A Christmas Truce

I read approximately one romance a year, and only if they are Christmas based. Romance isn’t really my thing, but it’s the season of love, so I let it slide. I enjoy the cover art, so I grabbed a copy.

Libby, a down on her luck photographer and our story’s main, has just lost another job. Coincidentally, she’s also just lost her living space due to her boyfriend falling into another woman. As is necessary with these plots, we now have the impetus for a swift change. In comes her new employer, Seth, an eccentric money-man looking for a live in assistant. Naturally, she accepts.

The plot is pretty straight forward, and while she got into her job and all it entails, I was pleasantly surprised that I didn’t find anything boring. It’s pretty unique when an author can write something so slice-of-life and still keep you turning pages. Then something incredible happens, her boss gets a puppy and then you get to take the puppy out to pee and go on walks!

The romance kicks in pretty early, but it’s not really always on the nose. It’s often rather slight and you definitely have to read between the lines a bit. Partly because of the way the character Seth is written, and in part due to the author giving the reader the option to NOT read into it. In a kind of too-good-to-be-true sense.

When it becomes apparent, is towards the end when they have themselves a Christmas truce. It’s festive and fun, and the romance is believable. The Christmas dinner, the decorations, the movies they watched, were all exactly what I was looking for. I did just find this part to be a bit short for my liking. Personally a 4/5*.