Review: Cute Holiday Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 9, 2011
If your in the mood for a cute, sweet, friends to lovers holiday story then you can't go wrong with Mistletoe and Margaritas by Shannon Stacey.It's tough being in love with your dead best friend's wife...just ask Justin McCormick. Poor Justin has been in love with Claire for years and hasn't been able to act on his feelings. First because she married his best friend Brendan and then because they're both suffering the loss of Brendan when he suddenly dies in a tragic car crash. For the past 2 years Justin and Claire have been BFF's, but Justin's finding it increasingly difficult to keep his true feelings hidden whether it's enjoying pool and pizza Tuesdays or she's riding shotgun while he's busy snowploughing. I like that Stacey writes about the regular every day guy. No sheiks, princes or supermodels here - just good old fashioned, hardworking blue collar stiffs.It was sweet and sad to watch both these people be tortured by their ever increasing feelings for one another yet feel like they couldn't act on them because of the memory of Brendan.As the title indicates with a little help from a few margaritas and some well-hung mistletoe these two eventually work through their feelings of guilt and betrayal to have their very own Christmas miracle.Shannon Stacey's stories never fail to bring the emotion or the laughs and I have yet to be disappointed by this NY times best selling author.  This book is part of an anthology from Carina Press, but I purchased it as a stand-alone novella.