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Packed Together
On the day of her sister’s wedding, Rosie Graham and all the guests find themselves snowed in by the holiday blizzard of 1946 at the last place she wants to the inn owned by Fairchild Resorts at Buckeye Lake. Instead of preparing for Christmas at home, she must dodge her summer sweetheart from a decade ago and pray no one guesses the secret she has kept ever since.
That fateful summer, Rosie allowed herself to be talked into the biggest compromise of her life by Keith, the Fairchild heir. She refuses to call that compromise a mistake because it resulted in her son, Charlie. Even though the stigma she’s lived under as a result now may block her from adopting a little girl who desperately needs her love.
But don’t expect a holiday romance that reunites former sweethearts.
Gabe Adams, Keith’s best friend and the Fairchilds’ business manager, is spending the holidays with the Fairchilds at the resort. He has come to the lake with a proposal in a power match that has nothing to do with a single mother and artist, but rather her best friend, fashionable, clever, ambitious Dot Berkeley.
The chaos of the wedding guests invading the sleepy hotel mirrors the chaos in Gabe’s heart as his plans unravel, even as Rosie fears she has no faith in her own heart as she’s drawn to him.
Rosie and Gabe tell themselves the whole mess may simply stem from the unpredictability of the weather or the sentimentality of the holidays. As soon as the wedding guests can leave the hotel, their lives will return to normal.
But do they want to return to normal and the plans they’ve made?
They’ll both need a great deal of discernment to step out in faith for this kind of love.
That fateful summer, Rosie allowed herself to be talked into the biggest compromise of her life by Keith, the Fairchild heir. She refuses to call that compromise a mistake because it resulted in her son, Charlie. Even though the stigma she’s lived under as a result now may block her from adopting a little girl who desperately needs her love.
But don’t expect a holiday romance that reunites former sweethearts.
Gabe Adams, Keith’s best friend and the Fairchilds’ business manager, is spending the holidays with the Fairchilds at the resort. He has come to the lake with a proposal in a power match that has nothing to do with a single mother and artist, but rather her best friend, fashionable, clever, ambitious Dot Berkeley.
The chaos of the wedding guests invading the sleepy hotel mirrors the chaos in Gabe’s heart as his plans unravel, even as Rosie fears she has no faith in her own heart as she’s drawn to him.
Rosie and Gabe tell themselves the whole mess may simply stem from the unpredictability of the weather or the sentimentality of the holidays. As soon as the wedding guests can leave the hotel, their lives will return to normal.
But do they want to return to normal and the plans they’ve made?
They’ll both need a great deal of discernment to step out in faith for this kind of love.
354 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 1, 2024
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December 31, 2024
Packed Together by Kim Garee is a novel set in Buckeye Lake, Ohio in 1946-47 and follows Rosie Graham and her family as they are snowed-in by a blizzard during Christmastime at the Fairchild Inn.
This was a fantastic novel! I absolutely adore the characters and their humor, wit, and charm and how they think and what makes them special. I laughed and cried several times and I was so moved by this story. I also enjoyed the historical aspect and the setting!
I am so looking forward to the third book in the Together series releasing in 2025 and I can't wait to read Dottie's story.
This was a fantastic novel! I absolutely adore the characters and their humor, wit, and charm and how they think and what makes them special. I laughed and cried several times and I was so moved by this story. I also enjoyed the historical aspect and the setting!
I am so looking forward to the third book in the Together series releasing in 2025 and I can't wait to read Dottie's story.
June 4, 2025
Kim Garee has a distinct voice. Her world building is tremendous and connects readers to the story. Fans of inspirational historical romance will enjoy this book as well as the others in the series. I look forward to reading more stories by this author!
December 31, 2024
Packed Together is the second book in Kim Garee’s “The Together Series,” and is just as well-written as the first. The story is easily read as a standalone, but it is best enjoyed as a follow on to book one. Thanks to a blizzard, an unlikely group of people are “packed together” in an inn, and Rosie is living her own personal nightmare when it turns out one of those people is her high school crush. She and her sister are incredibly close, but Emily is on her honeymoon, leaving Rosie to navigate the situation on her own. Vivid descriptions immersed me in the frigid snowstorm outside and cozy living room at the inn. Even though there are lots of characters, each is unique and memorable. Secondary characters are well-developed. I loved Gabe from the start and enjoyed watching his relationship with the Fairchilds, his employer and their son with whom he is close friends, a balancing act. The two children are precocious without being obnoxious, and I loved the journal entries from Delia, the pastor’s foster child. There were many “out of the mouth of babes” observations from her and Charlie. The only disappointment is having to wait for book 3 to release. Highly recommended!
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