Review: 3.75 stars sweet storyline
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 7, 2013
Pastels and Jingle Bells is the first novella in Christine Feldman's new series of contemporary romance novellas.The storyline focuses on Trish and the painful memories of being bullied by the now devastatingly handsome and single dad Ian Rafferty. When Ian re-enters Trish's life, she is prepared for the worse but she will be surprised when the boy that Trish once knew is not the man with whom she is falling in love.The relationship between Trish and Ian begins as a business arrangement.  Ian is a single father whose young daughter is withdrawn and with the Christmas holidays fast approaching he is in desperate need of help.  Enter Trish Ackerly, an artist who has an eye for beauty and a woman he does not recognize from their previous history.As the storyline progresses, so too does the relationship between Trish, Ian and Ian's daughter who is beginning to come out of her shell with Trish's help.Because it is a novella, the storyline is fast paced. The background history between Trish and Ian is revealed when Trish and Ian share memories but some memories of Ian are ones that Trish had never known.Pastels and Jingle Bells is a sweet, predictable storyline with a HEA.  There is no foul language, no violence and no sex.  It is a short contemporary novel perfect for the holiday season where two people get a second chance to rekindle a relationship started when one boy pulled the ponytail of a young girl as she walked to school.Copy supplied by the author.