Title: THE
FRUITCAKE CHALLENGE
Author: Carrie Francett
Pagels
Publisher: Self
September 2014
ASIN: B00NG5II28
Genre: Historical
romance / novella / Christmas
When new
lumberjack, Tom Jeffries, tells the camp cook, Jo Christy, that he’ll marry her
if she can make a fruitcake, “as good as the one my mother makes,” she rises to
the occasion. After all, he’s the handsomest, smartest, and strongest axman her
camp-boss father has ever had in his camp—and the cockiest. And she intends to
bring this lumberjack down a notch or three by refusing his proposal. The
fruitcake wars are on! All the shanty boys and Jo’s cooking helpers chip in
with their recipes but Jo finds she’ll have to enlist more help—and begins
corresponding with Tom’s mother.
Step back in time to 1890, in beautifulNorthern Michigan ,
near the sapphire straits of Mackinac, when the white pines were “white gold” and
lumber camps were a way of life. Jo is ready to find another life outside of
the camps and plans that don’t include any shanty boys. But will a lumberjack
keep her in the very place she’s sworn to leave?
Step back in time to 1890, in beautiful
THE FRUITCAKE
CHALLENGE is a cute historical romance set in my home state of Michigan
The characters
were a little one-dimensional, but the story was interesting and held my
interest. I didn’t like Tom or Jo at first, but they both softened up and
treated each other nicer about midway through the book.
A great Christmas
read. Don’t miss THE FRUITCAKE CHALLENGE. 121 pages. Available in kindle or
print.
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