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A Sweet Montana Christmas (Montana Home Book 2) Kindle Edition

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Melinda 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.

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"...too charming to put down!" -Amazon reviewer"...a wonderful story of second chances and forgiveness..." -PSusan"Heartrendingly beautiful story, not really about second chances, but of a new life, with core values, true happiness, and love." -Books and Spoons Blog"...fully developed, realistic, and unforgettable tale of love, loss, and redemption..." -Pure Jonel"I loved everything about this book!" -Kindle and Me"...I found myself smiling...with an occasional tear." -Pat Fordyce"...hopes, fears and angst, beautifully portrayed...in this superb story." -Splashes Into Books"... heartwarming and steamy..." -Cary Morton, Netgalley"...a story of love, friendship and family..." -Amazon reviewer

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Have you ever found yourself in a situation you were completely unprepared for? Have you had to watch your life's work disappear in front of your eyes, taking your hopes and dreams with it? Have you ever seen the disgusting stuff that comes out of old, rusty pipes? Then you have an idea how Melinda and Austin Sweet feel at the start of A SWEET MONTANA CHRISTMAS. Since I live in a comfortable, modern home, I can safely see the "romance and adventure" of living in a renovation project. Would I want to do it? Hm. Let's just say, I bring my own pillow with me when I travel. Not quite as adaptable as I once was. Fortunately, my characters find they have more resilience than they thought. And that perhaps the dreams they once had don't fit them as they once did. And that a love they feared gone is still there, just waiting for a Christmas miracle!This book follows HER MONTANA HERO as the second of a set of linked stories in a series called Montana Home. Because it's set in Marietta, Montana, it's also part of the Montana Born Christmas series. But don't worry about where it "fits." All these books are worlds unto themselves, plus part of the bigger world that is Marietta, Montana. I want to go there. This is how I do it.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00PYPHS9M
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tule Publishing Group; 2nd edition (November 20, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 20, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1103 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 156 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 1,153 ratings

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Roxanne Snopek
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USA Today bestselling author Roxanne Snopek writes award-winning contemporary women’s fiction and romance with an anti-patriarchal flair. Her characters have the same concerns we do about women’s rights, gender politics, tolerance and equality—but they get to fight their battles and win! Roxanne forces her characters (and occasionally herself) out of their comfort zones to do the right things, and they (and occasionally she) become better people for it.

Roxanne writes, rages and ruminates from her lakeside home in southern British Columbia, where she lives with her partner of 36 years and two prescient poodles. She also bakes bread, battles weeds, and co-hosts the popular podcast Happy Hour with Ruth and Roxy, where she and her pal Ruth (surprise!) discuss how to get more happiness with less bull… you know.

Her list of favourite authors is ever changing and includes Barbara Kingsolver, Barbara O’Neal, Stephen King, Robyn Carr, Loreth Anne White, Elizabeth Berg, Terry Pratchett, Ann Patchett, Lucy Maude Montgomery and on and on. She loves to connect with other book lovers, so please look for Roxanne Snopek Author on the various social media platforms. Also, be sure to click FOLLOW on this page to receive updates about new releases.

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Customers find the story engaging and heartwarming. They describe the book as an easy read with well-developed characters and humorous names. However, opinions differ on the pacing - some find it refreshing and hopeful, while others feel it starts out slow and awkward.

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48 customers mention "Story quality"48 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the story's quality. They find it engaging and well-developed. The story has emotional depth, focusing on second chances and love regained. Readers appreciate the simple yet emotive writing style.

"...We do get to see some familiar faces among the new ones. Beautiful novella about family, friendships and second change love...." Read more

"...This was a sweet story about a married couple reconnecting to each other and making the best our of their situations...." Read more

"...book read, can be read by young adults and older women that enjoys a cute story." Read more

"...The characters are well developed and the story holds you until the last word. Here is a bit about it. Austin Sweet has lost everything...." Read more

36 customers mention "Readability"36 positive0 negative

Customers find the book easy to read and engaging. They describe it as a nice, well-written novella set in times of love and challenges. Readers appreciate that the story is about a couple who has already had their courtship. While some find it an okay Christmas read, others say it's a wonderful, heartwarming romance that can be read anytime.

"...This a great story to read not just at Christmas, Christmas is not the main focus." Read more

"An easy read set in times of love, job challenges having it all to a real life of riches to rags, What a father and mother finds in helping their..." Read more

"...I will be reading more. This novella is well written, just enough description so I can 'see' the story background...." Read more

"...It was cute watching them come together again. It was an alright Christmas read I just wish I had more of the backstory so all the pieces would have..." Read more

17 customers mention "Romance"17 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the romance in the book. They find it sweet, heartwarming, and charming. The story is described as a good holiday read with an unusual twist. Readers appreciate the subtle and wholesome romance that makes them smile.

"...It was cute watching them come together again...." Read more

"...I loved Austin and Melinda...." Read more

"...A fun Christmas read, book #6 of the Montana Born Christmas series. Can be read as a stand alone too!" Read more

"This was so sweet and heart-warming. Sometimes less is more, and this is what this couple have come to realize...." Read more

12 customers mention "Character development"12 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the well-developed characters and humorous names. They find the story engaging with a realistic portrayal of poverty.

"...The characters are well developed and the story holds you until the last word. Here is a bit about it. Austin Sweet has lost everything...." Read more

"...The secondary characters were great too. Leda was by far the best. She almost stole the show at the end too. This was a great heartwarming story." Read more

"...Funny character names, great storyline and some realistic effects of low home maintenance." Read more

"...Introduces characters for future stories that sound interesting too...." Read more

9 customers mention "Pacing"5 positive4 negative

Customers have different views on the pacing. Some found the characters refreshing and the story hopeful, keeping them interested until the end. Others felt the book started out slow and awkward.

"...There is sadness, uncertainly, happiness and most of all LOVE!!..." Read more

"This book started out rather slow and awkward. When his wife shows up to the farm, there was a high level of uncertainty & stress...." Read more

"...Great setting for a re-evaluation of lifestyle and goals. Introduces characters for future stories that sound interesting too...." Read more

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Top reviews from the United States

  • Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2018
    Oh WoW this book is not what I expected but was so much more. Austin Sweet has lost everything including it appears his wife. We meet him as he is in this broken down old farmhouse in the middle of winter in Marietta, Montana. Yes, my favorite place in the entire world (that really does not even exists). We discover that he has been "gifted" the Sweet Honey Farm only to recover it and get it back up to making a profit. Then we get to meet Melanie his wife and this is where the story gets interesting and takes a very surprising turn. Things are not always as they seem and life does throw thing all sorts of amazing things at you. You just need to be open to catching them with open arms and a willing heart. This book was so moving and oh so touching to me. It had me wanting to can jams and eat more honey. (I already only eat organic honey as my sweetner.) Author Roxanne Snopek can paint an amazing picture of the broken down farmhouse with the bee barn and goats in vivid color. I can see the lights on the old show pieces and all the snow all around the farm. We do get to see some familiar faces among the new ones. Beautiful novella about family, friendships and second change love.
    Also As a wonderful surprise I got to read one of Roxanne Snopek's short stories called
    Montana Secrets ... The Jackson Family Legacy.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2015
    This was a heart-warming story.

    This is about the Sweets. Austin and Melinda Sweet have had more than their fair share of life's lemons being thrown at them. This was a sweet story about a married couple reconnecting to each other and making the best our of their situations.

    This a great story to read not just at Christmas, Christmas is not the main focus.
  • Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2020
    An easy read set in times of love, job challenges having it all to a real life of riches to rags, What a father and mother finds in helping their son and it is a lesson many can learn to have it all being happy but sad and things is lost in both worlds, miles a part can heal and it takes giving in all concerned. A good short book read, can be read by young adults and older women that enjoys a cute story.
  • Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2016
    A Sweet Montana Christmas (This Old House 2) by Roxanne Snopek
    This is the first thing I have read by this author. I will be reading more. This novella is well written, just enough description so I can 'see' the story background. The characters are well developed and the story holds you until the last word. Here is a bit about it.
    Austin Sweet has lost everything. His business, wife, home, car, everything. The business, house and car hurt but his wife just about destroyed him. Oh they are still married, not even officially separated but.... She is with her mother and he is here at this broken down old farm his father let him stay at with the understanding he get it ready to sell in the spring. A car driving up to the house woke him from a sound sleep. He rushed to the door pulling on his shirt as he opened the door. There to his amazement stood Melinda, his wife. The best sight in the world. He barely caught her as she fainted. This is the story of what happened after that. Can they reignite their love after the nightmare they lived through?
    Judy
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2015
    A Sweet Montana Christmas was a good read, but I felt like I was coming in partway through the story. I kept looking at the first book in the series to see if I missed something, and it doesn't look like it. Though Austin and Melinda could have been secondary characters in it. Either way it was a good read, I just felt like I was missing part of the story.

    Austin is living in a run down farmhouse trying to fix it up and get his life back together. He misses his wife, who is not there with him, and thinks he really made a mess of everything. His company collapsed and now he doesn't have much. How can he ever hope to get his wife back if he has nothing?

    Melinda has been hiding out with her family, but is now ready to try and work things out with Austin. Here is where I felt like I was missing out. I didn't really understand what happened and why Melinda didn't go with Austin to the farm. Later on you get glimpses of how they both shut off when everything collapsed, but it didn't make a lot of sense while reading. Also Austin's family is apparently manipulative, but I didn't really understand that since I didn't know them. Like Austin gets offered the farm as a Christmas gift (instead of just fixing it up and sharing in the profits when they sell in the spring) and that is this huge awful thing for some reason. I really don't know why. When I read that I was just like oh good. You can a) stay and live on the farm, try to make it viable or b) still sell it in the spring and keep all the profits. What is the downside to this again? You would have to keep the profits if you sell it? That is not really a negative...

    When Melinda shows up on Austin's doorstep he doesn't know what to think. These two have some things to work through, but they obviously both still care deeply for the other. It was cute watching them come together again. It was an alright Christmas read I just wish I had more of the backstory so all the pieces would have fit together better.

    This review was originally posted to Jen in Bookland
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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2014
    Austin and Melinda Sweet had separated after he lost his company and she lost her job. Real world stress was just getting to be too much for them. Then his father had him work on his grandfather's farm (honey bees and goats) for the winter.
    I loved Austin and Melinda. I loved how much they loved each other and how they didn't blame each other for the bad things that had happened in their lives. I had to chuckle at the condition of the home and Melinda's initial reactions to it. Run down, no hot water, wood stove for heat, all of those things would scare most city girls away, but she dug right in and made the best of it. The secondary characters were great too. Leda was by far the best. She almost stole the show at the end too.
    This was a great heartwarming story.

Top reviews from other countries

  • Patty Meneilley
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in Canada on June 12, 2015
    Easy reading. Very enjoyable
  • Elspeth
    5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect as ever!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 3, 2016
    I adore Roxanne's books, gentle familiar and read with an indulgent smile. I read one of hers in a compendium and thought it was as good as a Snopek, I'd see what else the writer had written and lo! It was a Snopek. Never having met a fainting chair, looked it up and decided I must have one! Only criticism I got a tad perplexed with the time line, not exactly seeing June as Spring!
  • val brim
    4.0 out of 5 stars Nice
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 13, 2021
    I enjoyed this book a bit about the past and then up to date I found the bee stuff interesting didn't know that
    Yes all in all a nice read
  • Bevdawn
    5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 16, 2020
    Lovely read

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