The Mistletoe Promise
By Richard Paul Evans
Simon and Schuster, 2014. Fiction, 251 p.
Elise has been just going through the motions since her divorce five
years earlier. Every day she eats the same thing from the same
restaurant all alone in the food court in her building. Then one day in
November a handsome lawyer approaches her with a surprising
proposition. He wants to make an agreement with her to spend the
holiday season together. He writes up a contract that they will attend
each other's office parties, go out to dinner, and basically keep each
other from feeling lonely until Christmas day. Elise is reluctant, but
also very lonely, so she finally agrees. That begins the most wonderful
holiday season she can ever remember. As she spends times with her
mysterious benefactor, she finds that this "pretend" romance might not
be pretend at all. Yet she knows that if he knew about her dark past,
he would have never want to see her again.
If you are in the mood for a
super clean holiday romance, this is the book for
you. The love interest is pretty much perfect; tall, handsome, rich and kind. Elise is wounded by tragedy and abuse, but is healed by his persistent emotional affirmation. The whole book is one long,
delicious, Cinderella story, like Godiva chocolate in
print. If you are traveling this holiday, you can check it out on OverDrive or as a book on CD.
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