As the CEO of a major department store, I know firsthand that Christmas joy can be bought and sold just like anything else.
That’s right. When it comes to the most wonderful time of the year, I’m a grinch in a penthouse.
But when a gorgeous, red-headed firefighter saves me from a heart attack with a kiss and a whispered plea, even I can’t begrudge her a simple favor – be her date at her younger brother’s holiday wedding.
Turns out, there’s nothing simple about it.
Suddenly, I’m ice skating on frozen ponds, baking cookies with her family, kissing under mistletoes, and finding a little fa-la-la in the season. I don’t even recognize myself.
Because she’s like the spirit of Christmas present, haunting my thoughts, sparking something in my cold heart, and making me crave things past-me would never have considered asking the big man in red for – a future.
Once upon a time, a scrooge like me vowed to transform. The only thing he didn’t get in the end was the girl. I’m determined that won’t happen to me.
It’s either give up my selfish ways or lose the love of a truly elf-ish woman.
L.B. Dunbar continues the seasonal tradition with another holiday hottie coming your way, only this time, HE needs the saving, and SHE’s with the fire department.
This is a sweet story about an EMT who saves a department store owner’s life after a freak cardiac incident. Angelica is full of Christmas cheer and completely elf-ing out, volunteering for countless holiday events. Besides her busy job, she’s being an amazing sister, aunt and granddaughter to her large family and planning her baby brother’s spur-of-the-moment Christmas wedding in between charity drives and Santa breakfasts. Jude is the Scrooge-y grinch who ignores the holidays and spends them alone like every other day. He’s drawn to the gorgeous woman who saved his life and the more he learns about Anjelica, the more he wants to know. She’s not like anyone else he’s ever known and he’s not ready to say goodbye, so Jude proposes a mutual plus-one to his company party in exchange for a wedding date.
They become fast friends, but it quickly becomes apparent that ‘just friends’ won’t ever be enough. I loved the characters. These two are slightly awkward and completely adorable. Their story is a sweet and funny slow-burn that eventually combusts and I was there for it completely. This one filled me with Christmas cheer and now I want to read the rest of the series. I’d like to thank the author and The Author Agency for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
