Love Takes a Village by Karis Walsh

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I’m a big fan of Karis Walsh romances so it was one of only two of the December BSB releases I requested. I took a chance with the other book but I was pretty certain this one would make me happy. And it did. Here’s the Blurb:

When Lena Preiss unexpectedly loses her job, her father convinces her to travel to Leavenworth, Washington, and help in her aunt’s new restaurant. The charming Christmas village in the Cascade Mountains is a gorgeous place for Lena to relax while between jobs, if not for the minor difficulty of feeding hundreds of tourists every night. Luckily, chocolatier Devin Meyer is on hand to take care of dessert.

Devin knows chocolate and enjoys nothing more than mixing and stirring the finest, smoothest, richest chocolate entirely by hand. She has returned home to help her father with one last holiday season before he retires and sells their family business. She is determined to spend the season planning for her future, but the beautiful and overwhelmed Lena proves to be more of a distraction than she expected.

Against a snowy backdrop glittering with Christmas lights, Lena and Devin learn how to shed the expectations of others and forge their own path—maybe one that they’ll share together.

Walsh writes wonderfully quirky and lovable characters. The ones in Love Takes a Village are no exception. I pretty much loved everyone. Just like in real life, Lena and Devin struggle with insecurities and familial obligations and finding the right path to take at the right time. But they do it together and they communicate. I absolutely love a couple who start out as friends who have great chemistry AND who can honestly talk with each other. Communication is sexy and these ladies have it down.

And as a bonus, I wasn’t sure how the story would wrap up because there were plenty of options. Might everything have fallen into place a bit too perfectly? Sure. Did I still have a lovely time reading the story? Absolutely.

Thanks to Bold Strokes Books and NetGalley for the wonderful journey.



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