I thought I would have to alter my reading list for this year due to lack of time. However, I was wrong; I finished reading the 30th anniversary edition of Richard Paul Evans’ inaugural book, “The Christmas Box,” only moments ago. It’s still as amazing as I remember from the first time! I even have time to read Evans’ book, “Michael Vey: The Traitor,” before my newly purchased book, “The Christmas Dress” by Courtney Cole, arrives!
With Tara still in the clutches of the Elite Elgen Guard Unit the Chasqui and their malevolent leader, the Sovereign Amash, Michael Vey and the Electroclan have no choice but to continue the fierce battle that has been waging since their arrival in Peru. But saving one of their own means battling a onetime teammate, as Jack has turned traitor and joined forces with Amash and his men.
At the same time, the clan must work with the Alpha Team to act before the Chasqui can put their plan to destroy the city of Arequipa into motion. And when Taylor makes a bold yet dangerous move to save her sister, the urgency climbs even higher.
With so many lives at stake, the Electroclan has no time to waste, and no room for error as they take on this latest growing threat.
I’m really looking forward to continue reading the saga of Michael Vey and his friends, which I have followed from the beginning in Idaho to Peru to their latest escapades! Once again, if I’m lucky enough, I can also read (and finish) “The Christmas Dress” before the year 2023 ends!
An enchanted Christmas dress brings two generations of women together for the magic of the season in this delightful holiday story from New York Timesbestselling author Courtney Cole.
One Dress. Two Women. The Magic of the Holiday Season.
When hopeful fashionista Meg Julliard must return to her hometown of Chicago to manage her late father’s apartment building, she thinks her dreams of making it in the fashion business are over. Add in her father’s eclectic roster of tenants who all need Meg’s attention (ASAP!), a host of building related disasters, and a handsome handyman she keeps embarrassing herself in front of, and this has all the makings for the worst Christmas she’s ever had.
Ellie Wade, one of the building’s longtime residents, is also not feeling the Christmas Joy this year. She is preparing to move into a nursing home (reluctantly), and is in the process of sorting through her belongings to downsize. Every corner of her apartment holds memories, some good, some bad. But there’s one dress she hesitates to pack up as it represents both the best and worst night of her life.
Ellie and Meg strike up an unlikely friendship and the story of Ellie’s dress comes out. Ellie gifts the gorgeous dress to Meg, hoping that it will bring her more luck, on the condition that she wear it to the building’s Christmas party.
The dress magically fits, and while it eventually leads to the best night of Meg’s life, it also acts as inspiration for Meg to follow a life-long dream of her own, a dream that will help save the crumbling Parkview West, and restore it to its former glory, and keep it as a safe home for all of the current tenants.
The dress and the magic of the holiday season helps both Meg and Ellie find their own happy endings.
Once again, I’m going to be busy trying to finish both parts of the last legs of this “journey” before the end of 2023!
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