Yule Be Back

by Helena Stone

Two decades after we first met, will the connection still be there?

Twenty-three years ago, I visited a local Christmas market and met the man of my dreams.

We clicked from the moment we met and spent three magical weeks together.

When my job took me away, I lost Killian and any future the two of us might have had.

Now I’m back.

I wonder if Killian is still in town. If he still runs his market stall. If he’s still as attractive as he was then.

And if he is, will he remember me?

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Published December 21, 2022

About the author

Helena Stone can’t remember a life before words and reading. After growing up in a household where no holiday or festivity was complete without at least one new book, it’s hardly surprising she now owns more books than shelf space while her Kindle is about to explode.

The urge to write did come as a surprise. The realisation that people might enjoy her words was a delightful shock. Now that the writing bug has well and truly taken hold, Helena can no longer imagine not sharing the characters and stories in her head and heart with the rest of the world.

Having left the hustle and bustle of Amsterdam for the peace and quiet of the Irish countryside she divides her time between reading, writing, long walks, and her part-time job in a library. A grown-up daughter and her ever-loving and patient husband make sure she occasionally takes a break too.


You can find Helena here:

Website:
http://helenastone.blogspot.ie/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/helena.stone...

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelenaStone63

Reviews

[Heather York · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another short holiday tale that brings a smile to the readers face. Some might feel that had it been longer so we could have learned more of the whats, whys, and wheres of Finn and Killian in the missing 23 years it would have been a better story. Perhaps. Some might be able to connect deeper with the characters but for me, some books are better when things are off-page and left to the readers imagination, or more importantly I trust the author's storytelling abilities. Sometimes the characters just don't want to reveal everything to the writer.

23 years is a long time and we all change in 2+ decades time but we all know someone where no matter how much time passes it's as if it was no time at all. Not because we don't change or grow as people but because the emotional connection has always been there. That is what Yule Be Back is all about: the emotional bond between Finn and Killian that even decades couldn't erase.

Yule Be Back is a wonderfully written tale of reconnecting in ways that seem to only come out during the holidays but should be read all year long because there is never a wrong time to come back and find your forever home.

[DC · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very sweet but considering how short it is, I found it to really drag along. The alternating chapters from 1999 and 2022 didn’t bother me so much; though, it felt like the author was trying hard to show how things didn’t change between Finn and Killian as a means to justify their feelings after a 23 year absence. We’re never told what Finn did that kept him away for so long.
I would have liked to have learned more about their whereabouts. It was very late in the story when they revealed they were in Ireland. With the rare exception of a word here and there, it reads like it could be Anywhere USA.