This book is a light-hearted, funny, and fast-paced romance novel. The characters are mostly one dimensional, and many of the events of the story are predictable and contrived, but that’s not really a problem, since it is obviously intended to be a feel-good, escapist kind of novel. The setting of Claus Lake, with its various Christmas traditions evokes a lot of the warm and cozy feelings associated with the holiday season. Christmas doesn’t necessarily play a main role in the plot, but many of the main events of the story do take place at Christmas-related events, which makes it a good fit for this time of year. Some suspension of disbelief is required, especially when it comes to walking, talking stereotypes like Southern gal Jaylene and womanizing jerk Bruce, but the main players in the story ring true enough, and I think romance fans will zip happily through the book.

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