Magic Under the Mistletoe by Lucy Coleman
Magic Under the Mistletoe
Christmas and romance are in the air...
It's December 23rd and while everyone else
is rushing home for the holidays, workaholic Leesa Oliver is dreading switching
on her out-of-office for the festive season. And it seems her equally driven
boss, Cary Anderson, isn't relishing spending Christmas at his family's country
estate either.
So together, they draft an unexpected
Christmas contract: They'll spend half of the holidays with each other's
families, pretending to be a couple. Leesa knows the insufferably good-looking
Cary will make her Christmas more bearable, but what happens after the last of
the mince pies have been eaten...?
Leesa signed off on a sensible business
agreement, but somewhere, amongst the fairy lights and carols something seems
to have changed... It seems there might just be some magic under the mistletoe
this Christmas!
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From the opening scene on the airplane, bumping through turbulence and unruly child passengers, I loved the descriptive wording of this book. I could feel the chill in the air and the tension between videographer Leesa Oliver and her perfectionist boss, Cary Anderson. I think Cary, with his ever changing moods and somewhat hidden sense of humor, was my favorite character.
When a rare white-out blizzard closes the airport and Leesa fortunately is offered sanctuary at the home of Cary's grandmother, this dysfunctional holiday romance takes some very pleasant twists.
I could smell the blue spruce and cinnamon in the opulent vintage halls.
Learning that Cary's grandmother, who raised him and his brother, is the Queen of romantic fiction yet has a difficult and distracting romantic history herself, added depth to the desire for her to find a happy ending for her grandson.
Then, Leesa, spending the holiday with a family not of her genetics, but rather of her former marriage, with a recent heartbreak for all, added compassion to what could be construed as a shallow reason for faking a relationship.
What is supposed to be a one time arrangement to benefit both families turns into something more and made me feel warm and cozy overall.
From the opening scene on the airplane, bumping through turbulence and unruly child passengers, I loved the descriptive wording of this book. I could feel the chill in the air and the tension between videographer Leesa Oliver and her perfectionist boss, Cary Anderson. I think Cary, with his ever changing moods and somewhat hidden sense of humor, was my favorite character.
When a rare white-out blizzard closes the airport and Leesa fortunately is offered sanctuary at the home of Cary's grandmother, this dysfunctional holiday romance takes some very pleasant twists.
I could smell the blue spruce and cinnamon in the opulent vintage halls.
Learning that Cary's grandmother, who raised him and his brother, is the Queen of romantic fiction yet has a difficult and distracting romantic history herself, added depth to the desire for her to find a happy ending for her grandson.
Then, Leesa, spending the holiday with a family not of her genetics, but rather of her former marriage, with a recent heartbreak for all, added compassion to what could be construed as a shallow reason for faking a relationship.
What is supposed to be a one time arrangement to benefit both families turns into something more and made me feel warm and cozy overall.
Author
Bio –
From interior designer to author, Linn B.
Halton - who also writes under the pen name of Lucy Coleman - says ‘it’s been a
fantastic journey!’
Linn is the bestselling author of more than
a dozen novels and is excited to be writing for both Aria Fiction (Head of
Zeus) and Harper Impulse (Harper Collins); she’s represented by Sara Keane of
the Keane Kataria Literary Agency.
When she’s not writing, or spending time
with the family, she’s either upcycling furniture or working in the garden.
Linn won the 2013 UK Festival of Romance:
Innovation in Romantic Fiction award; her novels have been short-listed in the
UK's Festival of Romance and the eFestival of Words Book Awards.
Living in Coed Duon in the Welsh Valleys with
her ‘rock’, Lawrence, and gorgeous Bengal cat Ziggy, she freely admits she’s an
eternal romantic.
Linn is a member of the Romantic Novelists’
Association and the Society of Authors. She writes feel-good, uplifting novels
about life, love and relationships.
Social
Media Links –
Website: https://linnbhalton.co.uk/
A HUGE thank you for being on the tour, Laura, and taking the time to read an review. So very thrilled you enjoyed Leesa and Cary’s story... it was such fun to write! X
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