Guiding the Grouch by Shanna Hatfield

Guiding the Grouch

by Shanna Hatfield

Series: Summer Creek #5
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Published by Wholesome Hearts Publishing on December 15, 2022
Setting: Oregon
Genres: Sweet Cowboy Holiday Romance
Pages: 400
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Also in this series: Catching the Cowboy, Rescuing the Rancher, Protecting the Princess, Distracting the Deputy

He's a billionaire set on escaping the holidays and his demanding family. She’s a single mom with a sunny smile who keeps her heart safely hidden.When she makes him her personal Christmas project, what could possibly go wrong?
Gabe Gatlin would do anything to evade the obligatory family holiday hobnobbing that is nothing more than one horrible business event after another, all wrapped up with a gaudy Christmas ribbon. Then the opportunity arises to explore a property in the small town of Summer Creek, Oregon, and gives him the idea to run away for the holidays. This year, he’s skipping Christmas. All he has to do is hide out until January in the quirky little town where the residents have dubbed him Grinchy Gabe. But when a delightful woman starts making his sleigh bells jingle, he might find it impossible to avoid losing his three-sizes-too-small heart.
Single mom and waitress, Dani Latham, has two priorities: give her son the stable life she never had, and spread joy to her friends and neighbors in Summer Creek. When a stranger with a grinchy attitude sits at her table, she makes it her personal mission to make him smile. As she guides him into a flurry of Christmas festivities, she starts to wonder if this grouch’s heart will ever return to normal size. And even worse. . . if it does, who is going to save hers from breaking when he leaves?
Will a little Christmas magic and wonder bring these two lonesome people together?
Discover the joys of the season mixed with humor, holiday fun, and moments that tug at your heartstrings in this sweet contemporary Christmas romance.

Guiding the Grouch by Shanna Hatfield is a sweet romance reflecting the spirit of Christmas.

Will Gabe and Dani figure out their hearts before Christmas?

Gabe Gatlin

Gabe is our hero. He is intelligent, good-looking, has a heart of gold, and has an over-stuffed wallet. Mostly Gabe is looking for what is missing in his life. He isn’t happy with his father, sister, or brother-in-law, and he is sick of them trying to direct his life. Gabe would rather spend time on the family ranch where his grandparents lived, but his father and sister keep him in Oklahoma City and close by.

I enjoyed getting to know Gabe and felt sorry for his family’s lack of Christmas spirit. Although he seems to have a runaway issue, I feel he won’t run anymore.

Dani Latham

Dani is our heroine. She is great. I adored her. She is a great mother, a hard worker, kind-hearted, and sweet. Dani goes out of her way to help people and to make Summer Creek a better place. She is always helping out with something. Oh, and this woman can budget. Being a single mom is no easy task, but she manages to keep everything going and still have a few dollars left for the fun stuff.

You can tell how great she is by how well-behaved her son, Seth is. He also volunteers around town and helps his friends. Seth is learning to fix household things and work on cars with Deputy Strickland. He is going to be another great man in Summer Creek.

“Christmas stuff? What kind of stuff? Regular stuff? Double stuff? Stuff with stuff?” she teased and waggled an eyebrow at him. Seth chuckled and shook his head. “Sometimes you are too weird, Mom.” “So, there are varying degrees of weird? You’ll have to explain what levels are acceptable so I always strive to exceed them.” “Mom!” Seth drew out the one word for what seemed like five seconds before he grinned and went back to eating his sandwich.

Hatfield, Shanna. Guiding The Grouch: A Small-Town Clean Romance (Summer Creek Book 5) (p. 98). Wholesome Hearts Publishing. Kindle Edition.

Five Stars

My rating for Guiding the Grouch by Shanna Hatfield is five stars. I adore how Ms. Hatfield combines worlds and shows the importance of love and family. Honestly, I would love to find a place like Summer Creek where neighbors help each other and empower the youth. I highly recommend Guiding the Grouch whether you are looking for a one-off Christmas cowboy romance or genuinely want to meet all the characters of Summer Creek by reading the series.

Also, there is a recipe for Grouchy Green Pie at the back of the book that I plan to make before the New Year.

Summer Creek

Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of Guiding the Grouch by Shanna Hatfield.

Until the next time,

 

Reading this book contributed to these challenges:

• Jenz 2022 Goodreads RC

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