
Goodbye Gifts
A Castle Mountain Lodge Romance, Volume Five
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Jennifer Drake Ford
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By:
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Elena Aitken
About this listen
Visit Castle Mountain Lodge, where sometimes falling in love - means saying goodbye.
For Carmen Kincaid - the customer service manager at Castle Mountain Lodge - work has always come before love. There's never been room in her busy life for romance, despite what her family would have liked.
Dylan Harrison has always put business first. And with his new project - the Springs resort - only months away from becoming a reality, he needs to focus more than ever.
Spending time together as a minor distraction? Sure.
What neither of them counted on was falling so hard for the other. Especially when a relationship couldn't come at a worse time. But when it comes to love, sometimes there is no such thing as the perfect time.
A sweet, contemporary romance.
While Goodbye Gifts can be read and enjoyed as a stand-alone novel, check out the rest of the Castle Mountain Lodge Series for more mountain romance!
Unexpected Gifts - free now
Hidden Gifts - available now
"Unexpected Endings": A companion short story - available now
Mistaken Gifts - available now
Secret Gifts - available now
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- Barbara Tobey
- 01-03-19
Love at first sight
A sweet romance at a mountain lodge. A case of harassment on the job turns out confusing for all.
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- VL Garcia
- 02-16-21
Carmen gets her story
I was really glad to see Carmen get her story. This was very sweet and just what I need to snuggle up with on this cold, snowy day. The narrator did a great job telling the story. I enjoyed this book very much!
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- Kindle Customer
- 11-24-14
Goodbye Gifts - Destined to Meet
Carmen and Dillon, a memorable meeting in difficult circumstances, but destined to meet. Castle Mountain Lodge, place of dreams and majestic, beautiful, snow capped mountains where romance is in the air.
Two hearts meet, one with secret sorrow and the other with secret, unfulfilled dreams, both with workaholic tendencies. Sparks fly and ignite, souls mesh and the discovery of loving hearts that recognise the needs and heartbreak longings, of the other. Joyfully comfort and understand, that loving is forgiving and the courage to do so is inherent in both their hearts.
A talented narrator, Jennifer Drake Ford, brought the pathos of the interaction of the main and supporting characters, vividly to life by the nuances of her dramatic voice rendition.
Elena, thank you for a sweet, romantic, love story in a delightful setting, with well written and clearly defined plot that brought joy to my heart. Bravo!
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