Christmas on the Last Frontier is an expertly executed romance with all the prerequisite elements: meet-cute, circumstances that force the FMC and MMC together and even managed to infuse a bit of danger and suspense without too much hand-waving. That, and the fact that the book managed to close on Christmas with HEA, made it a satisfying holiday read.
Gage Hamilton retired as Navy SEAL to go back to his hometown, Diamond Creek, Alaska, to resurrect a dream: reopen his childhood refuge, the Last Frontier Lodge, complete with cabin, restaurant, and ski lifts, that had been closed for a decade. There he ran into Marley Adams, another Diamond Creek girl coming home... forced there after she was shaken up by a home invasion robbery at her Seattle residence. Both were too busy to date before the came home, and both felt the sizzle, but neither quite knew how to proceed. When whatever had menaced Marley in Seattle followed her to Diamond Creek, can Gage and his friends help protect her? And will there be a kiss under the mistletoe after all?
The sexual tension was nicely written, and the idea that home robbery was a bit more than first suspected was fun, but the ending was too quick, IMHO, and relied on a bit more violence against woman to carry it off, but everything was competently done to warrant an
decent review.
Category: romantic suspense
Primary Plot: Ex-SEAL coming home to revive a resort ran into a girl fleeing from home invasion back in the city, then trouble followed her to Alaska...
Tropes: woman in peril, protector, SEAL, holiday, small town
Overall Rating: 4/5
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