Six stories from different takes on Christmas at Miller’s Pointe. Collectively, these ladies did an excellent job of bringing these characters and Miller’s Pointe alive in our hearts.
Beaudan & Yelena were my faves and the perfect opener. Their chemistry was explosive, and the lone rancher immediately knew he had to open his heart and keep Yelena as his. The sex was hawt, and Beaudan put that charm on Yelena along with her sassy assistant to make her understand that Beaudan was the man for her and Miller’s Pointe was the place for their future. Loved everything about their story.
Breaudie & Tori was my second favorite. Tori aka Victoria decided to take her independence by the goat and purchase a goat farm in Miller’s Pointe, away from her overbearing mother and henpick father. Still, she had an issue with being able to stand in her grown woman glory. But one man was there to help her, Beaudan’s baby brother, Breaudie. Again, crazy chemistry and pulse-pounding seggs. But Breaudie wasn’t about to let Tori play him. She had to know she wanted him and accept that he and Miller’s Pointe were her destiny. With a little tough love and a big girl act of her own, she embraced her happy.
Wilde and Shore ties with Breaudie and Tori’s story. Wilde was the calm and collected horse trainer who was steadfast in his life on the ranch. Shore aka Boston, landed in Miller’s Pointe to escape the turmoil of being fired & having to explain it to her overly expectant parents. She found solitude and happiness in the tranquillity and simplicity of Miller’s Pointe and in the rancher whose home she had to stay due to a mishap at the scheduled bed and breakfast. The only thing that was a struggle were the names. Shore was more of a Wilde, and Wilde more of a Shore. But something tells me the author may have planned that to be a sort of reverse opposites attract. Or perhaps, the identifiers that cosmically located their better half.
Kevo and Juvie were second-chance lovers. They’d been together for as long as they could remember until Kevo wanted to chase his dream as a country singer. Juvie’s life was in Miller’s Pointe, and Kevo’s was on the road, but their true happiness lay in each other. This story didn’t quite resonate as much. Part of the reason was the female narrator decided that since Juvie (the female) still lived in Miller’s Pointe, she would use a more country accent, my assumption. However, because it isn’t her natural voice, it came off as sounding like a southern white woman from the 1800s and gave plantation owners vibes. That, took away from the blackness of the romance for me. And it didn’t feel as Christmasy as the other stories. Overall, it was a decent straightforward read.
Duhani & Versai were insta-loves and a bit of forced proximity. Duhani was the horse-breeding rancher with a lewd past, and Versai was the hometown girl running from demons of the past. The two meet in Duhani’s uncle’s bar when Versai decides to return to Miller’s Pointe years later after her mother’s death to make amends with her father. I loved the element of a little street life coming to Miller’s Pointe and the tension between Versai and her sister and her sister’s weird man. However, those elements were left open-ended, and there was no final attempt toward reconciliation with Versai and her father and sister. It felt that this one needed its own separate series, but as a part of a Christmas anthology it felt shortchanged. However, I would totally love to read a continuation.
Deacon, the professor meets Brooklyn at a coffee shop in Crescent Falls, and it’s an immediate insta-attraction. Not wanting to be the odd ball out for the holidays, Brooklyn asks Deacon to come with her for Christmas at Miller’s Pointe as her fake boyfriend after only one date and a few days of knowing him. By the end, what started as a favor turns into something built to last. This took a minute to draw me in because Brooklyn didn’t seem as interested in Deacon as Deacon did toward her, so the “ask” felt rough, but once they got to Miller’s Pointe, it was up from there! The family dynamics, the love, the fights, and the discovery of newfound love came alive. And the seggs, my lamb today. Great story!