Author: L.A. Merrill
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Publication date: December 1, 2019
Length: 43 pages
Reviewed by Truus
Synopsis
Fifty years ago, during the Vietnam War, Lee Elbridge fell in love with an Army cook nicknamed Yuletide Karol, but they haven’t seen each other since.
Now, led by a clue in an old cookbook, Lee sets off on a road trip to find his lost love. He arrives on Karol's upstate New York farm to find preparations for a handfasting in full swing, and is mistaken for the wedding planner’s assistant. As Lee is roped into folding hemp napkin goats and mashing fresh sweet potatoes, he is welcomed by Karol's large, eccentric family of witches and pagans. When Lee and Karol finally get a moment alone, Lee tells him the truth, but it will take more than a little Yuletide magick to bring them together again after almost a lifetime.
Review
This
is my absolute favorite Christmas story this year. Between all the other
beautiful stories I read, between all those lovely long or short beauties, all
those wonderful stories about love, sexiness, and steamy hotness, beautiful
personalities, I loved them all, but this? This is a gem.
I
didn’t expect it, but it is, period!
It’s
about love, yeah, I can hear you thinking... of course it’s about love.
But
not just love, it’s about long-lost love. One precious love. A love where the
magical forces of the universe are working, where tectonics are moving.
“My
brown-eyed boy”
During
the Vietnam war fifty years ago, Lee met and fell in love with nicknamed army
cook Yuletide Karol. They made a promise. Only, they never saw each other
again. Lee never found Karol again.
Now
fifty years later Lee gets a gift, a cooking book made by a man named Karol.
The
end of the searching seems near. Lee takes his car and drives and drives.
From
the moment he steps over the threshold it seems as if the universe is doing its
magic.
I
know I’m a crybaby but oh my goodness I couldn’t stop, I’m writing my review
with blurry eyes. What a wonderful precious story. I was deeply impressed!
I can
tell a lot more, but I won’t. Just read it!
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