Book Review: A Sweet Montana Christmas by Roxanne Snopek
”Twas the month before Christmas, when all through the house need cleaning, dusting and a trap for a live mouse. The goats just had two kids that needed care While the Queen Bee makes sure that honey is there.
That was the scene that Melinda saw when she went to see her estranged husband Austin at his family’s Sweet Montana Farms. And though it has only been a month since they separated, Austin had turned into a rustic farmer complete with a full beard from the clean shaven sophisticated Chicago-based financial adviser.
What to do, what to do? She still loves him and she knows the he feels the same. But the failure of his business hit him hard; a double whammy to his pride and self esteem. So how can Melinda tell him a life changing news? Isn’t a drastic career change for Austin enough shock already?
A Sweet Montana Christmas is a sweet read, no pun intended. It’s a story about communication; that love is not enough if you don’t talk to each other. Because that’s what Melinda and Austin need to do to get their happily ever after. But will they follow their own advice?
DescriptionMelinda Sweet loved her husband before she learned of his wealth and she loves him still, despite the fact that it’s gone. Unfortunately, while she knows the collapse of his Chicago financial services business had nothing to do with him, he believes otherwise. His upbeat adjustment to their new – and temporary – life on his grandfather’s rundown honey farm is a foil to cover the burden of failure. She wasn’t expecting to throw – in five weeks – the traditional Sweet Christmas Open House, but it’s a good earning opportunity and how hard could it be?Austin Sweet is determined to make his wife proud of him again. But he also wants to erase the sting of shame he feels from his parents, to whom he owes a debt of gratitude for arranging for this caretaking job. Getting paid to fix up this disaster is better than living in their basement, sure. But what does he know about bees? Or fixing broken plumbing? Or cleaning a chimney?But when Austin’s grandfather gives him the farm as a Christmas gift, there’s only one response. Accepting the gift will secure a future that will make his wife even more unhappy than he already is. Refusing the gift will finalize the rift between him and his family, but he’d rather lose them than Melinda. Then he discovers she’s spared him the choice. Austin’s not-so-Sweet side rears up as he determines that he’s done trying to make everyone happy. He’ll get his wife back, no matter what. And they’ll decide their future together.
”Twas the month before Christmas, when all through the house
