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A Christmas Surprise (Love in the Cascades #1)
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bookshelves: kindle-freebie, romance, squeaky-clean-romance, brain-candy, contemporary-romance, get-thee-to-a-proofreader
Nov 27, 2018
bookshelves: kindle-freebie, romance, squeaky-clean-romance, brain-candy, contemporary-romance, get-thee-to-a-proofreader
A little bit of Christmas romance fluff that I picked up as a Kindle freebie and whipped through in an hour or so, as a palate cleanser between heavier reads. Keira is a young single mother who owns a chocolate shop. She was widowed a year or so ago by a tragic auto accident that killed her husband, which has left her with a major phobia of driving in snow. Her friends are trying to line her up with Pete, a handsome (of course) local veterinarian.
Pete and Keira miss each other on the blind date their friends set up, but they run into each other later and figure it out. Except maybe not: Pete has been burned before by dating a single mother and getting deeply involved in the life of her son, falling in love with the boy as much as the mom. The breakup was so painful that he's made a hard-and-fast rule not to date single mothers ever again.
So despite their mutual attraction, he reluctantly tells her he can't pursue the relationship. Keira takes this way harder than it probably deserves given how little time they've spent together at that point, but I have to admit I've been there myself and it's not as far-fetched as it might seem. Meanwhile, Pete is trying not to second-guess himself, telling himself over and over again that his rule against single moms is a GOOD idea, especially since they keep running into each other. This got old REALLY fast, BTW. I mean, no reader believes for a second that he won't change his mind, and the negative motivation seemed foolish here.
Anyway, Keira decides to get her 4 year old son a dog, and Pete gets involved because, why not? They're just friends! And he knows dogs and can help!!
The son is very cute. The dogs are even cuter. Pete is ... nice but forgettable, except for his being so stubborn about his rule whilst sending ALL KINDS of mixed signals to Keira. Also, the book needed another good proofreading pass; I noticed a few glaring misspellings. (Glaring to me, anyway. Things like "diffused" instead of "defused.")
Some discussion of prayer and faith, and the romance is squeaky clean.
2.75 stars.
Pete and Keira miss each other on the blind date their friends set up, but they run into each other later and figure it out. Except maybe not: Pete has been burned before by dating a single mother and getting deeply involved in the life of her son, falling in love with the boy as much as the mom. The breakup was so painful that he's made a hard-and-fast rule not to date single mothers ever again.
So despite their mutual attraction, he reluctantly tells her he can't pursue the relationship. Keira takes this way harder than it probably deserves given how little time they've spent together at that point, but I have to admit I've been there myself and it's not as far-fetched as it might seem. Meanwhile, Pete is trying not to second-guess himself, telling himself over and over again that his rule against single moms is a GOOD idea, especially since they keep running into each other. This got old REALLY fast, BTW. I mean, no reader believes for a second that he won't change his mind, and the negative motivation seemed foolish here.
Anyway, Keira decides to get her 4 year old son a dog, and Pete gets involved because, why not? They're just friends! And he knows dogs and can help!!
The son is very cute. The dogs are even cuter. Pete is ... nice but forgettable, except for his being so stubborn about his rule whilst sending ALL KINDS of mixed signals to Keira. Also, the book needed another good proofreading pass; I noticed a few glaring misspellings. (Glaring to me, anyway. Things like "diffused" instead of "defused.")
Some discussion of prayer and faith, and the romance is squeaky clean.
2.75 stars.
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November 26, 2018
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November 27, 2018
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November 27, 2018
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November 27, 2018
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romance
November 27, 2018
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squeaky-clean-romance
November 27, 2018
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brain-candy
November 27, 2018
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contemporary-romance
November 27, 2018
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get-thee-to-a-proofreader
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