Oh the Weather Outside is Frightful

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WARREN, SUSAN MAY

OH THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS FRIGHTFUL

She kept him alive in his darkest hour...

CJ St. John never dreamed his epic summer as a smokejumper would end with a harrowing plane crash -- one that crushed his pelvis and rendered him nearly an invalid. He wouldn't have made it through the dark night of pain and danger without brave fellow smokejumper Hannah Butcher. In fact, if he were to admit it, he probably fell in love with her that night.

He gave her the courage to reach for her dreams...

Hannah Butcher had dreamed of being a smokejumper for years -- but dreaming and doing are vastly different. During rookie camp, she would have given up if it hadn't been for CJ St. John urging her on. She probably fell in love with him then -- but especially when he held her hand and kept her calm during their terrifying survival.

A winter storm awakens their memories -- fears...

When Hannah discovers that CJ plans on skipping out on their mutual friends' wedding, she knows he's been lying to her about his recovery -- and determined to give him the same stubborn encouragement he's given her by forcing him to attend. But when a blizzard detours them, and worse, they're run off the road, they'll have to face their darkest fears to survive. A Christmas story about the miracles that happen when the weather outside becomes frightful.

Note: If you picked up this title in the Candy Cane Kisses Christmas Anthology, this is an extended version! Discover how CJ and Hannah fell in love...and continue their story after the storm is over!

My Review:

During these tumultuous times, I take comfort in the few constancies available to me  -- like being able to count on Susan May Warren to mercilessly torture her characters (and me) even during the holiday season. :-) Heart warming Christmas fare? Definitely not! There are so many 'yikes' and 'ouch' and oh 'nooooooo' moments that I continually embarrassed myself as I listened to the audible version of Oh the Weather Outside is Frightful on my neighbourhood walks. My tormented gasps and harried squeals got the attention of passersby who thought I'd injured myself somehow. (I have a disability and walk with either Nordic Poles or a walker so their concern was logical...and kinda sweet.) I kept having to explain that my pain went much deeper than bone and muscle, that it was my heart in peril thanks to the cunning imagination of one very cagey author. :-)

So, be prepared for a few yuletide sucker punches and plenty of angst as Hannah and CJ come to grips with the clashing of life's perils and heart's desire.And if you're a Warren fan, you'll see many familiar faces along the way. In fact, this edition has bonus content that wasn't in the novella collection Candy Cane Kisses published in 2016. I haven't read the Montana Fire series yet, but I'm guessing the bonus content comes in the form of flashbacks to that fateful plane crash, which, I'm also guessing was told in one of the novel's from different character's viewpoints. This is all CJ and Hannah muddling their way through uncertainty and hardship as they make their comebacks -- both individually and as a team of the happily-ever-after variety.

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