SYNOPSIS:
Escape to snow-blanketed Manhattan in December where chestnuts roast on street vendor carts, visitors ice skate under the stars, Santa roams Times Square in a sleigh, and storefronts brim with twinkle lights. Let Christmas warm you all year round in this sweet, wholesome, holiday romance that is guaranteed to make you laugh out loud.
Christmas has come to New York, but it doesn’t feel very festive for Lucy Carpenter. Single, disgruntled in love from past hurts, she disappears into the world of books as a manuscript reader for a mid-level publishing company on the East Side. Plagued with guilt for a mistake that took her mom’s eyesight, Lucy dreams of achieving financial success despite growing medical bills and unpaid rent. Her only hope of survival is to publish her little Christmas novel despite repeat rejections by big publishers. When her boss requests her publishing recommendations for the month, Lucy submits her manuscript under a false identity against strict company guidelines in what becomes the great holiday literary hoax of Manhattan where lies spin out of control and stockings are filled with coal.
Known as the ice fish of Big Apple Books, William Harcourt longs for acceptance from a nitpicky father who rules the publishing industry with an iron fist. When a sweet Christmas manuscript about a father and daughter in a fictional book town crosses his desk, he believes it to be the ticket that will bring his company into the Top Five and finally gain him his father’s love. What he didn’t expect was to fall in love over email with an enchanting mystery author whose book thawed his wounded heart and opened his eyes to the true meaning of self-acceptance and self-love. My Christmas Darling is a heartwarming holiday romance to remind us why we love Christmas. This adorable love story draws you in fireside and proves how the spirt of the season goes beyond pretty-wrapped packages under a tree.
Cozy up with a crochet blanket and a cup of peppermint hot cocoa , and absorb into a festive world where books seize the day and true love wishes come true. Ideal fiction reading for fans of sweet and clean contemporary romance authors such as Debbie Macomber, Sheila Roberts, Holly Martin, Tilly Tennant, and Debbie Mason.
The Snowdrop Valley Series:
My Christmas Darling A Sleepy Hollow Kiss Wedding at Walden Pond
Once Upon a Thanksgiving Dreams of Mistletoe An Alcott Alcove Proposal
AUTHOR BIO:
Vivien Mayfair is the author of the sweet, clean, contemporary romance Snowdrop Valley Series, with a central focus on the theme of books, seasons, and holidays. Vivien always dreamed of being a writer. After years of raising children as a single parent from a young age and various dismal jobs with no direction, Vivien decided to indulge her passion for books by earning an MA in English before turning to writing romance full-time. Before her novel days, she wrote homeschool curriculum, magazine articles, resumes and suspense stories, all while homeschooling or teaching English in college. One day, nearly twenty years after a brief obsession with Zebra historical romance, she picked up a western romance novel with an enticing cover. She became hooked on the genre once again and never looked back. She now creates sweet, wholesome, heartfelt romance that leaves readers feeling toasty on the inside and laughing on the outside. Her trademark sarcasm, themed holidays, and vibrant settings have gained her fans from all over. When not reading or writing, Vivien spends her time with animals, family, watching period drama movies or TV, or dreaming about her next autumn or snowy winter vacation to New England. Vivien resides in the Pacific Northwest.
MY BOOK REVIEW:
My Christmas Darling by Vivien MayfairBook starts out with works by the author and where to buy them from. Preface and dedication start this book off.
Like this book for many reasons: Lucy has a job reading books all day and gets paid to do that-my dream job!
She blames herself for her mother's health problems because she had come to the police station one night to get her and got hit by a drunk driver.
Lucy finishes her holiday book and submits it to over 75 agencies and they all reject it. When prompted for the best reads for the month with her boss she gives him her book with a different name at the bottom.
He's troubled ever since his mother died at Christmas and since then the family never celebrated the holiday again-til this year. He's agreed for some decorations at work. He runs the publishing company but his father owns one of the big 5 in the city.
He just needs that one break to top his father's success and the holiday read he's given is it. He continues via email Bibi and gets to know her better and he can get a movie deal for her and lots of proceeds prior.
It's just what Lucy's mother would need. Lucy is not happy that her best friend has to pose as the author and it's wearing on her and she thinks she will confess to the boss....
William is enjoying the company of Lucy and I love hearing about the collection of publications he has in his library-precious.
Things get out of hand and there are many misunderstandings.
Love the ending didn't see it coming....the town sounds a bit unbelievable to me but was a good read.
Can't wait to read more from this author. There are little snips of cheer at the start of every chapter.
Other notes at the end include: Literary works referenced, authors name, excerpt for A Sleepy Hollow Kiss, summary of her other works: Wedding at Walden Pond, Dreams of Mistletoe, Once Upon a Thanksgiving. A note and about the author are also included at the end.
Like how the character got her name but after the first several chapters I had heard enough of the cliches.
Received this review copy from the author via Book Sirens and this is my honest opinion.
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