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The Perfect Gift (Courage, Love and the Meaning of Christmas) [Kindle Edition]

Shaun Roundy
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Book Two of the Courage, Love and the Meaning of Christmas trilogy. Book one (Courage, Love and the Meaning of Christmas) revealed the meaning of life through an engaging story full of adventure and romance. Book two poses and answers the question of whether people can really change inside, whether the deepest wounds can ever heal, whether life can rise above the mediocre, and whether impossible dreams can come true.

This year, it's Ski's turn for a miracle. But when the miracle comes, will he accept it? Can he grasp the truth while there's still time? And what about Spencer? When the truth comes knocking, will he pay attention? Many dreams came true for him over the past year, but that doesn't mean they can't fall apart.

Can people ever really change?

Madison Ski certainly hopes so. He's a brilliant young man who has always had everything figured out so clearly, but now he has a reason to reconsider. All his hopes for happiness and love depend on discovering that he was wrong.

The story picks up a year after book one, but it doesn't start out the way you probably expected. Much has changed over the last year, but nearly as much as is about to! You'll never guess the plot twists that will keep you glued to the pages right up to the final sentence.

Watch for book three, A Fall from Heaven by Thanksgiving 2011.

About the Author

Shaun Roundy earned an MA in English from Utah State University and taught writing there and at Utah Valley University for over a decade. He has published four books and written various articles. Shaun was born in New Jersey, then moved to Massachussettes, California and Brazil before settling in the Rocky Mountains in Logan, Utah. He later moved to Spain, Taiwan, China, and Utah Valley, as well as working and traveling in many other states and countries, including a five-week, 2,500 mile sailing voyage to help a friend bring his boat home from Venezuela. Shaun enjoys spending time in the outdoors, climbing, mountaineering, camping, skiing, sailing, motorcycling and participating in other sports. He has volunteered on the Utah County Sheriff Search and Rescue team for over a decade, as well as chairing the Mountain Rescue Association's Intermountain Region. He appeared in the Discovery Channel's Raging Planet - Blizzards and KUED's award-winning Secrets of the Lost Canyon. Most of all, Shaun craves beauty, experience, wisdom, fun and adventure, and hopes to share that with everyone around him and make the world a better place.

Product Details

  • File Size: 666 KB
  • Print Length: 162 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1893594025
  • Publisher: The University of Life Press (November 24, 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004DUN0EG
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,753 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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By vella
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I really enjoyed reading The Perfect Gift. Shaun is a talented author who does a great job! I highly recommend this book to readers. I loved a poem called, The Darkest Hour that is part of the story & also I'm hooked for the upcoming sequel. Lots of different things going on throughout the book. There is romance as well as evolving friendships. You won't be sorry for this purchase!
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truly was a perfect gift January 12, 2012
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Knew I would love this book. Just as I did the first one. Was sad when I finished and now have to wait for the third book to be released.. this seriesis one of the best I have read.. and ive read tons. What can I say I'm a bookworm, and love a heartwarming romance story.
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I read this book and its sequel, The Perfect Gift, and found both to be thought provoking as well as entertaining. Spencer and Ski seem to be an unlikely pair to engage in friendship, but it works. Spencer has to fight through is insecurities to discover who he really is. That leads him to visit his grandmother earlier than planned and where he meets Annetta. He discovers that his friendship with Annetta brings out the best in him.

Through the course of the two books, Spencer and Ski both discover their best selves. But there are unreslolved issues with Annetta. I'm eager to read the last book in the trilogy.
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Shaun Roundy's cv reads like a character from an action-adventure movie. Alongside writing half a dozen books in various styles, he has taught writing to thousands of university students, climbed 18,000' mountains, sailed 2,500 miles through two oceans, speaks half a dozen languages, lived on four continents and a tropical island, saved dozens of lives as a member of an active volunteer Search and Rescue team, chaired the Mountain Rescue Association's Intermountain Region, appeared in the Discovery Channel's "Raging Planet - Blizzards" and KUED's award-winning "Secrets of the Lost Canyon", along with many appearances on the evening news. The list goes on and on.

As a writer, he seeks primarily to entertain and inspire. "The best thing about writing is hearing that my readers stayed up all night reading because they couldn't stop, or laughed or shouted out loud, or that the plot caught them totally by surprise, or that they related to some character or insight that changed their life."

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