Holiday Kisses
by Anna J. Stewart
Series: Butterfly Harbor Stories #5
Series Rating:
Published by Harlequin Heartwarming Large Print on April 2, 2019
Genres: Sweet Holiday Romance
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
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Also in this series: The Firefighter's Thanksgiving Wish, Recipe for Redemption
His family’s honor is at stake…
And she holds the key
Calliope Jones, Butterfly Harbor’s free-spirited organic farmer, is the most vocal objector to Xander Costas and his design for the butterfly sanctuary that he hopes will save his family’s architectural firm. Strangely, it’s Calliope who shows him what the town, and he, really need. Calliope makes Xander listen with his heart. And soon his heart may be telling him to stay with this extraordinary woman!
Can drawing a plan for a butterfly sanctuary be enough to get two people together?
Holiday Kisses by Anna J. Stewart is her latest book in her Butterfly Harbor series, and it’s fantastic. Ms. Stewart did an excellent job with this book, and I can’t wait to read the next two book in this series that will be released later this year. Each of the characters are unique and can stand on their own in this novel.
Xander Costas
Xander Costas is the main male character who is from Chicago and works for his family architectural firm. He is there to talk about building a butterfly sanctuary and education center for the butterflies of Butterfly Harbor. Xander learns quite a lot in the short time he is there. Including how to love someone completely different from himself. What I like about him is that he has a large amount of inner strength and that you can tell the struggle he is going through throughout the book. Xander is a family guy. He loves his family and the one that he now has in Butterfly Harbor especially with his little sister around.
Calliope Jones
Calliope Jones is the main female character who has been in Butterfly Harbor for a long time. She is raising her younger sister while trying to run the farm and being the eccentric that the whole town thinks she is. Calliope has made a lot of friends at Butterfly Harbor and not only that, but she is someone that the town trusts. What I like about her is that she tries not to let her guard down around Xander knowing that it will end in heartbreak not only for herself but for her little sister. Calliope is a force to be reckoned with once she sets her mind onto something especially if it means to protect her sibling. She is the towns unconventional citizen, but everyone comes to her for advice and everything else that she probably shouldn’t have stuck her nose in, but everyone is glad that she did.
Five Star
Holiday Kisses by Anna J. Stewart is a fabulous romance. It reminded me of some of the good things about living in California while other times not so much. Xander and Calliope make a cute couple as well. I am giving it a five-star rating and recommending it to anyone that likes heartwarming romances and of course butterflies!
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Check out my interview with her HERE.
Until the next time,
Happy Reading!
About Anna J. Stewart
What happens when geek girls grow up? This one became a writer.
You’ve met me (or someone like me) before. I was the girl who spun in circles on the playground hoping my Wonder Woman costume would magically appear before playing cops and robbers a la Charlie’s Angels–Sabrina was my favorite. I was the girl in the back of the class with a paperback romance hidden in her algebra book (and yes, I failed algebra). I was the girl making up stories about the Starship Enterprise and trying to figure out how I could join the Hardy Boys on their latest adventure.
I can’t remember not having a book in my hand or a story in my head. Growing up in the 70′s and 80′s meant there weren’t a lot of YA books, so I ventured early into mainstream fiction and read Stephen King’s CARRIE at the age of 8. Discovering Nora Roberts and romance novels early in high school opened my eyes to the wonders of storytelling and the beauty of a happily ever after.
There’s something incredible about creating something out of nothing, of having a glimmer of an idea transform itself into a story somewhere between thought and fingers.Creating rich characters with life altering conflicts, setting them on their journeys of self-discovery to their happily ever afters is what I live to do. It’s what I love doing. Those who say writing is hard work aren’t lying–at times the process is excruciating. But there is nothing like the rush that comes from bringing a story to life with the stroke of the pen or the click of the keys.
So here I am, many years later, an English Degree on my wall, a Golden Heart nomination behind me, countless stories in my head, and coping with a serious addiction to STAR TREK, SUPERNATURAL, and SHERLOCK. A hybrid author writing sweet and mainstream romance, romantic suspense and paranormal romance. Life doesn’t get any better than that.
The above information and pic were taken from the author’s website.
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2019 Contemporary Romance Reading Challenge
- 2019 Goodreads Reading Challenge
- 2019 New Release Challenge
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