01946cam a2200289 4500 388804474 TxAuBib 20110516120000.0 031114s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780743478960 0743478967 TxAuBib Deveraux, Jude, 1947- Holly / Jude Deveraux. New York : Atria Books, 2003. 277 pages ; 20 cm. The plot of this Yuletide confection revolves around a passionate fling that erupts by chance between wealthy young Hollander "Holly" Latham and mysterious Nick Taggert when they meet at the site of an old plantation. Holly, who inherited a passion for restoring old homes as a teenager -- the same year she fell in love with Lorrie Beaumont -- has persuaded her parents to buy the Spring Hill Plantation, a property that has seen better days. But Holly's interest in restoring the plantation is surpassed by her desire to rekindle a relationship with her new neighbor, Lorrie. Nick Taggert, a handsome doctor masquerading as a trucker, is hiding out from the aftermath of a bad breakup by riding a motorcycle and staying in a friend's garage in the area. The two first meet when Holly falls into an old cistern, and Nick comes to her rescue. But nothing is what it seems to be in this romance with a dash of mystery and threat. Are the money and status that Lorrie offers enough to make Holly turn her back on the powerful attraction she feels to Nick? The love triangle comes to a peak on a tumultuous Christmas Eve. 20031114. Plantation Life Fiction. Man-Woman Relationships Fiction. Edenton (North Carolina) Fiction. Love Stories Fiction. Christmas Fiction. North Carolina Fiction. Christmas Fiction. Romance Fiction.