78. Sea View Christmas (On Devonshire Shores) Julie Klassen. 238 pages. [Source: Review copy] [4 stars, adult romance, christian romance, historical romance, christian fiction]
First sentence: Miss Sarah Summers sat on her neatly made bed, a treasure in each hand. In her left she held a letter from the man she'd been betrothed to before his death at sea more than three years before. In her right palm lay a dried thistle--stalk, spiny bulb, and purple flower crown--the symbol of Scotland. It had been given to her by a Scotsman who, despite her efforts to forget him, still occupied a large part of her thoughts...and, if she were honest with herself, her heart.
Premise/plot: Miss Sarah Summers cannot forget Callum Henshall and his stepdaughter Effie. They were among the first boarders at her family's boarding house. It has been a good number of books--three? four?--since Sarah has last spoken with him face to face. BUT neither has forgotten the other. This Christmas season, Callum and his stepdaughter have returned to the boarding house...has he come to woo her and win her? Probably. Possibly. Maybe. Meanwhile, Georgiana, the youngest sports-minded sister, is having a strong flirtation of her own with Colin, a local young man who's just a few years older. Nothing definite happens between them too, but they have the feels for each other AND it's just a matter of time. Probably. Possibly.
My thoughts: I was sad to learn this is the last in the series. I really LOVED this series and wish it would continue for at least one or two more books. I think Georgiana could have used her own novel. There are a few stepdaughters that could use a novel perhaps. And though I can't recall her name--it's been four or five days since I finished the novel--the mother became guardian to one of the orphans in town. So the stories COULD have continued on.
Julie Klassen is one of my favorite authors. I love this cozy series of romances.
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