Review: Christmas in Crickley Creek (The Crickley Creek Series) by Laurie Beach

 

She doesn’t need gifts under the tree this holiday season. What she longs for is a second chance.

Emma Shea Abernathy is fully aware of her social role: marry well, live extravagantly, and, most of all, exhibit perfection. And it started with saying “I do” to future governor Trent Broadway.

With her carefully crafted life in full swing, she knows she’s made a big mistake. Leaving it all behind, she hides out at her great-grandmother’s beach house in Crickley Creek. There, she discovers a secret room containing a well-preserved 1920s Prohibition speakeasy–and some surprising information about the women in her family. This leads to a new plan: to become a woman who acts contrary to what is expected. In other words, a Firefly Girl.

The problem is, no one else embraces her change of heart, especially her first love, Scruggs Willingham III. He still refuses to forgive her for marrying someone else. Despite the olive branches she extends throughout Crickley Creek, it appears she’ll spend Christmas alone.

Until a rare Christmas snow brings the one miracle she needs: the freedom to accept herself.

 

My Review:

I couldn’t get enough of this book!

Oh my gosh!  Y'all just need to buy this book.  It is one of the best books that I have read in a while.  The entire series is amazing.  It is beautifully written, heartfelt and inspiring.  The characters, the plot, the setting, everything felt so real.  This might be a Christmas story, but it is so much more.  It is pure southern magic. I felt whisked away to this sweet little town and didn’t want to leave.  This is the type of book (series) that I would love to see made into a movie one day.  It would be a hit.  I highly recommend this book and all of the series.