Meet
Me Under The Mistletoe
Cara
Colter
Harlequin
American Romance, Dec 1 2014,
$5.50
ISBN:
9780373755448
On
November 30th Banks and Banks accountant Hanna Merrifield begs Mr.
Dewey not to quit as the manager of her Upstate New York Christmas Valley Farm
that she inherited when her mom died a year ago. Even with a potential buyer arriving
tomorrow, Dewey refuses to listen to Hanna’s pleadings; he blames his
anti-Christmas spirit on the evil dwarf horse Molly and insensitive people
knocking on his door at any time of day or night. She tells her unsympathetic boss she needs
twenty-four hours to go home on a family emergency before driving the two hours
to the farm to meet her “savior” the person interested in ownership.
As
she tries to capture Molly the wanderer, her first love Sam Chisholm, heading
to the farm to buy it, almost runs over Hanna.
Having been engaged only a few months ago, Hanna’s shocked that she
still has deep feelings for the former rebel without a cause turned suit. Sam reciprocates as the gnome he remembers now
is a beautiful woman. Both use the
veneer of a business deal to conceal their desires. As their love seems to each of them like a Christmas
Miracle, Hanna must decide between ennui at Banks and Banks or cherished
competition on her family farm.
The
merry Meet Me Under The Mistletoe feels somewhat like a throwback to a
pre-social media holiday romance. Hanna
and Sam are a nice amiable pairing while the secondary characters add layers to
Cara Colter’s pleasant Christmas contemporary.
Harriet
Klausner
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