Christmas at Valley Rise

Miracle at Valley Rise #3.5

by Karen Welch

In December 2012, legendary British violinist, composer and conductor Sir Stani Moss and his American-born wife Emily will gather with their family, friends and neighbors at Valley Rise Farm to celebrate the Christmas holiday, as they have done for most of the past forty years.

It wouldn't be Christmas at Valley Rise without plenty of good company, good food and good music, and, of course, a little romance. This year, as in many of those before, there's also the promise of snow and a miracle or two in the air.

Genres: Christmas, Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Christian, Holiday, Christian Fiction

173 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 31, 2012

About the author

Karen Welch was born in Richmond, Virginia and grew up in nearby Amelia County where her family first settled in the 1700's. After a 20 year sojourn in North Florida, she now lives in Southeast Kansas with husband John and children and grandchildren nearby. Follow Karen at www.facebook/KarenWelch.

Reviews

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[Susan · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was a sweet love story, but it drove me nuts. I know they're gathering family for Christmas, but I kept getting lost at first because there were too many characters tossed into the mix at once. I had to go back and forth a time or two to figure out who was who. Then there's a character named Stacy (female) and Stani (male). I was so confused.

The story itself was okay. The email formatting could have been left out, that drove me crazy, too. Every time they had an email to each other, you got the time, date, email address....etc. Too much crap.

[Patrice · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a touching holiday story about finding forgiveness and new beginnings, family and faith. Two young people who have basically grown up together figure out that their friendship is more than that. When a mishap threatens their newly budding relationship, they find comfort and wisdom from their families.

I really liked meeting Staci and Carter, in this, their story. They are young, but also wiser than their years in some ways. Although, like any new adult, they suffer doubts and uncertainties. I loved the feeling of Carter's large family and how all the young cousins gravitated towards him and the "fun" one.

The story is well written and kept this reader engaged. There were a few typos, but it didn't detract from the flow of the story.

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

I felt a bit lost not having the backstory on this holiday romance. There were so many characters and their relationships were on the odd side. Were these people family or employers/employees? I also was kind of annoyed at the misunderstanding at the beginning. That said, I appreciated that it was sweet and clean and had Christian themes.

[Theresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little too sugary sweet for me, but it was very cute. Staci and Carter are friends from childhood and after a long misunderstanding realize that they have fallen in love. For some reason that I don't really understand (maybe I'm selfish) she tells him they have to pretend to be just friends until after Christmas. So they email each other in secret.


If you are looking for a sweet holiday romance this will be right up your alley!

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute little fluffy read. A few too many characters for my taste, I had a hard time keeping them all straight. A little drama-rama...but a cute and clean fluff read if you are in the mood for a Christmas book without too much depth.

[Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy, romantic, Holiday read. Nice way to spend a couple of hours.

[Darlene Ferland · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful way to hold Christmas in your heart. . . Strong Christian beliefs and the true meaning of acceptance and being humble shines through this country home story. . .

[Cici · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet

This is an old fashioned story. There are multiple generations all converging on a farmhouse for the Holidays. The characters are all well defined. Sweet clean romance.

[Debbie · Rating 2 out of 5]

quick easy read

This was ok. The story was different than I was expecting. Didn't feel much connection with the characters. The romance was kind of cheesy.

[Laura Mallette Sherwood · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good easy christmas story

[Judy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Heartwarming story of the journey from friendship to love of two young people. I enjoyed the emails they sent back and forth and the obstacles encountered.

[Arlena · Rating 5 out of 5]

By: Karen Welch
Published By: LilyBear House, LLC
Age Recommended: YA - Adult
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: 5
Series: Miracle at Valley Rise
Review:

"Christmas at Valley Rise" by Karen Welch was a wonderful Christmas story for the Moss family. This author has continued this novel with her series: Miracle at Valley Rise which are all so well written. I really love this read of the families are coming together at the farm house at Valley rise to celebrate Christmas where you will find all ages of people. This is a holiday read of hope, healing and a couple that will find a happy ending.

Along with the Moss family and many others... we will find problems such as:

"there is the new wife of a widowed father who is not accepted by his grown-up son; a young woman who always had her future neatly mapped out in front of her suddenly begins to think there might be something else waiting for her; a single mother finds her job both challenging and rewarding at the same time, and is too proud to accept any one's help; and there is a romance between one of the Moss boys with the girl living at the caretaker's cottage."

Now when this all comes out how will this author bring it all out the readers? My favorite part was how this author was able to show how the two young lovers were able to put it all on the computer through (emails) showing each ones feeling of how they felt toward each other. I will not say anymore...just pick up "Christmas at Valley Rise" to see for yourself how well written this novel is. This was so beautifully done! The characters were so unique being well developed and indeed colorful only helping to bring us a amazing good read. This will definitely be one of those novel that will be hard to put down until the very end.


So, if you are looking for a clean sweet read that will put a smile on your face this holiday season ... I would definitely recommend to you as a good read.

[Dawn Dorsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book as a stand-alone Christmas story, and as such, it is a good one. However, I enjoyed the characters, and kept wondering if there were a backstory, so I was glad to find at the end links to several earlier stories, centering on the grandparents in this story. In is set in rural Virginia with contemporary characters, which is not usually my period, but a good story is timeless, and this one works. I'm looking forward to reading more about this family of talented, and loving, musicians.

[JoAn · Rating 3 out of 5]

More a novella length about two twenty year olds which was an ok read for me. I had some difficulty relating to a family that all of the members were professional musicans; but that may have been me being ignorant of this profession. The young couple were cute in their innocence.

[Irene · Rating 3 out of 5]

A sweet love story. The Moss family unite for a family Christmas on the farm. Some exciting things happen with one couple and another announce their feelings for each other. I got this free on my Kindle and hoped it would help me get in the mood for Christmas and it helped.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

A simply lovely, love story! Welch writes a feel-good, wish it was me type of love story - not to mushy, just right. It would be a good choice for teen readers also. The story is even better because it has the Christmas theme!

[Nila · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a slow paced sweet romance, about getting second a chance at love. How a tiny mistake made HUGE communication error and could have altered both their lives forever, but forgiveness goes along way to mend broken hearts.

[Sabine789 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read too many books since january but this one stand out of many, it was a very sweet and romantic read, i loved the characters, i love the music themed story and it was good, so good. Go and give it a try, this was a great romance book, very well written.

[Selenity Jade (Coffee Addicts Book Reviews) · Rating 1 out of 5]

A DNF for me. I simply got bored. I will pretty much read any romance from clean and sweet to straight up dirty hot, but it needs to keep my attention and this one wasn't to my taste. Written well, just bored.

[Margaret Fraleigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an awesome story. Note sure if there is another one that follows, but since this
one ended sort of up in the air, I am going to look to see if it is a series.

[Lynn Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a sweet romantic story about falling in love. The families all together for Christmas. This is a wonderful series of books.

[Pamela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very sweet

This was a very sweet Christmas love story. A little unbelievable, but it is Christmas. I really enjoyed this book.

[Kathy DeShong · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Christmas at Valley Rise" by Karen Welch was a nice light read. There was no drama, no lies, just honesty and family ties.

[Theresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Christmas story

This book was a nice read. I read it because it was a Christmas story and didn't ha e high expectations but it was a very good book with good storylines.

[Joyce · Rating 4 out of 5]

sorry there was such a time gap between this and last book.

I assume there will be more. Writing is easy to read, story holds interest, fun family to watch grow.
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[Victoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Is a great book to read l

[Norma · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sweet story. Just plain boring. Read it when trying to put myself to sleep. It worked.