Gift Horse by Beth Carpenter

A Gift Horse

by Beth Carpenter

Series: 12 Days of Heartwarming Christmas #8, Christmas Town #8
on October 9, 2018
Genres: Sweet Holiday Romance
Pages: 170
Format: Kindle
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Also in this series: A Christmas Carousel Proposal, A Miracle for Christmas, Pride and Presents, Sleigh Bells in the Snow, Our Christmas Promise, Defending Christmas, The Hope Chest, Paint Me a Christmas, Santa School, The Dark Horse, His Christmas Carousel Baby, Five Golden Wishes, Christmas Town Homecoming: A 10-Book Connected Holiday Romance Collection

Luke Mueller has good reasons to keep to himself. After his fiancée and best friend cheated him out of his company three years ago, he moved to Christmas Town and started a business restoring antique farm equipment. His only real friend was the octogenarian next door. Since she had no family around to support her, Luke pitched in to help, especially after she grew ill.
Now her granddaughter, Gwen Heatherton, has inherited the farm, and Luke wants nothing to do with a woman so self-centered she wouldn’t even visit her dying grandmother. But when Gwen requests his expertise to restore Christmas Town’s carousel in time to celebrate the anniversary of her grandmother’s friends, he agrees to help. For her grandmother’s sake.
As he works alongside Gwen in the carousel restoration, Luke discovers she’s not the selfish person he thought she was. If anything, she’s too generous with her time and energy, constantly volunteering for whatever needs doing, and in Christmas Town in December, that’s a lot. When Luke gets saddled with a canine escape artist, Gwen is there to help with that too.
The more time he spends with Gwen, the more Luke grows to admire her. He slowly learns to trust again. But Gwen has a secret that involves Luke. If he finds out, the foundation of trust they’ve built may be destroyed. And trust isn’t something that’s easy to restore.

Will Luke ever trust Gwen?

Gift Horse by Beth Carpenter is a fantastic book about earning trust, falling in love, and helping out in the community. I learned a lot of things in this book about the inner workings of a carousel and especially the organ part. Ms. Carpenter did a marvelous job writing this book.

Luke Mueller

Luke Mueller is the main male character and is in his bubble. He holds resentment to his next-door neighbors family since they weren’t there for the neighbor that Luke came to love. Luke is also a recluse because he doesn’t want to get hurt again and thinks everyone will hurt him. He has a complicated past, but Luke overcomes it throughout the storyline. Luke is an excellent character because he is rejoining society and is starting to trust people again. He has gotten past it and is now a better person because of it.

Gwen Heatherton

Gwen Heatherton is the main female character and is the definition of a people-pleaser. Gwen’s grandma was Luke’s neighbor and had been telling her to stop trying to be perfect despite what Gwen’s parents have put in her head since she was born. She is a great cook and baker; she is also getting her own business started, which her mom is making hard for her. Gwen is an excellent character because yes she is a people pleaser, but Gwen loves to do it. Despite that meaning, she is stretched too thin often but with Luke around to help out its all good.

Five Stars

Gift Horse by Beth Carpenter is a great read. It has a great happy ending, and everything is going kind of smoothly for the couple. Then again, that is how one can tell when one is in an actual relationship. Gwen does end up helping Luke, and they learn a lot of things from each other. I am giving this book a five-star rating and wanting to recommend it to everyone that loves Romance.

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