Alaskan Holiday Book Review

I picked this book up off the shelf with the new releases when I saw it.  Alaskan Holiday: A Novel by Debbie Macomber was a book that I thought that I didn't read but who could turn down that cute cover.  I was excited to get to this book and not disappointed when I finally for to read it.

Before beginning her dream job as sous chef in one of Seattle’s hottest new restaurants, Josie Avery takes a summer position cooking at a lakeside lodge in the remote Alaskan town of Ponder. Josie falls for the rustic charms of the local community—including Jack Corcoran, the crotchety keeper of Ponder’s famed sourdough starter, and, in particular, the quiet and intense Palmer Saxon, a famed master swordsmith.

Josie and Palmer become close during the long Alaskan summer days, but Josie knows that, come fall, she’ll be returning to reality and the career she’s worked so hard for. Palmer, on the other hand, would like nothing better than to make Josie his wife and to keep her in Ponder. But Josie can’t imagine abandoning her mother back in the Emerald City and sacrificing her career to stay in this isolated town—not even for a man she’s quickly coming to love.

Fate has other plans. Josie misses the last boat out of town before winter sets in, stranding her in Ponder and putting her dream job at risk. As the holidays approach, Josie and Palmer must grapple with the complications that arise when dreams confront reality, and the Christmas magic that can happen when they put their faith in love.

Josie is a chef who takes a job in Alaskan town when there is a little break before her dream job in her home town.  She makes a lot of friends and a great life in the small remote Alaskan town of Ponder.  She is supposed to be leaving to go home when her boyfriend, Palmer, proposes to her and she is upset.  She takes a sleeping pill to try to get some sleep and she misses the last boat out of town.  She is now trapped for the winter unless she can find someone else to take her out of the iced in area.  Her luck changes with help from the most unlikely place, Palmer.  It was a crazy good story and I thought there were tons of surprises with these great characters and more.  I thought this was a great book and it was hard to put it down once I got in and I was pulling for the characters to get what they wanted.  I ended up reading it all night once but it was super worth it.  I hope that you enjoy it and check it out too.