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Yuletide #1
Yuletide Peril
Yuletide Peril by Irene Brand released on Nov 29, 2005 is available now for purchase.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 1, 2005
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About the author
Irene Brand
58 books39 followersIn a writing career spanning three decades, Irene has won numerous awards and published 45 books that have sold more than two million copies. Irene primarily writes inspirational romances, but she has also published nonfiction books, devotional materials, and magazine articles. Before she became a full-time writer, Irene taught for 23 years in public schools. Her other passions include traveling (she has visited all 50 states and 35 foreign countries) and history (she holds a Master’s Degree in the subject). Her published titles include Where Morning Dawns, Listen to Your Heart, and the Kentucky Brides collection. Irene is an active member of her church and is affiliated with several writing organizations. She is a lifelong resident of West Virginia, where she lives with her husband, Rod.
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December 23, 2015
DNF - I got 30% into this book and I just couldn't keep going. It just didn't interest me.
May 25, 2019
I thought this was a nice, quick holiday read.
December 25, 2024
I very, VERY, VERY rarely like 'Love, Inspired' suspense novels. Most of them are absolutely ridiculous at best, and horrifically contrived and badly written at worst. But Irene Brand really delivers with this one, and I find myself actually *LIKING* a LISuspense novel!
The story is about a young woman and her sister trying to start over. Their parents are in prison, they were split up into different fostering systems, but now that Janice is 21 she has saved up and gotten a small inheritance (of a house), and is going to take care of her sister, now.
Except something is wrong at the house, and she's receiving not only death threats, but very nasty presents that are escalating. With the help of the former housekeeper and the local principle, she is able to find her courage and press on... and to grow in the Lord.
I really, really liked this one. Mostly because neither of them were military or law enforcement, and almost every suspense LI has that trope... so this was really refreshing.
There are only two complaints I have with the book - Brand got either tuckered out or bored when she hit chapter eleven, and her sentences went all 'THE' on me. (For example: "THE late afternoon light slanted thru THE upper window sash of THE living room and Janice looked lovingly around THE room." In college, my dean/professor assured us that the shoddiest writing contains too many 'THE's in it. There's two solid pages of this in the middle, so... Brand had to have gotten lazy or something.
The other complaint is that Janice just turned 21, and she's dating an elementary school principle. They don't make newbie teachers principles - it's the seasoned ones who climb to that. So either Lance is fifteen years older than her, or something weird happened here. We're never told his age, but it felt all shades of wrong that a man of his age bracket would be so smitten with a young girl barely old enough to be her sister's guardian.
But mostly, the story is solid, the action really good, the characterizations solid, and the writing engaging. I really liked this one!
The story is about a young woman and her sister trying to start over. Their parents are in prison, they were split up into different fostering systems, but now that Janice is 21 she has saved up and gotten a small inheritance (of a house), and is going to take care of her sister, now.
Except something is wrong at the house, and she's receiving not only death threats, but very nasty presents that are escalating. With the help of the former housekeeper and the local principle, she is able to find her courage and press on... and to grow in the Lord.
I really, really liked this one. Mostly because neither of them were military or law enforcement, and almost every suspense LI has that trope... so this was really refreshing.
There are only two complaints I have with the book - Brand got either tuckered out or bored when she hit chapter eleven, and her sentences went all 'THE' on me. (For example: "THE late afternoon light slanted thru THE upper window sash of THE living room and Janice looked lovingly around THE room." In college, my dean/professor assured us that the shoddiest writing contains too many 'THE's in it. There's two solid pages of this in the middle, so... Brand had to have gotten lazy or something.
The other complaint is that Janice just turned 21, and she's dating an elementary school principle. They don't make newbie teachers principles - it's the seasoned ones who climb to that. So either Lance is fifteen years older than her, or something weird happened here. We're never told his age, but it felt all shades of wrong that a man of his age bracket would be so smitten with a young girl barely old enough to be her sister's guardian.
But mostly, the story is solid, the action really good, the characterizations solid, and the writing engaging. I really liked this one!
December 15, 2025
Nice mystery and suspense. A young lady who has assumed guardianship of her sister and recently inherited a house from a distant uncle moves to a small town in Virginia. Between small town gossip, mysterious happenings, criminal investigations, and toss ion a bit of clean romance too ... well, they do figure it all out in the end.
September 11, 2014
LI Suspense--Woman inherits a house, someone trying to warn her away. A bit far fetched.
December 25, 2012
Not my favorite, but it was ok... A little slow
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