Review: Blame It on the Mistletoe – Nicole Michaels

Sometimes all it takes is a leap of faith…’Tis the season for small-town Missouri boutique owner Brooke Abbott to get crafty. Much as she adores making art for art’s sake—decorating windows, designing ornaments, crafting the perfect present for under the tree—this Christmas she needs the gift of good customers. Lots of them. Sweet Opal Studios will go under if she can’t do some serious business before the New Year…and she has no time to lose. What Brooke needs is an honest-to-goodness miracle. Instead, she finds a burglar lurking in the back room of her shop. And here she thought the holidays couldn’t get any worse! For Christmas to work its own magic… Or maybe things just got a lot better. Turns out the burglar is none other than Alex Coleman—local bad boy slash legendary heartthrob, childhood best friend to Brooke’s older brother, and…future landlord? That is the question. He’s come home for the holidays to see his grandmother, make peace with his distant mother, and settle his grandfather’s estate, an estate that includes the building that houses Sweet Opal. What he never expected was to bump into a grown-up Brooke, whose spirit, charm, and irresistible good looks give him pause. Should he go back to Oregon as planned, or give small-town life a chance? The only thing Alex knows for sure is that before he walks out that door, he’s going to get Brooke beneath the mistletoe, where anything can happen…

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Release Date: October 14th 2014
Publisher: St. Martin’s Paperbacks
Source: NetGalley
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What an enjoyable story. I fell in love with both Brooke and Alex and their story was one of over coming misunderstandings about each other and themselves from youth. Brooke had always dreamed about dating Alex but always felt that she was no match for him. He was so popular with the girls and Brooke felt she could never compete with them for Alex’s attention. Fast forward and see where then end up if it is with each other or if they go their separate ways again. This was a sweet story  with no cliff hanger at the end.  I look forward to reading more books by Nicole Michaels.