Karen Schaler really drew me in with this heart-warming and fun Christmas Story. ~ Kitty, Guilty Pleasures
Blurb:
From the screenwriter of the Netflix Original viral hit, A Christmas Prince, comes another heartwarming holiday story about a beautiful Grinch who’s determined to get her dream job even if it means spending a week at a Christmas Camp where she discovers an unexpected love.
Haley Hanson’s idea of the perfect Christmas is escaping to the Caribbean to work so she can avoid all the traditional Christmas distractions. Over the years, she’s sacrificed her personal life to climb the corporate ladder at a prestigious Boston advertising agency. Now she just needs to land a coveted Christmas toy company account to make partner. But first, her boss, Larry, thinks she needs a holiday attitude adjustment, so he ships her off to a Christmas Camp at Holly Peak Inn to help her find her Christmas spirit.
Arriving at the charming mountainside inn, Haley meets the owner’s handsome son, Jeff, and feels an instant spark, but resists the attraction, refusing to be distracted from her goal of doing all the required Christmas tasks as fast as possible so she can get back to work.
At first Haley struggles with all the traditional Christmas Camp activities. It’s not until she finally allows herself to slow down, live in the moment, and let Christmas back into her heart, that she begins to grow closer to Jeff. But when he finds out Haley’s come up with a plan to help his dad save the struggling inn while he’s been trying to convince his dad to sell it, their relationship takes a serious holiday hit. Now it will take the magic of the season to bring these two hearts together.
I would love to see this story on the Hallmark Channel. It would be a fun, entertaining movie. To see this New England Christmas come alive
more than it did in this book, would be wonderful. Karen Schaler has a fantastic way of telling stories and bringing a smile to my face.
Haley was a riot. From her Scrooge mentality to trying to navigate snow in a pair of spike heeled boots, you couldn’t help but laugh at her. Her response to seeing her room at Christmas Camp, the rules and the activities that she was forced to endure were all hysterical. And then there was Max. But, as time wore on and she started to realize what her life has become, she opens her heart to the magic of Christmas Camp and possibly to Jeff. Now, if she could just come up with that idea that will win her boss over.
Jeff is concerned about his father. He wants him closer to him … in Boston, not at Christmas Camp where all memories are of his mother. He loves the Inn and all the traditions but his father is getting older and can’t handle it all himself. But, this Christmas Camp feels different. It could be the start of something wonderful along with the end of something that everyone holds dear to their hearts. It took some doing but they finally got Haley to come around and enjoy herself instead of just worrying about her project. And then he did the one thing that he never thought he would do or want, he fell in love only to find out that she has gone behind his back and gave gave his father hope for the future of Christmas Camp. How can he both love and loath Haley at the same time?
I absolutely loved this fun Christmas story. New to me author (I think this is her debut novel) has truly won me over and has me waiting to read her next story – Christmas Camp Wedding which is coming out in January. Her writing was fluid and fun and she truly knows how to tell a story.
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