Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Saving Grace
    Saving Grace
    Saving Grace
    Ebook99 pages1 hour

    Saving Grace

    By Kristen Proby

    4/5

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Sparks fly like snowflakes when a klutzy but gorgeous novice crosses skis with a hot resort owner in this tempting tie-in to New York Times bestselling author Kristen Proby’s popular Love Under the Big Sky series!

    Grace Douglas is on a practice run for her friend Cara Donovan’s bachelorette party ski weekend in Aspen. The problem is, despite living in rugged and picturesque Cunningham Falls, Montana, Grace is the clumsiest person ever born. To prepare for the trip, she is taking lessons at a local ski resort. She just prays that they have an ambulance on standby.

    Sexy hotelier Jacob Berkley is ready to play ski instructor, but he quickly discovers that the best place on the mountain for Grace is in the lodge with a hot toddy. Her sense of humor and easy laugh quickly pull him in, and soon he’s determined to help her get off the bunny slope for a fun vacation with her friends. He just didn’t expect their steamy chemistry to trigger an avalanche of desire straight to his heart.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPocket Star
    Release dateNov 30, 2015
    ISBN9781501123047
    Saving Grace
    Author

    Kristen Proby

    Kristen Proby is the New York Times bestselling author of the Love Under the Big Sky trilogy and the self-published With Me in Seattle and Boudreaux series. She lives in the Pacific Northwest.

    Related to Saving Grace

    Titles in the series (4)

    View More
    View More

    Related ebooks

    General Fiction For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Animals And Origami

      Oct 10, 2021

      I miss the sea breeze mussing my hair and the feel of cold sand worming between my toes. Even now, in autumn, the shoreline has its charms, like the squeals of the oystercatchers and the rhythmic ebb and flow of the tide. My dreams are of swimming in

      11 min read

    • Article

      Not Just For CHRISTMAS

      Nov 24, 2021

      Not Just For CHRISTMAS
      9 min read

    • Article

      LOVE Is The Word

      Jan 3, 2023

      LOVE Is The Word
      6 min read

    • Article

      Happy Families

      Aug 5, 2021

      Happy Families
      7 min read

    • Article

      Cricket Ceague

      Apr 1, 2019

      Penelope Berkeley, age 9 Mars Hill, NC Night had fallen, and Luna awoke from where she had been sleeping in a cornfield. She moved steadily through the stalks with barely a sound, keeping her eyes on the glittering glass rooftop of the greenhouse in

      7 min read

    • Article

      The Invitation

      Aug 21, 2023

      York, October 1644 Before I’ve even mustered the courage to knock, the door to the townhouse flings open. I drop my hand. “It is me, John Falmouth,” I say and wince at how loud my voice carries into the night. My greeting falters when I look up and n

      6 min read

    • Article

      Into the Woods

      Oct 26, 2023

      Into the Woods
      6 min read

    • Article

      'Tis The Season

      Nov 2, 2022

      'Tis The Season
      2 min read

    • Article

      Drift Away

      Nov 12, 2020

      Drift Away
      3 min read

    • Article

      Not Quite The LAST STRAW

      Dec 6, 2023

      Not Quite The LAST STRAW
      6 min read

    • Article

      Lost for WORDS

      Sep 23, 2020

      Lost for WORDS
      6 min read

    • Article

      Jason the Heat Guy

      Jan 11, 2021

      Jason the Heat Guy
      11 min read

    • Article

      Scotch and Water

      Dec 28, 2021

      Scotch and Water
      2 min read

    • Article

      Join The Weekly CONVERSATION

      Nov 13, 2022

      Sonya Wilson’s Christmas book project made me smile (NZWW, Nov 14). I can just imagine how chaotic her house must have been in the first few years of book collections before it turned into a full-scale charity. I read to a lot of five-year-olds each

      3 min read

    • Article

      Tis The Season

      Nov 2, 2022

      Tis The Season
      2 min read

    • Article

      Cricket League

      Apr 1, 2022

      Isobel Waugh, age 10 Rochester, NY Crunch. Lynn looked up from her book. She sighed, got up, and walked over to the window. Snowflakes danced around the frost-covered glass. Lynn rubbed her sleeve against it, and the window cleared. The ground was

      7 min read

    • Article

      Who’s The Daddy?

      Oct 23, 2020

      Who’s The Daddy?
      5 min read

    • Article

      Blue ICE

      Dec 8, 2021

      Blue ICE
      6 min read

    • Article

      Blue ICE

      Dec 12, 2023

      Blue ICE
      6 min read

    • Article

      A slippery SLOPE

      Oct 24, 2019

      A slippery SLOPE
      4 min read

    • Article

      Cowboy Carols

      Nov 1, 2023

      Cowboy Carols
      5 min read

    • Article

      Mr Tinsel

      Nov 9, 2022

      Mr Tinsel
      6 min read

    • Article

      Night Light

      Oct 25, 2019

      Night Light
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Greatest Gift Of All

      Nov 27, 2019

      The Greatest Gift Of All
      2 min read

    • Article

      Weekend at Big Bear

      Mar 25, 2023

      Weekend at Big Bear
      2 min read

    • Article

      Little CHARMS

      Oct 19, 2022

      Little CHARMS
      6 min read

    • Article

      Be Careful What You Wish For

      Aug 6, 2019

      Chris Barbour, 59, Newport, South Wales Climbing into my car and buckling the seatbelt, I groaned. It was Monday morning in December 2016 and I had another long week of commuting 70 miles each way to my job as a graphic designer ahead of me. ‘I wis

      4 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Saving Grace

    4/5

    42 ratings7 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 1/5
      Really really really bad. Do not recommend at all h
    • 3/5
      This is only the second novel I've read by Julie Garwood and I'm already a fan. It was a fast read with some action, romance, and a little bit of humor. Overall not a bad read. I really give this book 3 1/2 stars only because I was not into Judith as much as I would have liked to have been. However, by the end of the book she grew on me.
    • 4/5
      Great book for those who have enjoyed other historical romance. Set in pre Magna Carta England and Scotland, this book is a great romance with a backdrop of historical intrigue. A great read.
    • 5/5
      Johanna is a young girl in an arranged marriage to a brutal Baron. He beats her because he feels it is his right (as taught by the local Bishop). She endures this for three years before the Baron is killed. She is grateful for his death and tries with all her might to avoid any future marriages thinking they will all be like this one. Her brother (Nicholas) feels it is safer for her if she is wed. Johanna has a secret that affects the King of England and needs a protector. Nicholas marries her to Gabriel, a laird in the highlands of Scotland. Johanna begins to feel safe, protected and eventually gains her courage and confidence back. A great medieval romance with some very comical moments. Another great one from Garwood.
    • 5/5
      I'm not much of a romance reader, but I really enjoyed this book. I picked it up as the only book at hand, read it from someone else's bookmark--then turned to the beginning and read the whole thing.Garwood has a talent for writing strong and likable heroines within the tropes of the romance genre. This is not a breaks-the-rules book, but it is an enjoyable read and a good way to spend an afternoon.
    • 3/5
      This is set in Britain in 1206 and revolves around a 16 year old English girl, Johanna, who was married for three years to an abusive husband, then second time around marries a Scottish laird, Gabriel, in an arranged marriage. I did actually stick it out to the end with this novel and enjoyed some of it. On the other hand, there were parts that struck me as implausible, there were the usual style issues that seem endemic to romance (God, the Ping-pong point of view problems in these books!), not much happens for half of the book and the overprotectiveness of Gabriel and the initial timidness of Johanna got on my one nerve. Still, there's smile-worthy humor, primitive golf, lovable wolfhounds and manly men in kilts, and I liked how it dealt with one aspect of women's status in the medieval period. This doesn't strike me as a book-even-someone-that-hates-romance-books-might-enjoy, (and at this point I may be suffering from Stockholm Syndrome to have finished it) but if you like the genre already, this might be a good bet.
    • 4/5
      Lady Joanna was happy as a widow. Having escaped a joyless marriage she was now looking forward to some freedom. However the King (John) had different ideas and wants her to remarry. The bridegroom he has selected fills her with fear. When her foster brother suggests his friend, Scottish warrior Gabriel MacBain. Gabriel has problems himself forging a clan out of two clans at odds and Joanna finds herself trying her best to fix all this. She's determined to make this work.It's funny and barely relates to reality but still a lot of fun to read.

    Book preview

    Saving Grace - Kristen Proby

    chapter 1

    ~ Grace ~

    You have to come with us, Cara Donovan exclaims over her third glass of Moscato. Seriously, Gracie, it’s going to be so fun."

    I’m not a skier, I remind her dryly.

    There will be a lodge and hot ski instructors and a spa, Jill Sullivan reminds me.

    I plan to take advantage of that spa, Lauren Cunningham agrees.

    To spas and hot ski instructors! Jenna Hull raises her wineglass in a toast.

    I sit back in my seat and stare at my four friends assembled in Jill’s living room. They’re all beautiful, fun, wonderful women.

    Seriously, a bachelorette weekend in Aspen? I ask with a frown. Couldn’t you choose somewhere tropical? I probably won’t drown from a chaise longue by the pool.

    Jill tips her head back, her dark hair falling down her back in waves. Cara likes the snow.

    This is Montana. We live in the snow, I reply stubbornly. Didn’t you have a say? I ask Lauren.

    Both Cara and Lauren were recently engaged, and to celebrate, the five of us are going to take a weekend trip away. I was all in when I had visions of palm trees and cabana boys, but now . . .

    I think it sounds fun, Lauren replies with a grin. We chartered a plane and everything.

    My jaw drops and my gaze travels from Lo to Cara in disbelief.

    "You chartered a freaking plane?" Jenna replies with a squeak. Jenna is stunning. Classically beautiful, reminding me of Grace Kelly with her perfectly coifed blond hair and startling blue eyes. Not to mention her perfect figure.

    If she wasn’t so incredibly sweet, we might all hate her.

    Hey, this is a celebration, Lo reminds us and sips her wine, tucking a strand of her auburn hair behind her ear. The ring on her finger winks in the candlelight.

    Guys, you know I’m totally on board for celebrating your engagements. I couldn’t be happier for you. I swallow the last sip of wine in my glass and bite my lip. But we all know what a colossal klutz I am. I won’t survive the trip.

    Jill refills my glass as Cara shakes her head.

    We have a surprise for you, she says.

    A sumo wrestler suit I can wear while skiing so I don’t break every bone in my body?

    No, Lo replies with a laugh. A night on Whitetail Mountain.

    I frown, not understanding. The ski resort, Whitetail Mountain?

    The same, Jenna replies smugly. Grace, it’s time you learned to ski.

    I’ve lived at the base of this mountain for six years, I remind them as my stomach sinks. I’ve never been on a pair of skis for a reason.

    Don’t be silly. Jill waves me off and pushes an envelope at me. We’ve booked you for Friday night. It’s a half day at school for you, so you can make your two o’clock lesson time.

    You’ll stay the night at Snow Ghost Lodge, have another two-hour lesson Saturday morning, and then a massage at the lodge’s spa, just in case.

    I don’t think it’s safe to massage broken legs, I mutter.

    Grace, Aspen won’t be the same without you. Cara bats those big hazel eyes at me and I know I’ll cave. She’s one of my closest friends. How can I say no?

    Okay, I agree softly and swig my wine. I’ll go learn to ski.

    You’re going to love it, Jenna assures me. And my place is nearby, so if you need me, just call.

    Why don’t I just stay at your bed-and-breakfast? I ask. We could have a sleepover.

    I’m booked for the season, she replies with a wide grin. Business is good.

    Good for you! Lo exclaims and holds her fist out for a bump.

    So you get a minivacation twenty minutes from home. Cara grins and clinks her glass with mine. May you find many hot ski instructors.

    They’re probably all college kids, Cara. I’m a bit too old for them.

    You look like a college kid yourself, Jill says with a wink. You have the cutest pixie cut I’ve ever seen, by the way. Is it easy to take care of?

    I love it, I reply and push my fingers through my short blond hair. It’s super easy, but don’t you dare even think about cutting off your hair.

    The conversation segues to hairstylists and shampoo and I listen with half an ear, dreading this coming weekend. I am the world’s biggest klutz. I fall every day. I’m lucky I’m small because if I were a bigger girl, I’d be in constant pain.

    As it is, I keep a bottle of Advil on me at all times.

    Ah well, what’s a few broken bones when your friend’s happiness is on the line, right?

    Right, Grace?

    I’m sorry, what?

    Kyle at work has been acting really weird, Cara repeats.

    I think his wife is sick, I reply softly, my heart immediately hurting for our boss and friend.

    Kyle Reardon? Jill confirms.

    Yeah, I heard that Lily has cancer.

    That’s so sad, Lo whispers and sips her wine.

    They have four children, Jenna adds with a shake of her head. That’s horrible.

    I’ll have to go see him tomorrow, see if they need anything. Cara pulls out her phone to make a note.

    So, back to your mini ski-cation, Jill says with a glint in her eye. You’re going to have so much fun.

    I heard the lodge sold recently, Lo adds. I wonder who bought it?

    Some billionaire, Jill answers.

    Did you sell it to him? I ask her. Jill is a real estate agent, and a damn good one.

    No, my boss got that deal. She sighs and sticks her lower lip out in a pout. But I hear Mr. Billionaire is hot.

    I’ve seen him, Jenna replies with a shrug. He’s pretty hot. Seems nice.

    When did you see him? Cara asks. You’ve been holding out!

    I went up there for dinner one night and he was having dinner at the same time. His staff seems to like him. Especially the women. She wiggles her eyebrows with a laugh.

    I’m sure I won’t run into him. I take one last swallow of wine and decide to call it a night while

    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1