This review will focus on Laura V. Hilton's latest
Christmas novella, Christmas Mittens.
GARCIA DYKSTRA works at a senior citizen center, which
desperately needs funds in order to continue to operate. She gets the idea to
have a Christmas tree lot and hopes that the local tree farms can donate the trees.
The first four farms she calls turn her down. When Garcia calls the Trivett
farm, an old classmate and the owner’s son, JAKE TRIVETT answers. She remembers
Jake from high school and the crush she had on him, but he was always to busy talking
about the sun, surf, and super-models in school to notice Garcia. He tells her he has given up his job as an architect to come home and work the family tree
farm.
Garcia and Jake meet for a bite to eat and she learns
the Trivett business has fallen on hard times since Jake’s father is still grieving
his mother’s death and hasn’t been able to concentrate on caring for the farm
or the house. Jake later proposes an idea to Garcia that will help the senior
center and the farm. Trivett can’t afford to donate the trees but he offers a
percentage of the season’s tree-farm profits in exchange for labor. His request
is for the senior citizens, those who are able, to help around the farm. Besides
earning a percentage of the profits, they can have a craft fair at the farm to
also earn money for the center.
With Garcia helping at the farm, Jake is
spending a lot of time with her getting reacquainted and finding out she
intrigues him. While Garcia’s heart rekindles for Jake,
Meredith, a soon-to-be divorcee and ex-high school cheerleader/homecoming queen,
has designs on Jake.
Christmas Mittens is a delightful story woven with
Hilton’s usual twists and turns that make the plot unforgettable.
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