Review: Curl up with this wonderful read!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 19, 2012
Emilie and her aunt live in a huge house and have plenty of money. She is a teacher that works with at-risk youth. The one thing Emilie wants more than anything is to adopt a child. But it is so hard for a single woman to adopt. She thought her dreams were about to come true but yet again she is denied because the person giving the child up will only allow a two parent household to adopt the child.Nick is a mechanic and he has taken in his niece and nephew after his sister's tragic death. He promised her he would give her children the one thing she and Nick didn't have: two parents.Nick and Emilie meet when he tows her car. She soon learns that he is the man offering the little girl for adoption. He doesn't know she is the rich woman wanting to adopt his niece. When she finds out they need a place to stay over the holidays she invites them to stay with her. She hopes to convince him she is the perfect person to adopt his niece and his nephew as well.Neither of them expected what happened next.Cozy mystery authors Jim and Joyce Lavene bring us a wonderful Christmas love story.Emilie's heart had been broken before by a man who couldn't deal with her disability. She just was so afraid to open herself up to that kind of pain again. She knew she could make a good home for a child on her own and that was what she planned to do. Then Nick entered her life and as she tried to prove to him she didn't need a man in her life they just kept getting closer and closer. It was so easy to connect with these characters.The Lavene's have written a captivating love story that will pull at your heartstrings. It unfolds at a perfect pace with the expected misunderstandings and drama but there is humor and more depth than usually found in romance novel today. Emilie's work just with Adam - striving to get to the bottom of his behavior. She is a very special teacher.If you are looking for a book to curl up with this holiday season this is one I highly recommend!