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     Cecil Hargrave is shocked when she inherits a house on an island in Maine from an "aunt" she barely remembered.  But she decides a vacation could be a good thing and goes up to the Maine coast for the summer.  The small town life is new to NYC girl Cecil. 

This book was read in dribs and drabs, which makes it a bit difficult to form a cohesive opinion about it.  Especially hard because the last half was read in the hospital emergency room with my mother (who is doing very well, thank God), but my overall impression was definitely favorable.

     Is there any greater joy for a confessed readaholic than when a nice big box from Amazon arrives at the door?  Only when said wonderful big box contains a book this reader has been anxiously awaiting for since the previous book in the series was published in 2005.  So it was with much fan-girl glee that I pounced on the final book in Morgan Llywelyn's Irish Century series, 1999.

     Six christmas themed novella length stories by some of romance's best and brightest.  But like most compilations for me, the shorter format leads to less meaty stories and more shallow characterization which tends to make it easier to put down the book for long periods of time.  That may be why it took me well into the new year to finish this. 

     A nonfiction adventure story is out of my usual comfort zone in reading, but this year seems to be all about changes and leaving that comfort zone as much as possible.  I picked up this book for my brother a couple years ago, but was drawn to it myself recently and am so glad I gave it a shot.