Review: Wonderful Christmas romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 5, 2012
I hate to admit it but as I've gotten older I've become somewhat of a Grinch about Christmas. My problem with Christmas is that it's become to commercial and the "season" now starts in October which is just crazy to me. Dan Beckins has a really good reason for hating the Christmas season but when his friend volunteers him to help out at a children's hospital and he meets Anna Smith, he find his anti-Christmas feelings flying away faster than Santa's sleigh.Dan is an attorney who is "volunteered" by his friend to help with some construction at a children's hospital. He's not happy about building a Santa's Winter Wonderland but he won't back out especially after he spots Anna who intrigues him. However, he mistakenly thinks she's a college student and dismisses her because of her age. When he finds out he's in his "preferred age range", he decides to pursue her but first he has to convince her he's really not a jerk.Anna is a cancer survivor but she's had a recent scare and has decided not to get involved with anyone seriously until she's "clear" for two years. When she meets Dan, she's interested and thinks he'd make a nice holiday fling.This is the perfect holiday story and I very much enjoyed Anna trying to fill Dan with the holiday spirit and Dan trying to just "fill" Anna! Really he didn't have to try very hard, they were both very much interested and it doesn't take long for them to embark on a sexual relationship. What I found funny and interesting is that Dan opened up pretty easily to Anna but Anna refused to share her story. Dan undergoes a pretty miraculous change during their time together, while trying to pin Anna down he ends up spending more time at the hospital and begins to understand all about having Christmas spirit.Between Dan's issues with the holiday and Anna's self imposed cancer free timeline, these two have a very winding road to their happily ever after. The nice thing is they have friends and family there to be the voice of reason and they listen.Whether you're a Grinch or more Elf like, No Mistletoe Required is sure to get you into the holiday spirit. I hope you'll enjoy this story as much as I did.Review copy provided for an honest review.