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Holidays in Willow Valley
by Linda Weaver Clarke
Series: Willow Valley Historical Romance #4
Series Rating:
on May 30, 2020
Genres: Sweet Historical Holiday Romance
Pages: 207
Format: Kindle, Paperback
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Also in this series: One Last Dance, Angel's Serenade, A Pleasant Rivalry, Tales of Willow Valley
Six Short Stories: What were the holidays like at Willow Valley, Illinois, in 1840? Relive life in the “olden days” in each of these stories, featuring the characters from the Willow Valley Series. How will Emmeline and Felicity celebrate Valentine’s Day? Do Sam and Josie believe in leprechauns and the pot of gold when St. Patrick’s Day comes around? Is it common to play jokes on one another on April Fools Day? Nicholas and Lucas find out first hand. Angelica’s eyes are opened when she is challenged on Independence Day. When the Irish and Scottish came to America, they brought their Halloween traditions with them. How about Christmas? Will Willow Valley accept these traditions? Find out as you share their experiences. This book is full of surprises.
Holidays in Willow Valley by Linda Weaver Clarke are many short stories put into one book about some of the holidays we had back in the day.
What do you think happened in Willow Valley during the holidays?
The Holidays
Ms. Clarke has given us short stories for Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, April Fool’s Day, the Fourth of July, Halloween, and Christmas. Each one is completely different from the last one in terms of what will happen and who will be the main characters for the short story. I loved each one as I read them as they were really great and the little bit of history that we got with them on when that tradition started in the United States for us. It was a nice history lesson within the stories, along with some romance or child fun in some. Another thing that I love about each story is that they each have a message that I think is great. The first two are about how you appear, or act will determine what others will think of you. In the April Fool’s day, the story is all about having fun even if the person you are pranking doesn’t know who did it. Then with the Halloween story is all about standing up for what you believe in. Lastly, Christmas is all about helping others that need help.
The history lessons in each one were very cool. I didn’t know that All Hallow’s Eve happens to be a Celtic tradition of remembering past loved ones that aren’t apart of this world but that having a bonfire will help keep bad spirits away. It was cool to learn about this story. Another one is that Christmas is a Dutch and German holiday. The Dutch brought over Santa Claus, and the German’s the Christmas Tree.
4 Stars
Holidays in Willow Valley by Linda Weaver Clarke have many historical touches to it that I believe rings true in the times that she was writing them in. I loved everything about it, and I hope that Ms. Clarke will be writing more in Willow Valley as I miss visiting this little town. Ms. Clarke always does a fantastic job with these stories that I am just so eager to pop in to read them. So, I am giving it 4 stars and recommending it to anyone that wants to learn a bit about these holidays within this sweet little town.
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Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of Holidays in Willow Valley by Linda Weaver Clarke.
Until the next time,
Happy Reading!
About Linda Weaver Clarke
Linda Weaver Clarke was raised among the Rocky Mountains of southern Idaho and now lives among the red hills of southern Utah. She is the author of Historical Romance, Mystery Suspense, Cozy Mysteries, Swashbuckling/Adventure Romance, a Children’s Book, and Nonfiction. Linda teaches a class about writing your family history that is free to the public at the Family Search Center in Southern Utah. She is also a missionary at the Family Search Center where she helps people find their ancestors so they can learn about their heritage.
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