Between The Pages - Holiday Kisses

Holiday Kisses
Anna J. Stewart
April 1, 2019

His family’s honor is at stake… 

And she holds the key 

Calliope Jones, Butterfly Harbor’s free-spirited organic farmer, is the most vocal objector to Xander Costas and his design for the butterfly sanctuary that he hopes will save his family’s architectural firm. Strangely, it’s Calliope who shows him what the town, and he, really need. Calliope makes Xander listen with his heart. And soon his heart may be telling him to stay with this extraordinary woman! 

Between The Pages 
One of the sweetest stories I have read in a while. Calliope has been a favourite character of mine in the past books of the Butterfly Harbor Stories (note: this book stands well on its own) so I was very excited to read her story. She’s such an interesting character. You’ll want to be her best friend. Calliope reminds me of a gypsy. She has intuitions and feelings, she knows how to read people, and boy does she get a feeling toward Xander! It was such fun getting to know the history of Calliope. Her relationship with her sister is endearing and their relationship with their mother is heartbreaking. Xander is the perfect hero for Calliope. He is drawn to Calliope immediately. There are so many great scenes in this story – when Calliope is trying to get Xander to remove the noise from his world – the guys’ poker game – Calliope’s visit with Kendall Davidson (who I am hoping gets a story of her own), and many more. Revisiting the cast of past characters was enjoyable, and I just couldn’t get enough of the butterflies…amazing. To sum up my thoughts and review of Holiday Kisses, I will add an ending quote from the story…“That’s magic. Pure butterfly magic.”

Rating 
4.5 Stars