and–you'll–miss–it town of Ghost Gum Springs. Finally, the rental car company won't be able to deliver her a new car until after the holidays. So now she's hot, jet–lagged, and stuck in a small town just like the one she's trying to escape. Australian small towns won't be any different from Montana small towns, and Diana wants out.
A lover of all things Christmas, Connor Shetland is determined to bring the Christmas spirit to the small town of Ghost Gum Springs. Stepping away from his law career to run the local pub for three months is the best decision he's ever made, and now he's relaxed, cheerful, and ready to take on even the grinchiest of Scrooges. He just didn't expect Scrooge to be quite so attractive.
With Diana's mistrust of small town life and her plans thrown awry, Connor has his work cut out for him. But Christmas miracles never come easy, but they come to those who need them the most.
Customer Reviews
Sweet and steamy
3.5 stars.
This is a sweet but steamy little novella set in the Australian outback. American heroine Diana has recently lost her Scrooge of a grandmother but inherited her substantial savings so her emotions are a little mixed. At the urging of her friends she decided to splash out on a holiday and ends up in Australia, her car breaking down in the middle of nowhere.
Saved from turning into a baked tourist by the arrival of former lawyer Connor Shetland, she is ferried to Ghost Gum Springs where he is doing a sabbatical by taking over the pub while his friend is on a honeymoon.
Diana hates small towns. She grew up in a small town in Montana and everybody knew her business and judged her on the behaviour of her loser parents. This included her grandmother who took her in after their death and proceeded to try and force her into an acceptable pattern. Now the old lady is dead and Diana is still trying to realise that she has the power to control her own life.
But Connor and Ghost Gum Springs are doing a number on her. Especially the way Connor is plastering the whole town with Christmas cheer.
Connor finds Diana compellingly attractive, but she is passing through and he has his own reasons for not wanting to push her into something that she doesn't want.
Over all this is a sweet little story with a touch of steam in the protagonists physical attraction and actions. A nice little read in the leadup to Christmas.
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