It is Christmastime once again on the beautiful island of Nantucket and Jilly is feeling a mix of emotions. Her youngest daughter is coming home to get married on Christmas Day, but after her wedding she will settle down in Utah with her new husband. The thought of her daughter being so far away just tears her up, so Jilly is on a mission to rekindle Felicia's high school romance with the handsome, Steven Hardy. But when Felicia and her future husband, Archie, arrive on Nantucket even Jilly has a hard time resisting his charms. Will Archie win over Jilly? And will Jilly forgive Archie for keeping her daughter in Utah?
As we all know, Nantucket is a bit of a magical place and that magic continues year round. From the author's descriptions, the island seems to be just as enchanting at Christmas as it is in the summer. I will admit that at first I found Jilly's scheming ways to be rather annoying, but she seemed to lighten up a bit when Rex came into her life. Rex is the little rescue cat that Jilly and her husband adopt. It was totally adorable watching how that little critter wrapped Jilly around it's little paw. And eventually the whole family fell in love with him. Having Rex to focus on allowed Jilly to lighten up a bit on the matchmaking and breaking up Archie and Felicia. Like all good Christmas stories, An Island Christmas ends just the way you would expect a good Christmas story would end. With warm fuzzies and a very Merry Christmas.
Bottom line, it is that time of year when our bookstores, radio stations, and cable television stations are overrun with holiday books and movies. Basically my favorite time of the year! An Island Christmas was a great choice for first holiday read of the year. Can you believe it, just under six weeks until Christmas!
The Details:
- An Island Christmas by Nancy Thayer
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- Pages: 224
- Publication Date: October 28, 2014
- Publisher: Random House
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