Christmas at the Shelter Inn
A Holiday Romance
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4.4 • 139 Ratings
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- $2.99
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- $2.99
Publisher Description
"[Thayne] engages the reader’s heart and emotions, inspiring hope and the belief that miracles are possible." —Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Come home to Shelter Springs this Christmas, where hearts are warm and hopes are bright…
Growing up at the Shelter Inn hotel, Natalie Shepherd envied guests who could come and go as they pleased. So when it was time to finally leave for college and put the lush green mountains around Shelter Springs—along with the cloud of loss that seemed to follow her family—behind her, she swore she’d never come back. But now her sister McKenna needs a favor. On pregnancy bed rest at doctor’s orders, McKenna needs a helping hand with her two young daughters and someone to take over the inn during the hectic holiday season, and Nat can’t refuse. And just when things can’t get worse, she runs into her late brother’s best friend, Griffin Taylor…
Griff has mixed feelings about Natalie’s return. She’s just as beautiful and full of life as he remembered, but there’s a secret he’s carried for years about her brother—and the guilt is eating away at him. Still, Christmas in this small town is filled with treasured traditions and new adventures that hold the promise of something sweet and lasting. From matchmaking seniors to rambunctious nieces, it seems everyone is hoping Nat and Griff will put loss behind them and find a happy new beginning…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The magic of the Christmas season comes alive in bestseller Thayne's poignant latest holiday romance (after All Is Bright). Digital nomad Natalie Shepherd returns home to Shelter Springs, Idaho, as infrequently as possible, distancing herself from the memories of her mother's and brother's deaths and her father's subsequent abandonment. Then her pregnant sister, McKenna, who still lives in town, is ordered onto bed rest and Natalie drops everything to be at her side. She gets into a car accident on her way back into town—and Griffin Taylor, her late brother's dreamy best friend, is the one who comes to tow her car. As Natalie cares for McKenna's two young daughters and helps out at the Shelter Inn, a senior apartment community that McKenna runs, the Shelter Inn residents—including Griffin's grandmother—conspire to set her up with Griffin. But with Natalie fully intending to leave as soon as McKenna's baby is born, can they make a relationship work? Thayne's depiction of the Christmas season is timeless, complete with marshmallows and a Christmas Eve snowstorm, while her characters' emotions feel authentic and often painful. The result is a good balance of light and dark.
