Review: To Do List
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 11, 2008
It had been almost a year since Belle had been home to see her family, but she was determined to spend Christmas with them away from the disillusionment she felt about her job and current life.  She knew she had some serious decisions to make, but wanted to enjoy her family for just a little while.  Belle hadn't had a life at all.  She was working eighty hours a week with absolutely no friends or dates to take the pressure off.Belle Taylor had always had a crush on Rafe Bettencourt since she was a little girl.  They had been neighbors since before she had been born.  Even now grown up as an attorney, she felt the same tug at her heart when she was near him.  When she arrived home, her family was horrified at Belle's appearance.  She had lost a lot of weight, looked overly tired, and had the darkest circles under her eyes.  Rafe long considered family couldn't believe his eyes either.  He had stopped thinking of her as simply family since she had graduated from law school, and decided this was the time to make sure she knew she was his.  Rafe knew they had many issues to work out like the fact that they lived in two different towns, but he knew the time was right for them.Good Christmas story.  I liked both of the huge nosey overbearing families with deep connections to each other going back years.  The romance between Belle and Rafe just further cemented the bond between those families.