His Mistletoe Bride

By Cara Colter

Book Overview

Police officer Brody Taggert has his reasons for hating Christmas. But Lila Grainger's arrival in Snow Mountain tilts his carefully balanced world sideways. When they are snowbound in a log cabin,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373175558
• ISBN13: 9780373175550
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Harlequin Presents
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

His Mistletoe Bride

The book started out rather awkwardly, as Colter tried to cram as much background information for Brody as possible before she introduced Lila, so it read like a very long exposition piece instead of flowing well, but after Lila's introduction the transitions became more fluid and the flow of the book was perfect. I know that Harlequins are meant to adhere to a certain formula, which hasn't changed that much since the 80's Harlequins I used to devour, but I think for this story it was buried further than usual. There was definitely a sense of cheerful desperation on Lila's part while she struggled to forget what brought her to the small town in Washington to begin with and struggled with her feelings for Brody. It made her more real as we all know someone who thinks the 'perfect christmas' has to be a certain way. Brody was kind of heart breaking. When it was from his third person limited perspective he wasn't a hard-nosed cynic at all. He was such a softie it hurt because he dwelled on loss so keenly. I wasn't really okay with what ended happening to his dog, by that point in the story it wasn't necessary as a sympathy factor believe me. Their chemistry was amusing--the more Scrooge-like Brody became the more desperately cheerful Lila acted around him. The scene at the cabin was the sweetest I've read in a romance in a long time honestly. As a holiday read this is fabulous--it reminds you why Christmas can be magical and gives you a warm boost to the heart. As a romance this is just as Lila wanted to create with her store--its a fantasy, but a fantasy we all need to desperately believe in.