A Hummingbird Christmas (Glacier Creek Book 1) by Karen Foley

A Hummingbird Christmas by Karen Foley
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Joy Holliday is way too young to be a widow but unfortunately she lost her firefighter husband, Matt, just after they’d started their lives together leaving her alone to raise their baby girl, Piper. Piper is now five and Joy wants to make this a Christmas she’ll never forget which includes giving her the wish of a white Christmas. Joy and Piper have lived in California since Matt’s passing but Joy believes this Christmas they should visit Matt’s parents in Glacier Creek, Montana.

Cole Tanner was like a brother to Matt having been abandoned at a young age by his own father and then raised by Matt’s parents. He’s a bit resentful of Joy since she had taken Matt away to California and as much as he’s wants to dislike her as soon as he meets Joy and Piper he can’t help but melt. Cole volunteers to show Joy and Piper the sights of the small town and the more time he spends with them the less he can see them walking back out of his life.

A Hummingbird Christmas by Karen Foley seems to be the first book in a new contemporary romance series, Glacier Creek. This first book held all those wonderful things I love from a small town holiday romance being set in this lovely town. There were special events and wonderful residents in this small town that made the Christmas magic just pop out from the pages of this lovely read.

I would warn that the romance within this book is one that happens at a fairly quick pace in the days leading up to the Christmas holiday. This didn’t bother me too much because it wasn’t an “instant” connection but one that built between the pair coming from their common loss and having that in common along with the joy of young Piper and making a magical holiday for her. I’m always a sucker for a young child fitting into a new relationship so it wasn’t a surprise that I loved this one.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.