The Hummingbird Christmas by Davis Bunn

 

Title:  The Hummingbird Christmas

Author:  Davis Bunn

Narrated by:  Graham Winton

Publisher: Recorded Books

Length: Approximately 5 hours and 24 minutes

Source: Review Copy from NetGalley.  Thank-you!

Do you like rescue animals?  Do you have anyplace locally that helps out rescue animals?  We have a very nice wildlife sanctuary in Green Bay that helps wounded wildlife.  On the domestic front, my dog Spot and cats are rescue animals.

In The Hummingbird Christmas, a wildfire is raging across the west coast and small town of Miramar Bay.  Ethan Lange loses his home, but is rescued by Ryan Eames, a policewoman and single mother.  Ethan becomes deputized to help with the fires and to help with theft that seems to be linked with the fires.  As Ethan and Ryan work together, a spark grows between them.  Ryan is afraid to trust again, but when Ethan meets her young, gifted son, Liam, she sees that the two have a special bond.  Both are artists and Ethan understands Liam in a way that Ryan does not.  Liam doesn’t talk much to people, but when Ethan brings Liam a young hummingbird to rescue, Liam is intrigued.  Liam is so intrigued that he gets their small town on board with putting out feeders for all of the birds that are smoked out by the fire.    Will Ethan and Ryan end up together and will the mystery of the thefts be solved?

I really liked the characters in this novel.  I really liked the relationship between Ethan and Liam and how Liam was able to find his purpose and open up.  I like that Ryan was able to move forward thinking about having a second chance at love.    Their relationship moved forward slowly and seemed real to me.  The hummingbird rescue was great and a unique story.

This book takes place at Christmas, but didn’t have much to do at Christmas.  It was a unique story for me about the California fires and bird rescue.

I did not realize that this was part of a series while I was listening to it.  It is book seven of the Miramar Bay series.  It worked well as a standalone novel, but now I do want to go back and read more of this series.

Graham Winton was a good narrator.