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Publisher:
Island Tales Press
Blurb
The last thing Micah Trant expects to find in
the snow by the side of the road, is a badly beaten man. But when Micah
discovers his identity, it feels like more than mere coincidence is at work
here. Like modern day Good Samaritans, he and his dad offer the stranger a
place to recuperate. After all, it’s almost Thanksgiving, and Greg is in no
state to travel home. It’s not an entirely altruistic move: Micah wants
answers, and he’s not the only one.
Greg cannot believe the way things turned out. The odds of Micah being the one to find him have to be astronomical, but he accepts the kind offer. As days become weeks, Greg learns more about Micah’s family, and comes to realize that staying with them for a Wyoming Christmas might just provide him with the answers he’s been seeking.
The magic of the holidays will also conjure up something neither Micah nor Greg expected…
Greg cannot believe the way things turned out. The odds of Micah being the one to find him have to be astronomical, but he accepts the kind offer. As days become weeks, Greg learns more about Micah’s family, and comes to realize that staying with them for a Wyoming Christmas might just provide him with the answers he’s been seeking.
The magic of the holidays will also conjure up something neither Micah nor Greg expected…
Review
A Christmas Promise is easiest
described as the meeting of four people who all are in desperate need of a
Christmas miracle, be it for individual as well as shared reasons. But, you
could also call it a story about faith, because some things are just meant to
be, and Micah finding Greg, wounded and abandoned in the snow, is surely
destined, and not just for the
obvious — hey this is a romance after all… — reason.
In fact, while this story is
undeniably a romance, there’s a lot more going on than just that. This is a
story about love lost and found, a tale shining a light on the beauty of family
ties, as well as a glorious example of coincidence — or is it Christmas magic?
— saving the day just when things appear darkest. But more than anything else,
this is a story about healing, from hurts old and fresh, from injuries physical
and mental, and from pain barely recognised or acknowledged. As such this story
will touch your heart on more than one occasion, it will bring both happy and
sad tears to your eyes and it will leave you uplifted by the time you reached
the finale.
This is a slow-burn romance
with both Micah and Greg biding their time and being uncertain about what the
other might or might not feel towards them. There’s also the fact that Greg has
only recently figured out his sexuality and is new to virtually anything he and
Micah might engage in. Not to mention a broken leg and other injuries, limiting
Greg’s options significantly. Of course the slow burn leaves room for many
romantic gestures, and beautiful kissing sessions, but more than anything, it
gives the two young men the opportunity to get to know each other.
Of course, since this is a KC
Wells’ book, the secondary characters are almost as stunning as our MCs. Both
Joshua (Micah’s Dad) and Naomi (his sister) had their own moments to shine and
they did so magnificently.
If I had to pick one thing that
stood out for me in this book, it is the wonderful balance the author managed
to strike between the bleakness of reality and the wonder of (Christmas) magic.
Neither would have worked for me without the other, while together they brought
me a beautiful, touching, and magical reading experience.
Yes, this is a seasonal story,
and it most certainly contains bright, light and sparkly moments. But, it is a
lot more than ‘just a bit of fluff'. This is a charming, heartwarming, and
ultimately magical tale about things coming full circle. It is, without a
doubt, a most wonderful reading experience.
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