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Mine For The Winter (Winterville Book 6) Kindle Edition

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,435 ratings

Snow is falling, and second chances are in the air…

After more than a decade away, Kris Winter’s return to his hometown is stirring up a storm.

Seeking redemption, he aims to mend the broken bond with Kelly Fraser, his childhood best friend, and the one woman he’s never been able to forget.

The strong-willed single mom is wary of his advances. When he left town all those years ago he barely said goodbye. And now it isn’t just her own feelings to think about – she needs to consider her son, too.

But as the holidays approach, Kris’s pursuit reignites buried emotions, challenging Kelly’s resolve to guard her heart.

He broke her heart once before. Can she risk it all for him again?

Mine For The Winter is a standalone second chance romance set in the small town of Winterville. Get lost in Kris and Kelly's gorgeously steamy love story today!
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BYFC5Q3K
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (November 30, 2023)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 30, 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.5 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
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Carrie Elks writes contemporary romance with a sizzling edge. Her first book, Fix You, has been translated into eight languages and made a surprise appearance on Big Brother in Brazil. Luckily for her, it wasn’t voted out. Carrie lives with her husband, two lovely children and a larger-than-life black pug called Plato. When she isn’t writing or reading, she can be found baking, drinking an occasional (!) glass of wine, or chatting on social media.

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Customers love this book and consider it part of their favorite series. The romance receives positive feedback, with one customer noting it tells a story of young love. Customers appreciate the Winterville setting, with one describing it as a wonderful escape to the town.

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Customers find the book readable and enjoyable, with several mentioning they love the entire series.

"This was such a good book! Just enough spice in the right places with a good plot, it was written beautifully...." Read more

"...Loved every book in the series - the storylines, the love & romance, the characters and last but not least, the feeling that Carrie Elks had my apt..." Read more

"I loved this book and read it in a day. I loved their history and the quick pace of the book. Carrie Elks always delivers with a HEA!" Read more

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Customers enjoy the romantic elements of the book, with one mentioning it tells a story of young love, while another notes it has a good plot.

"...An easy read when you are looking for something light. Romance and a little drama." Read more

"...It tells a story of young love that just wasn't the right time. Kelly's son, Cole, really steals the story...." Read more

"...Just enough spice in the right places with a good plot, it was written beautifully. I couldn't put it down and finished it in a day." Read more

"...Loved every book in the series - the storylines, the love & romance, the characters and last but not least, the feeling that Carrie Elks had my apt..." Read more

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Customers enjoy the book series, with one mentioning it's a wonderful escape to Winterville.

"Just another fun book following the Winters. An easy read when you are looking for something light. Romance and a little drama." Read more

"...Loved it. Thank you Carrie for a wonderful escape to Winterville. So very glad I found you. ❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚..." Read more

"...author weaves the stories around familiar characters and the town you come to love." Read more

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Small Town Mountain Vibes for the holidays
4 out of 5 stars
Small Town Mountain Vibes for the holidays
A father isn’t the one who created a kid. He’s the one who’d do anything for him 🥹🩵 ❄️ Second Chance 🩵 Childhood Friends ❄️ Single Parent The Winterville family series continue to be a favorite of mine during the holidays. It gives us all the small-town mountain, tree farm vibes that I love this time of year and in this one we finally get to know Kris who’s been away most of the time during this series and now we know why. Kris and Kelly were childhood best friends, but after he leaves after high school their friendship takes a hit, not to mention she’s starts dating his other best friend Lyle. Kris had been secretly in love with Kelly for years but never wanted to cause any friction in their friendship and once he came back and saw her with Lyle it all was a little too late. Now Lyle and Kelly’s relationship did not end well, they had a beautiful boy that is now 11 years old but he hasn’t been in the picture since the beginning. Kelly is still upset with Kris and for how things ended between them but with him back in town vowing to make up for lost time, Kelly can’t stay mad for long. Especially when her son Cole takes a liking to Kris and starts inviting him everywhere. As things progress these three start to build something new but will the past still come back to haunt them? I loved Kris and Kelly’s story. They both deserved to finally find happiness after all they went through. Some people are just the right person at the wrong time and I think that holds firm here. They both needed the time to grow and Cole was also a big blessing that Kris didn’t know he needed. Their found family was everything and it was the perfect wrap up to this series! *ARC Review
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Top reviews from the United States

  • Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2025
    Just another fun book following the Winters. An easy read when you are looking for something light. Romance and a little drama.
  • Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2023
    I've loved this entire series and have been impatiently waiting to get Kris's book. He's been the elusive brother/cousin of the family, living in London for the past 10+ years. Kris makes a surprise return to Winterville for the holidays, with the intent of righting the wrongs of the past.

    I loved how Kelly and Kris's backstory is told through flashbacks throughout the book. Carrie does an excellent job at blending the past and the present; and drawing you into the emotions of what and is happening. The chemistry between them jumps off the pages. But you also feel the connection that they still have after all this time. It tells a story of young love that just wasn't the right time.

    Kelly's son, Cole, really steals the story. He latches onto Kris, much to Kelly's dismay. And I love the relationship between the two of them.

    This book and the bonus scene wrap up the series in the perfect way. If you haven't read the series, I recommend getting cozy and starting from the beginning.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2025
    I hate to say goodbye to Winterville and the Winter Cousins. I will miss them, they feel like friends. Kris finally gets to come home to his family and Kelly. Loved it. Thank you Carrie for a wonderful escape to Winterville. So very glad I found you. ❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚
  • Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2024
    This was such a good book! Just enough spice in the right places with a good plot, it was written beautifully. I couldn't put it down and finished it in a day.
  • Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2023
    Finishing 2023 the right way - with The Winterville Family!! Loved every book in the series - the storylines, the love & romance, the characters and last but not least, the feeling that Carrie Elks had my apt bugged based on some words uttered by Holly & Kelly in Books 1 & 6. ❤️❤️
  • Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2023
    The end to a good series, but unfortunately was a little lackluster of an ending. I had big hopes for something more because we had just come off North’s book which was my favorite of the series!
    Kris and Kelly had been friends since middle school. Then something happened and Kris ran away for 10 years. Both Kris and Kelly are great characters – and the best is Cole, Kelly’s 10 year-old son. He’s lovely and finds a special bond with Kris since he doesn’t have strong male figure in his life (except his grandfather). I enjoyed reading about Kris and Kelly, but wasn’t blown away by them. I also felt that the reason for Kris leaving was a little vague and didn’t really flow well with the huge deal it had been made into by both Kris and Kelly. Seems to me that it was both of their faults, but they both blamed mostly Kris.

    So a good series as a whole, but this wasn’t even close to my favorite of the books. And I was hoping for more of a closing for all of the siblings, cousins, and families but they were mostly only mentioned in the beginning. I bit disappointing, especially as a final book in the series.
  • Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2023
    During the winter period I love reading romantic Christmas stories. One of the winter series that I really enjoyed is ‘Winterville’. ‘Mine for the winter’ is the sixth story in the series and unfortunately also the last book in the series. This story is about Kelly Fraser, she was a secondary character in the previous stories, and Kris Winter, the youngest brother of North and Gabe Winter. Although he’s mentioned a lot in the previous books, we never met him. He left Winterville as a young man and settled in London, England but now he’s back and in this story we learn the reasons why he left as a young man and why he’s back now.

    When Kelly was young, she had two best friend Kris and Lyle. Family and friends called them The three musketeers. They had a lot of fun together but sadly things went wrong when they were 22 years old. Kris left Kelly and Winterville to start a new life elsewhere. Now he’s back in Winterville to see if Kelly can forgive him for the past mistake he made as a young man and in the hopes that maybe they can rekindle their friendship.

    Kelly never left Winterville, she took over the tavern from her father and has a 11 year old son, Cole. Cole’s father left them when Cole was a baby. So Kelly has been a single mother for a long time. She has a lot of worries because she not only takes care of her son but also of her father. Her mother died when she was young and her father raised her alone. He now has knee problems that makes it difficult for him to walk and causes him a lot of pain. He needs knee surgery but money is tight.
    Kelly is very surprised to see Kris again after so many years. He broke her heart when he left, so it takes him a while to convince Kelly to listen to him and forgive him. Both have missed the other and soon the feelings they have kept hidden for so long return. Now that they are both older and wiser, will they take a chance on love or will Kris leave again and this time not only break her heart but her son’s as well?

    The story was told in both POV’s. It took me a little bit to get into the story but the more I discovered about Kelly and Kris’s past, their friendship and the mistakes they made, the more I got into the story. It was beautiful to see how close they were when young and it was really sad to see that friendship end due to misunderstandings and loyalty to the wrong person. It took a very long time for Kris to return to Winterville, but I was very happy that he found the courage to come back and patch things up with Kelly. You could really feel that they had both become more mature and wiser. I also loved discovering that even during all those years of living apart and far apart, Kris continued to care for Kelly in his own way without her knowing. That showed the magnitude of his feelings. I loved that! Kris was intelligent, hardworking and although he was a good friend, he had difficulty expressing his feelings. Like Kelly, something broke inside him when he left her. Kelly was a hardworking woman, a great friend, daughter and a caring mother. She was both strong and vulnerable. Luckily, she had her good friend Amber (North’s wife) to talk to.

    It was great to see how Kelly and Kris rekindled their friendship and how something more came from it. They really took the time to rebuild their bond and in the meantime we got to see how Kris and Kelly’s son Cole built a relationship on their own. Cole was a good kid who missed a father figure in his life and Kris took the time to listen to him and spend time with him.

    Just like in the previous stories there were some sex scenes in the story. I loved the epilogue. It was nice to see family and friends supporting them. They were there when they needed them. It was also great to see the three brothers together, North, Gabe and Kris. To see them teasing and giving each other advice.

    I’m sorry to leave Winterville but also happy to see everyone happy.
  • Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2023
    This is the coziest, most romantic series and this is exactly what you should read if you want a book to read while curled up in blankets drinking hot chocolate. I loved how redeeming this story was for Kris and Kelly, and how much Kris loved and was there for Kelly’s son.

Top reviews from other countries

  • J.p
    5.0 out of 5 stars second chance with your first love.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 10, 2024
    Kris was not mentioned so much in the previous books as he left Winterville over a decade ago but we had fleeting mentions of him. Now he’s back to right the wrongs and to ask his first love for forgiveness. Kelly in previous books was always fun but in her own story we realise how tough she’s had it, a true fighter and selfless woman. K&K first met as kids and along with Lyle they became inseparable. As teens they fell hard but Kris being so loyal to Lyle walked away from the only woman he’s ever loved. Lyle really was a jerk and I wish Kelly had stood up to him more but Kris has my heart and he never failed to show her and Cole how much he wanted and needed them. Beautiful love story with some heat and plenty of wonderful family moments. I shall miss them all, perhaps we will have the next generation soon enough.
  • Sara Beeson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Winterville
    Reviewed in Canada on December 13, 2023
    I have loved every book I have read by Carrie
    Elks, and this one is no exception! The first Winterville book introduced be to her and I’m so happy it did.
    There were a few points in the story that Kris irritated me and I do wish we got a little more information on his relationship in London. But overall I’m sad this series is over.
  • sarah mccord
    4.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 ⭐️
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 16, 2024
    I can’t believe this is the last book in the series but it was definitely worth the wait!
    Kris Winter doesn’t make an actual appearance until this book, however, as he’s been mentioned by members of the family in previous stories I was more than ready for him to get his own.

    Mine For The Winter is a former best friend, second chance, single parent romance set in the small town of Winterville. It’s full of everything you’d expect from a Carrie Elks book - the swoony hero, the small town coziness, the fun loveable side characters and a family that you’ll want to be a part of.

    I can’t recommend this series enough
  • Karen Bee
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Series Ender
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 10, 2024
    This final chapter of the lovely Winterville series is a second chance romance. Kris Winter has been living away from Winterville for the last 12 years and wants nothing more than to make things right with Kelly, a single mother. Kris and Kelly had been teenage friends, and have a lot of time to make up for. This series has been consistently good, full of relatable characters and situations.
  • LindalooKam
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 14, 2024
    Absolutely loved this book.
    Have loved the series in Winterville.
    Loved the storyline between Kris and Kelly. Loved the connection they had as youngsters and so happy they got given a second chance.
    Their chemistry was off the charts.
    I did think that Kelly was going to tell Kris that he was in fact Coles Dad plus I didn't like Lyle from the onstart.
    Really enjoyed the catchup with all the characters of Winterville. I'm really going to miss them.

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