Guest Review: Jane’s Gift – Karen Erickson

A devastating house fire cost Jane Clark nearly everything: her husband, her confidence, and her looks, with the physical scars marbling her body. Now, two years later, she’s living and healing back in her childhood hometown of Lone Pine Lake. The upcoming holidays are the perfect opportunity to bring some Christmas cheer into her young children’s lives, starting with a visit to the firehouse, where her brother’s best friend has offered to help quell their residual fears.
Lone Pine’s resident playboy, fire captain Christian Nelson is happy with his single-guy lifestyle. He’s an everyday local hero, so he’s never wanting for attention around the holidays. But when Jane Clark shows up, Chris is immediately drawn to the beautiful widow—even though kids and commitment have never been his style.
Despite her brother’s warnings about his friend’s playboy status and dangerous occupation, Jane can’t help but fall for the gorgeous fire captain. The holidays are a time of new beginnings, but can two scarred people find the strength to let go of their pasts to live in the present, when a lifetime together might be the sweetest gift of all?

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Release Date:  October 25, 2012
Publisher:  Entangled Publishing
Source:  Provided by Publisher
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Reviewer’s Thoughts:

Have tissues at the ready, because this book will bring tears to your eyes!  Written just like a holiday made for TV movie on the Hallmark Channel, this story is incredibly heart-warming and sweet.  Both afraid of commitment, Jane and Christian find one another and must learn to trust themselves and their hearts.

Having lost her husband and home to a fire, and suffering burns on her body, Jane is left self-conscious and alone to raise her three children.  When she happens upon Christian, a super gorgeous firefighter who thinks she’s beautiful, her fear of letting someone get close to her again kicks in to overdrive.  As Christian begins to warm up to Jane and they spend more and more time together however, her walls slowly begin to come down.  But when things start to get too serious, Jane runs, and leaves Christian fighting to show her just how much he loves her and how far he’s willing to go to prove it.

This book was so good!  I laughed, I cried, I felt frustrated… it was holiday perfection!  The characters were true to life with real issues that a lot of people can relate to, and the story itself flowed beautifully.  If you’re looking for a little holiday sweet treat, this book is guaranteed to be just what you’re looking for!

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