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Book Review of Once Upon a Winter's Eve (Christmas Courtships)

Once Upon a Winter's Eve (Christmas Courtships)
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Julian Knight is a man of business with a poet's heart. He is elated when he receives an invitation to visit the renowned poet Ernest Callahan for a month during Christmas. He mistakes the eldest daughter for a maid, and she (Angelina) considers him a penniless poet wannabe. Over the weeks, Julian learns many lessons.

I hate to rate this book because I was going through a difficult time (my husband died), and it took me forever to finish it. I felt the story dragged, but perhaps my own life dragged instead. It took too long to get to the point where the couple could see each other for who they were. I agonized long and hard about Angelina's situation. Could she have gone to live with another relative to avoid the swamp she was living in?