
How the Grump Saved Christmas
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Narrated by:
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Stephen Dexter
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Samantha Brentmoor
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By:
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Claire Kingsley
Hardworking Isabelle Cook has a serious problem. Her family farm, site of Tilikum’s Christmas Village, is in trouble. Big trouble. And worst of all? The man trying to buy it is none other than the grumpiest, grinchiest man of them all—Elias Stoneheart.
That’s a big nope. She’s not letting him get involved. Not with his heart made of coal.
Elias Stoneheart is in the business of making money, not friends. Especially when his boss is promising a long-awaited promotion. All he has to do is convince one struggling family to sell their farm.
The problem? It’s Cook Family Farm. And Isabelle Cook is his ex.
He might have history with Isabelle, but this is just business. A Christmas-loving farm girl is not going to come between him and his ambition. And Christmas? He hates it. Christmas Village needs to go. But as Elias spends time in the small town, holiday spirit—and Isabelle—get under his skin. And she might be the only one who can melt the ice around his heart.
Author’s note: A sassy farm girl takes on a grumpy businessman in this stand-alone snowy small-town Christmas romance. Includes saucy banter, a guard donkey, plenty of holiday cheer, and a heartwarming happily ever after that will make you believe in the magic of Christmas.
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How the grump saved Christmas
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Stephen Dexter and Samantha Brentmoor were the perfect duo to bring this grumpy/sunshine romance to life. Samantha was the perfect voice of the strong and determine Isabelle and I loved how the Stephen changed the tone throughout the book as the story progressed. Both narrators did an incredible job bringing this story to life. This is a standalone romance and it was fun heading back to Tilikum (home of the Bailey brothers) for the holiday season.
Absolutely loved it
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Like Hot Chocolate Kingsley has made this story hot, rich, smooth and satisfying. Back to Tilikum for some Christmas cheer or is it? This story is around the same time of Annika and Levi which you see them pop in. Elias Stoneheart or Icecoldheart more like it comes back and runs into his high school love Isabelle while trying to take her family farm which includes Christmas Village. Will the ice around his heart melt or will he succeed in his plan?
One of my new favorite holiday reads!
You will melt like Marshmallows in Hot Chocolate!
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Nice Christmas Story by narrators mis cast
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Sweet Holiday a romance
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Grumpy Fun
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The performances were
Scrooge Reimagined
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A sweet Christmas tale
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Cute story
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Claire really made a story perfect for Hallmark. The banter between the two is the exact right amount you would expect in a RomCom. The drive that Isabelle has to save her family farms, and in a lot of way her values, is so touching and makes me with I had a family farm to save. "Watching" Elias grow from mr Grumpy and have his 'realization' moment that he ALSO wants to save the farm and be with Isabelle would make the coldest of hearts melt. We always saw that there was good in Elias, from the way he treated his assistant, Alice, and her daughter Maddie. We just needed to see him come fill circle. I very much enjoyed that Claire had a little representation of Cerebral Palsy in Maddie, I think she wrote it in such a brilliant and respectful way.
This story does take place in Tilikum, as I said earlier, and if you are a fan of Claire and read her Bailey Brothers series, part of this story and some of its characters might seem familiar. This story takes place around the same time frame as the last book in that series, Rewrite the Stars, and overlaps during pivotal scene in that book. We see both Elias and Isabelle in that story too. It was a very nice way to have a little spin-off of that series.
This story was narrated by a CK vet in Stephen Dexter who plays grumpy SO WELL you would think he is an actual grump (when he's actually one of the nicest people). He cant go from Grumpy, to sweet, to a dirty talker in the span of one sentence. This was the first for Samantha Brentmoor, who is a personal favorite of mine. She really embodied (envoiced??) Isabelle so well and brought her character to life. I hope to hear this pair again soon.
overall this was a very cute, well written and well done story. A perfect little semi retelling of A Christmas Carol. While this was no where near as spicy as some of her other books have been, this still had plenty to love for family, friends and the one true loves.
The perfect little holiday treat
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