Review: Short but sweet holiday romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2014
3.5-4 starsThis was a cute short story. I really liked Chloe and Scott and enjoyed their story.Chloe is a web designer that lives in Boston. She's back home for a few weeks watching her parents house in her home town while they're on a cruise. When she gets there the first thing that happens is she blows a fuse and takes out half the power in the house. When she looks for a breaker box she finds old, decrepit wiring and so she calls an electrician.Scott is the local electrician and a good guy. He remembers Chloe from school and fondly as he always had a thing for her. Unfortunately he'd been shorter, skinnier and shyer and she never knew who he was (except for one brief moment between them). He's filled out and shed the glasses and made a success of himself and loves his life even if he's a bit lonely.When Chloe and Scott first meet back up there's an instant attraction. He replaces a fuse for her but when Chloe finds out how bad the wiring in the house is, she decides to rewire the whole house as a Christmas gift to her parents (and herself so she wouldn't be constantly worried about her parents dying in a house fire). It doesn't take long before the attraction between Chloe and Scott sparks in to flames and they end up agreeing to a holiday fling that will end when Chloe goes home. They have a wonderful time together and spend most of their time together. They burn up the sheets but they also hang out doing other stuff together like shopping for Christmas gifts, watching movies, having dinner and many other things. As you can guess this builds the feelings between the 2 of them until the end comes and they either need to face their feelings and figure out how to be together or let a good things get away from them. Thankfully they come to their senses (almost at the same time) and the story ends with them starting their HEA.This was a very enjoyable story. I liked the characters and the story itself. While the plot may be a well used one the author did a good job with it. I'd recommend this story for people in the mood for a short but sweet holiday romance. :)* note - I listened to the audio version of this and the narrator did a good job on it.