Book Review of
Christmas With a Crank
Christmas With a Crank by Courtney Walsh was published in 2024.
Liam Fisher’s. first crush was Olive Witherby, his next door neighbor.
Their childhood was lazy summers, treehouse stargazing, and games of hide and seek at Pine Creek, the Christmas tree farm that Liam’s family has owned for generations.
Liam moves away, and he and Olive say goodbye the only way they know, with a first kiss neither of them will ever forget.
Time and distance eventually make Olive and Liam practically strangers.
Twenty years later, Liam’s parents decide to retire and sell the tree farm because Liam doesn’t want to inherit this family legacy.
Twenty years later, grown-up Olive is stuck.
Her work life and her love life are not going well. After a business failure, lots of debt, and too many laughable first dates, she’s in not in a hurry to start again in business or in romance.
Liam’s parents hire Olive, hoping she can rekindle the lost magic of the farm one more time before it’s sold. She sets out to make this the last, best Pine Creek Christmas, for the town and for a very cranky, not-so-talkative, Liam.
Part of her mission is to convince Liam, the crank, to fall in love with Christmas.
Lynn's Review
Courtney Walsh has become one of my go-to authors when I want a quick and easy romance read. She writes romance with a little depth. Yes, it is predictable, but in a fairly realistic way.
Liam’s first crush was Olive, his neighbor and childhood friend. Then he moved to his family’s Christmas tree farm, and they slowly lost touch.
When Liam’s family decides it is time to sell the farm, Olive and Liam are brought back together to help rekindle the magic of Christmas one last time before the farm is sold.
I loved the Christmas farm setting of this book. That probably has to do with the fact that I grew up not far from a well known Christmas tree farm in Oregon. But I also loved the family dynamics and the small country town setting of this book.
It was the perfect cozy Christmas book for me. If you like Courtney Walsh, I think you will probably enjoy this one too.
About the Author
Countey Walsh has self published and conventionally published more than thirty low spice, clean romance books. If you love Courtney Walsh books be sure to check out my full list of Courtney Walsh books.