Review: Christmas in Wine Country  (Westlake)
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 20, 2012
This is a full length, contemporary, very funny, sex free, holiday romance, set in the beautiful wine country of California.Lila, a music of the '80s lover (my kind of gal) and corporate cog, is over-worked and under-appreciated by her soul-sucking job and her secretative boyfriend, Philandering Phil. She is in charge of an office Christmas party gone awry, resulting in too much champagne, a Karaoke machine, and a most embarrassing video gone viral, when she has her first encounter with Jake, the glowering grape-growing Snob of Sonoma. After losing her job and dumped by her boyfriend, she moves to the sleepy little town of Redwood Cove, where she lands a job in a bookstore, reconnects with old friends, begins a whole life make-over, and continually runs into Jake, at the most inopportune times.This is not your usual romance. It's more like the Adventures of Lila Clark. Her relationship with Jake evolves slowly, her grandmother is a doll, her old friends are just as old friends should be, and her new friends are a riot (loved Zoe and G)!Altogether, this is a warm, wacky, and wonderful holiday story, that can be enjoyed all year round.Note to Addison: Please do not get swayed by corporate publishing. Stay true to your writing and follow your heart.