Debbie Macomber's latest Christmas novel, Jingle All The Way (#957), was a Christmas present, so I saved it for a bit to read after all the decorations and lights were put away, and I could use a little bit of Christmas cheer. I wasn't disappointed. In many ways, it's not your typical Christmas novel with mountains of snow and everyone baking cookies far into the nights (well, all right, there was cookie baking and a sleigh ride) but rather an adventure on the Amazon river.
Everly Lancaster is too good at her job as an online real estate mogul. In fact, she's so good that her business partner has gradually sloughed off his responsibilities onto her shoulders. When his spoiled niece sabotages an important presentation, Everly loses it. Jack orders her to take the entire month of December off to de-stress and asks Annette, her assistant, to arrange a nice tropical cruise for her. A few days later, Everly finds herself in Brazil on the Amazon Explorer. This eco-adventure tour certainly wasn't what she had in mind, and there's no way off for two weeks. Lucky for her, Asher Adams, the handsome naturalist on board manages to keep her out of trouble while she's deciding that perhaps this revenge cruise might be the best thing that ever happened to her.
Since my husband and I are exactly the kind of retired couple who enjoy these small group tours immensely, I could sympathize with Everly being the only under-thirty aboard (except for the crew, of course!) Debbie Macomber says in her intro letter that she got the ideas for a couple of books from tours that she and her own husband have taken, and it showed. It was delightful.
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