Review: PACKED WITH PASSION
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2014
*What Erik Thought*Marissa is a single mom, burned by her deadbeat ex-husband into an improbably long layoff from the dating scene. Eric is a single dad, disheartened on love by his browbeating ex-wife. Burned, disillusioned, two hearts bruised with contusions, Eric and Marissa thought love would never find them again.. until Eric transcended Marissa's distrust of men. Chaperoning their daughters at the zoo for a school field trip, they meet early in the day, stay together late into the night and are lighting each other's lips on fire well before the first date. Eric succeeds in lowering Marissa's defenses, and the passion that they feel for each other leads quickly to marriage and a new addition to their newly-formed family.What this story preaches effectively is the power of honesty. Once Marissa lets down her guard and confesses her attraction to Eric, and once Eric drops the cocky act and speaks to her from the heart, all of the mistrust and misunderstandings that had seemed set to undermine their future together disappeared. Once they simply stated what they wanted, they got it - each other, for life. Although there is really no doubt that Eric and Marissa will wind up together, the dance of courtship between them is enjoyable to read because it rings true. A lesson on life with enjoyable characters, "Mistletoe Mischief" succeeds as a light, breezy and enjoyable read.