A Christmas to Remember by Jenny Hale
Published: 10th October 2014
Publisher: Bookoture
Pages: 249
Available on Kindle
Blurb
A beautiful story about the magic of childhood Christmas memories, the strength of family and falling in love when you least expect it.
Everyone loves Christmas – don’t they?
Carrie Blake loves her job as a nanny but, while her friends are settling down, all of Carrie’s spare time is spent with other people’s families. Though it breaks her heart, her New Year’s resolution is to embark on a new career and fix her love life.
As Carrie starts her last job, she’s sure she’ll be going out on a high – the house is amazing , the kids are adorable, and she’s in charge of decorating the tree!
The only problem could be her boss… single-dad Adam Fletcher might be both handsome and successful, but he’s always working. Doesn’t he realise he’s missing out on precious moments with his son and daughter?
As Adam’s family arrive for Christmas including his sensitive sister, Sharon, and his fun-loving elderly Grandpa, Walter, Carrie realises that she might just have found the perfect allies in her quest to persuade Adam to loosen up. There’s still time for Carrie to make this the best Christmas ever… after all, Christmas is the time for miracles, isn’t it? Let the festivities begin!
Everyone loves Christmas – don’t they?
Carrie Blake loves her job as a nanny but, while her friends are settling down, all of Carrie’s spare time is spent with other people’s families. Though it breaks her heart, her New Year’s resolution is to embark on a new career and fix her love life.
As Carrie starts her last job, she’s sure she’ll be going out on a high – the house is amazing , the kids are adorable, and she’s in charge of decorating the tree!
The only problem could be her boss… single-dad Adam Fletcher might be both handsome and successful, but he’s always working. Doesn’t he realise he’s missing out on precious moments with his son and daughter?
As Adam’s family arrive for Christmas including his sensitive sister, Sharon, and his fun-loving elderly Grandpa, Walter, Carrie realises that she might just have found the perfect allies in her quest to persuade Adam to loosen up. There’s still time for Carrie to make this the best Christmas ever… after all, Christmas is the time for miracles, isn’t it? Let the festivities begin!
Review
Carrie Blake is a full-time live in nanny who spends all her
time helping other people’s families,
she has finally decided that the job she is about to start at the Fletcher
household will be her last and then she will take control and live her own
life. As soon as Carrie sets eyes on
Adam Fletcher she is struck with butterflies in her stomach, something she’s
never felt before. She’s also struck with how reserved and formal Adam and his
children are with each other. She vows before she leaves to inject some fun and
love into the household. With the help of Adam’s family she begins to help Adam
see that work isn’t the most important thing in the world.
I instantly fell in love with this book and its characters,
especially Carrie. She reminded me a bit of Mary Poppins with her bag and
tricks, like the food colouring for snow volcanoes. I loved the way that she
injected fun and Christmas spirit into the children and eventually Adam. The
way she was with Adam was just lovely to read about, I loved the way he made
her nervous whenever he was around and she really wanted him to work less and
see what wonderful children her had. The romance was perfect for the story as it
was so innocent and gradual that you were just hoping that Adam would have
feelings for Carrie too. She was also so caring with other members of the
family I really loved the way she played cards with Walter and how she wanted
to help Sharon but she was unsure about whether that would be interfering as
she wasn’t part of the family.
Adam is also a great character too; obviously he’s extremely
good-looking and very successful as he lives in a huge house. I think the most
adorable thing about him is that he’s kind of shy of his children, it’s like he
doesn’t want to get too close in case he hurts them. The scene where he takes Olivia up to bed and
reads her a story and she falls asleep on his shoulder is probably my favourite
in the book, Adam was just so cute!
This is the first Jenny Hale book which I have read but I
will definitely be picking up her other Christmas story Coming home for
Christmas as I believe that it will be just as good and features two characters
mentioned in this book Robert and Allie Marley, so reading more about them
would be good. Her writing is easy flowing and very comforting and makes you
feel like you’re living the story yourself.
This is a book that made me feel warm and cosy inside and I know I will want to
read it every Christmas, it has the perfect mix of elements for a Christmas story
including family visiting, Christmas decorating, old wounds being healed, love
and friendship blossoming and of course plenty of snow. So get on your big Christmas jumper, make
yourself some hot cocoa, curl up by the fire and read it too!
Rating 5/5
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