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Usually ships in 1 business days | | Only 1 left in stock, order soon! | | | | | | With a scrooge of a boss, her family thousands of miles away, and the only male in her life a hamster, Keelie Cannon is anticipating her worst Christmas ever when her friend Ivy convinces her to spend the holidays with her in the small Texas town of Coventry. Once Keelie arrives, her feelings about Christmas start to change as she not only rediscovers the joys of the holiday season but also of another chance at romance. Cochrane deftly flavors her quirky, character-rich contemporary romance with a surfeit of Christmas charm and sharp humor. John Charles
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Becky Cochrane | | Paperback: | 352 pages | | Publisher: | Zebra | | Publication Date: | October 01, 2006 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0821780425 | | Package Length: | 6.6 inches | | Package Width: | 4.1 inches | | Package Height: | 1.3 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 11 reviews |
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0 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 pleasant but lightweight mystery Mar 18, 2010
For those who like romance novels, this is a good and fairly well written novel. But I would not recommend it for hardcord mystery fans - too unsubstantial.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
A wonderful read in any season! Apr 14, 2009
This book is wonderful!
I adored the characters, the plot line and the humor that is sprinkled throughout this book in such a joyful manner. Keelie (the main character in A COVENTRY CHRISTMAS) is a character that is so real, and so HUMAN in her attributes that you'll wish that Keelie existed - if only so that you could have her as a friend in your life.
Ms. Cochrane has a writer's gift (and an artist's soul) which is impressively displayed in her weaving of a very enjoyable storyline, the names of her characters, their quirky personalities, the naming of pets found in the story (that Ms. Cochrane even INCLUDED pets in her storyline is unique and fun!) and her naming of towns (and the shops within those towns) make this such a marvelous reading experience that one just can't help smiling. In fact - several times within this book - I found myself laughing out loud...
Oh, that Coventry - and the inhabitants of such a friendly place really existed!
Anytime I find myself wishing for some lightness in life - I will happily return to Coventry.
During any season of the year this is a fresh and well-written approach which makes the world seem just a bit brighter and certainly more carefree. Keelie's romance - as well as the friendships which lovingly surround her - make this book and the characters within it a believable and truly enjoyable read.
This book has been added to my permanent collection.
I plan on re-visiting Coventry, often.
Purchase a copy of this book for yourself, one for a friend -
You'll be glad that you did!
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Warms you from head to toe! Nov 21, 2007
Christmas is supposed to invoke feelings of goodwill to all men, and cause a person to break out into song and dance in the middle of store aisles as harried Christmas shoppers hustle and bustle around them. To make people carry a sprig of mistletoe in their pocket to use on unsuspecting victims. But for twenty-eight-year-old Keelie Cannon, the only thing Christmas brings her is a splitting headache.
Originally a Georgia peach, Keelie fled to Texas with an old boyfriend and took up a position at Buy the Book, hoping to use it as a transition job before she could locate a more stable position where she could actually put her English degree to good use. Now, years later, the boyfriend is no longer in her life, but Buy the Book still is. Unfortunately, ever since an obnoxious manager named Rodney took over the store, Keelie finds that she doesn't enjoy the position nearly as much as she once did, and the holidays are only working to make her mood even worse. Keelie finds herself craving for a change, and when an unexpected accident, in which she breaks her foot gets her put on workers comp, she realizes that now is the time to seize the day, and make a change. Hobbling around on crutches, and popping Vicodin, Keelie decides to step out of her Texas misery, and head to a quaint little town called Coventry with her best friends Ivy and Evan. Accompanying the three friends is Ted, a bigwig from Buy the Book's corporate office who has slowly wiggled his way into Keelie's good graces. Coventry is everything that Keelie needed. The people all know her name, and couldn't be friendlier; and, thanks to Granny's blog, nothing about Keelie or her friends is a secret. But, somehow, that's okay with her. But when Keelie's hamster, Hamlet, starts behaving strangely, she knows that something is wrong and has to rush Hamlet to the local veterinarian, who happens to be the handsome Dr. Boone. Dr. Boone makes Keelie's teeth sweat, and his presence makes her believe that Christmas miracles do come true, and that she has finally met the man of her dreams. Until she learns something about Dr. Boone that would make any woman with a conscience run for the hills.
While A COVENTRY CHRISTMAS is labeled a holiday story, only the first 150 pages are truly Christmas-related, leaving the rest of the book to take place during the rest of the year. Ordinarily, this would annoy me, and instantly make me put the book down; however, in this case, Becky Cochrane did such a wonderful job, that I couldn't help but stick around - even after the Christmas parts were over. Keelie is such a fun protagonist. She is bitter and negative, laced with a sweet heart, and a peculiar sense of humor. The interactions she engages in with her friends - Evan, Holly, and Ivy - are very SEX AND THE CITY-esque, and leave you laughing out loud; while Granny and her crazy "Sex" night, and blog, present a wacky addition to the tale that make her irresistible. Of course, I can't forget Hamlet, the feisty hamster who, in my mind, stole the show, or Rip, a scarred dog with stories to tell. Cochrane has penned a wonderful novel full of zany characters, and a quaint town that you'll want to relocate to. Warms you from head to toe!
Erika Sorocco
Freelance Reviewer
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
not just for Christmas ... Sep 26, 2007
Love love love this book. As someone who has recently found her "home". Becky Cochrane nails the feeling perfectly. Coventry Christmas is truly a celebration of love, the love that exist between friends, between partners,the love between family members, a girl and her hampster and even between a place and the citizens that choose to be there. This book made it's way under the tree of my friends and family. I wanted to share a holiday blessing ... Can't wait to see what comes next!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
I'm Moving to Coventry! Feb 18, 2007
Wonderful story. I fell in love with this charming and quirky little town, and with all the people in it. At first, Coventry and some of it's inhabitants seemed almost surreal...a fabled, Brigadoon-ish kind of place that only exists in some other plane of existence. But as the story unfolds it seems less fantastic, and more like the way things should be. We see this through the eyes of Keelie, the main character, who undergoes her own metamorphosis. She starts out as your typical Houston urban dweller...caught up in the daily routines of city life, and becoming more and more unsatisfied with it. Keelie first sees the town of Coventry as a visitor, but over time, and with the help of some very well written characters, she finds herself becoming a resident. I think this story serves as an entertaining and touching reminder that a busy, complicated life isn't always a happy one. Sometimes you have to leave some of the extra things behind and learn to find your happiness in simpler ways, and in simpler places. Definitely worth reading...you'll be glad you did.
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