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5.0 out of 5 stars
Sensational Read., February 13, 2006
This review is from: Vermont Valentine (Holiday Hearts) (Silhouette Special Edition, No. 1739) (Mass Market Paperback)
Vermont Valentine by Kristin Hardy is a delightful romance for readers especially on the most romantic day of the year Valentine's Day.
Jacob Trask is a solitary man, he was his generations ambassador of the man who lives alone on the family farm. His brothers have gone off and found lives in the city leaving Jacob to run the families Maple Farm alone. Though their mother lives near Jacob lives in a house farm from the family homestead. He really hasn't missed companionship much until feisty Celie Favreau invades his quiet world and turns it on its ear.
Celie Favreau career in forestry has had her traveling all over the country. She loves her job but it pains her that she has to cut down trees to safe other healthy trees. Celie is in Vermont to hopefully head off a major bug infestation that could damage livelihoods for years. Celie wasn't planning on quiet and rugged Jacob Trask stirring her soul.
Jacob and Celie race to safe as many trees as possible. Celie takes an unorthodox chance with an unapproved chemical to safe Jacob's farms. She is also taking a major chance with her heart.
Jacob and Celie relationship is heartfelt, deeply moving as well as sensual. Their ups and downs will melt your heart and praying that they find their way to an everlasting love.
Kristin Hardy brings her Holiday Hearts trilogy to an emotional and genuinely satisfying conclusion.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Ms. Hardy is a very talented story teller ......, December 16, 2007
This review is from: Vermont Valentine (Holiday Hearts) (Silhouette Special Edition, No. 1739) (Mass Market Paperback)
Kristin Hardy's Holiday Hearts series touched me in a very special way. This trilogy is based around the Trask brothers of Vermont. Their father passed away suddenly and the family faces the painful year of firsts. The Trask maple sugar farm has been in the family for five generations. A tremendous legacy and the anchor that pulls the family together.
Where There's Smoke by Kristin Hardy
Silhouette Special Edition # 1720 - November 2005
Nick is a Captain in a Boston firehouse. Sloan has invented a device that will help prevent firefighters from getting lost or dead ended in burning buildings. Nick's none to pleased when he's ordered to help Sloan in the final testing of her equipment. Nothing is going to stand in Sloan's way to getting this equipment approved and onto every firefighters gear. Lives are at stake, and Sloan can't bear the thought of losing another firefighter because they can't see the way out. This is personal.
Nick and Sloan are very well developed characters. Both are struggling with personal issues that make this a very well rounded story. Ms. Hardy has a talent of creating believable characters that make you care about what happens to them. It was a pleasure reading about Nick and Sloan.
Under the Mistletoe by Kristin Hardy
Silhouette Special Edition # 1725 - December 2005
Gabe has been a part of the Hotel Mt. Jefferson since his teens, working himself up to Manager. It's a grand old world hotel in need of lots of attention. Hadley's father has just inherited the hotel. She's been given the mission of bringing the Hotel's bottom line on par with her father's other corporations; no matter what cuts she has to make in order to do that. Gabe has to appeal to Hadley's romantic side before the Hotel loses all it's charm.
Hadley's struggle to do what she knows in her heart to be the right thing, is heart warming. She's faced with disobeying and disappointing her very demanding father or with stripping an historic landmark to bare bones. Gabe is the perfect hero to show her what true loyalty is.
Vermont Valentine by Kristin Hardy
Silhouette Special Edition # 1739 - February 2006
Jacob's the oldest son. He's the rock that continues to anchor the generations to the family farm. The maple trees are everything to him. Celie has a tough job with the US Forest Service. Time is running out and she has to identify and destroy all the trees that have been infested with a very aggressive beetle that threatens entire sugar maple forests. When she finds some infested trees on Jacob's farm, she has to make some heartbreaking decisions on how many trees must be destroyed.
This is an emotional story for both Celie and Jacob. Jacob has such a strong sense of responsibility, a love for the land, and a fear of letting down his family. Celie has an instinct when it comes to Jacob. She completes him.
Mr. Hardy has written three wonderful stories here. All about coming to terms with our losses and appreciating family and home. Growing up on a farm, I can relate to the Trask brothers. I understand the feelings of Nick, not wanting to be tied to the land that tied his father. I understand Jacob and the pride he feels in past family accomplishment and the passing on to future generations. When I read this trilogy I had just past the first anniversary of my own father's death, and the feelings shared among the Trask family over their approaching anniversary were very close to those I was experiencing.
Ms. Hardy is a very talented story teller. She has created wonderful characters that reach out and let you be a part of their lives. I appreciate the time Ms. Hardy has taken to research for her stories and the efforts to get things right. Her talent was rewarded with a Rita nomination, one I feel was very well deserved.
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