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The Christmas Layover Kindle Edition

by Robert Tate Miller (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 116 ratings
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The weather forecasters said the snowstorm would miss the eastern seaboard. They were wrong. When Ally Henderson’s flight from Southern California to get married in New York City for Christmas gets diverted to the tiny Midwestern town of Bethlehem, she’s desperate to get back in the air and back to the Big Apple. But with all the airports closed, she’s forced to rely on Midwestern hospitality to wait out the storm. And she soon learns that she has a storm of her own to weather. One that could shatter her life.

Living with a kind stranger is one way to spend a snowed-in Christmas, but when she meets the local diner owner, Jake, sparks fly. Only, Ally’s a big-city girl with big-city dreams, and Jake will always be a Bethlehem boy.

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"This has Hallmark Christmas Movie written all over it! I can totally see this as a movie on that channel and getting lost in its festive romance every winter!" -Shia, Goodreads"This was a sweet, super festive Christmas story. That I got completely lost in for a couple of hours." -Mags N., Goodreads"This was a really nice xmas story, lots of wonderful characters, a beautiful town, budding friendships and new romances. This book would make the perfect hallmark story, slightly unbelievable but charming nonetheless." -Book Lovers AnonymousA nice little Holiday read and I loved the premise of this story! Fantastic! -Ayekah, GoodreadsI couldn't put this one down once I started it. I wanted to know how things were going to end for these poor stranded passengers! -Melanie, GoodreadsLoved this book very much. It had just enough sweet romance and the storyline was great! I highly recommend! -Kristin, GoodreadsThe characters were original and had diverse and unique personalities...the dialog was superb, quickly capturing my imagination and leading me effortlessly from page to page. -Becky Burciaga, Goodreads

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07JLXF76N
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Entangled: Bliss (November 12, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 12, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1149 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 252 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1731361548
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 116 ratings

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Robert Tate Miller

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Robert Tate Miller was raised in the North Carolina mountain town of Hendersonville and began writing at an early age. He began his writing career with homespun essays of small town life that were published in such publications as Reader's Digest, The Christian Science Monitor and the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1980s and wrote hugely successful family-oriented telefilms for NBC, ABC Family and the Hallmark Channel. Robert lives in Northridge, CA.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very sweet love story. Great characters.
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2019
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Fast moving story with sweet and happy ending. Ally and Jake were definitely destined to be together, but it took some pushing from family and friends for that to happen.
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Barbara Eich
4.0 out of 5 stars Charming story
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2019
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This is a charming story to cozy up to the fire with. I think it would appeal mostly to the young adult reader.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Christmas Read
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2021
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I enjoyed this Christmas novel. Fun to read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2020
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Another great Christmas story.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Christmas Layover is a sweet romance, with wonderful and likeable characters
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2018
The Christmas Layover marks my first time reading Robert Tate Miller. In another writing life, Robert was a screenwriter for several Hallmark movies. Thus, I had really high expectations for The Christmas Layover. Sadly, the book didn’t meet those expectations. That isn’t to say the story wasn’t enjoyable and good, because it was. It just didn’t wow and move me like I wanted.

It’s December 20th and Ally Henderson is flying from LA to New York for her Christmas wedding. Everything is going according to plan and she’s looking forward to marrying her fiance Tim, and continuing to run their yoga studio together. Things hit a bump when a winter storm takes a turn, becomes a blizzard, and closes down air travel across the Eastern Seaboard. Blizzard Blast as it’s called, forces Flight 1225 and its 285 passengers and crew to be diverted to small town Bethlehem, Colorado. With so many visitors in town all at once and the only hotel in town closed for renovations, it’s up to the residents of Bethlehem to make the new visitors welcomed for the night.

Jake Nelson is still reeling from Christmases of the past. Christmas use to be his favorite time of year. But four years ago, things changed for him. Just when he was finding happiness again, fate stepped in to turn his world upside down yet again. Since then, Jake has just existed and not truly embraced life.

Ally and very pregnant fellow passenger, Noel are housed with Jake’s mom Peggy. One night becomes four as the storm continues and the community embraces their new friends. In the midst of having a mini-crisis about the weather and her diverted flight, Ally’s world actually turns on its axis. While 1,000 miles away, with no way of getting back to LA, Ally learns Tim doesn’t plan on marrying her. In fact, he has stopped paying any and all bills related to their business and wiped out all of their joint accounts.

“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” In The Christmas Layover, Ally and Jake learn that while life can be cruel, miracles at Christmas do happen. “Love is the greatest Christmas gift of all.”, and this Christmas Ally and Jake will find that all their past hurts have lead them to where they are meant to be.

The Christmas Layover is a sweet romance, full of wonderful and likeable characters. I will admit that there were times when Ally was slightly unlikeable as she was being ungrateful and rude. But I did understand where she was coming from. My heart broke when I learned of Jake’s story. But I swear that he is such a nice, likeable guy. There is this secondary love story that is sweet and amazing. I will definitely read more from Robert Tate Miller in the future.

**Received a copy of the book from the publisher and voluntarily reviewed.**
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Angel's Mommy
5.0 out of 5 stars Adorable
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2018
I received a complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley and I am voluntarily reviewing it.

This was just so adorable. I totally loved the premise of this story. The back of the book told of a city that opened it's residents' homes to a flight that was diverted during 9/11. I guess I really never stopped to think about situations where planes are diverted to small towns happening. In this story it was due to a snow storm though. I just loved the Christmas themed second chance romance. Both Jake and Ally had a fantastic story. I was able to read it in an afternoon. I really hated to put the e-reader down, it was so enjoyable.

This book was written in a dual POV format. It helps me as a reader to understand the characters' actions so much better. I highly recommend this story to anyone. This is a wonderfully clean Christmas romance that you will want to read over and over. It will play like a movie in your mind.
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Renee Pinkston
3.0 out of 5 stars Cute Christmas Story!
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2018
Ally Henderson’s Christmas is planned to start off perfect. Along with her fiancé Tim, she is scheduled to fly to New York for her wedding and then continue on to a tropical island for the honeymoon. What happens is quite the opposite after a huge winter storm slams the east coast and leaves the plane, passengers, and crew diverted in a small town called Bethlehem somewhere in northwest Colorado.

Obviously, this is another of my seasonal reads. I have read several for this season so far and have enjoyed each one. As a standard, this story has the normal plot features as other Christmas stories and the heartwarming and tear-inducing moments that make stories like these magical and special.

My only negative comment and the reason why my review has three stars instead of four is the use of yoga terminology all throughout the book. Ally is a yogi and studio owner, so I completely understand a few yoga references thrown in. This is what the first half to one-third of the book is. You learn what she does for a living and there are normal, real-life like references to that. At some point, there is a turn and there are so many yoga references! It becomes so redundant and actually begins to lose its meaning in context. Ally references a lot of yoga positions that laypeople who don’t do yoga probably do not know. There are also references to Ally being a yogi or doing yoga for things that don’t seem to actually make sense. Luckily, the story was catching and kept me going so much that every time I came to something about yoga I didn’t think about it as much. The good thing is that the writing is fun, the plot is fun, the story of Ally and Jake is so sweet, and every character you meet in the story you will fall in love with. This is the sort of small town that I want to live in!
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Nirina
3.0 out of 5 stars Cookie fortune
Reviewed in France on August 20, 2019
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3.5 ou 4 stars. Bravo à RTM d'avoir choisi ce thème. Très original. Écriture fluide, personnages attachants. Mise en valeur de la bonté. Le dernier quart du livre m'a laissé sur ma faim d'ou la note
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