Christmas at the Shelter Inn (Shelter Springs)

Christmas at the Shelter Inn (Shelter Springs)

RaeAnne Thayne

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Come home to Shelter Springs this Christmas, where hearts are warm and hopes are bright… Growing up at the Shelter Inn hotel, Natalie Shepherd envied guests who could come and go as they pleased. So when it was time to finally leave for college and put the lush green mountains around Shelter Springs—along with the cloud of loss that seemed to follow her family—behind her, she swore she’d never come back. But now her sister McKenna needs a favor. On pregnancy bed rest at doctor’s orders, McKenna needs a helping hand with her two young daughters and someone to take over the inn during the hectic holiday season, and Nat can’t refuse. And just when things can’t get worse, she runs into her late brother’s best friend, Griffin Taylor… Griff has mixed feelings about Natalie’s return. She’s just as beautiful and full of life as he remembered, but there’s a secret he’s carried for years about her brother—and the guilt is eating away at him. Still, Christmas in this small town is filled with treasured traditions and new adventures that hold the promise of something sweet and lasting. From matchmaking seniors to rambunctious nieces, it seems everyone is hoping Nat and Griff will put loss behind them and find a happy new beginning…


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  • Cheri
    Apr 03, 2025
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    I love the concept of the Shelter Inn. An old hotel/resort turned into senior living housing. Natalie and Griffin may be the main characters, but his grandmother and the other residents of the Shelter Inn added so much color and depth to the story.

    Both characters had a lot of past trauma to deal with; from an alcoholic father to a dad that took off, a mom who died and a mom who took off. Basically, teens left behind by parents who didn’t know how to deal with grief and put their kids first. It made Natalie leave town and hardly look back and Griff come back to town to try to attone for his father’s sins. Neither way is working so they have to figure out an in-between, all while falling in love.

    This story did its job of bringing me that Christmasy feeling I’m looking for from my Christmas romances.

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