The December Market

De: RaeAnne Thayne

Narrado por: Vanessa Johansson

The magic of Christmas—and a second shot at romance—is in the air in Shelter Springs this holiday season…

Amanda Taylor isn’t a fan of Christmas, but as the owner of a local soap shop, ignoring the holiday season isn’t an option. To forget the pain of Christmases past, Amanda focuses on making the season bright for her customers at the Shelter Springs Holiday Giving Market. But when her beloved grandmother, Birdie, starts dating the dashing new resident of the Shelter Inn retirement community, Amanda smells trouble. Fortunately, Rafe Arredondo, the grandson of Birdie’s charming suitor, is equally dubious of the match. Unfortunately, he's just as fiery as his grandfather—and Amanda has zero interest in getting burned.

As a single father, paramedic and assistant fire chief, Rafe has more than enough on his plate. Sure, he and Amanda share a common goal in keeping their grandparents apart. Still, that doesn’t mean he should allow himself to feel as drawn to her as he does. Even if she is great with his young son. Even if she does help the burden of his own painful past feel a little lighter… But when their paths keep crossing at the holiday market, it starts to feel like fate, prompting them both to wonder if taking a chance on love might gift them everything they’ve been wishing for.

©2024 RaeAnne Thayne (P)2024 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited

Real conversations

Liked everything and especially the character depth of Birdie.Amanda, Raife, Isaac and Paolo and how the holiday market brought everyone together.

Great story!

Loved the characters and the story. Narrator did a great job. a story of loss and courage.

Enjoyed

I always enjoy reading and/or listening to stories by RaeAnne. The characters come alive and I see the movie play out from the beginning until the end. I love when we see more of each of the side characters. Family is always a focus of the main story. Birdie and Paolo were my favorite couple. I loved to see the journey of Amanda and Rafe.

Nice way to spend my day listening to Vanessa. I prefer to listen to the stories as I can spend the day doing something else while enjoying the story.

the December Market

This is a nice storyline with Christmas, friends, and friendship and finding love again after years of mourning and feelin you should have done more

Loved it!

A great follow up in the series I cannot wait for future books and to continue seeing the characters I have grown to love

Makes you excited for the Holiday season

One of my favorite authors! I loved this book, and the narrator does such an amazing job with all the characters in this book. This book will get you in the Christmas spirit

Cozy feels

Wonderful Christmas story that gives you all the feel good cozy vibes for the holiday season.

Just ok

Was just an ok book. Nothing special to hold attention. Steady narrative. Narrator was ok

How banal the story is

Good Reading. AI might have done better. I kept listening because I thought it had to get better. It didn’t,’.

The voice of reader

Vanessa’s voice sounds like nails on a chalkboard. It was painful to listen to the whole thing but I had already paid for it so I did. I’ll make sure I don’t buy another book that she narrates!!