Christmas from the Heart
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"Olivia Berg's charity, Christmas from the Heart, has helped generations of families in need in Pine River, Washington, but this year might be the end of the road. Hightower Enterprises, one of their biggest donors since way back when Olivia's grandmother ran the charity, has been taken over by Ebenezer Scrooge the Second, aka CFO Guy Hightower, and he's declared there will be no more money coming to Christmas from the Heart. Guy is simply being practical. Hightower Enterprises needs to tighten its belt, and when you don't have money to spare, you don't have money to share. You'd think even the pushy Olivia Berg could understand that. With charitable donations dwindling, Olivia's Christmas budget depends on Hightower's contribution. She's focused her whole life on helping this small town, even putting her love life on hold to support her mission. When Guy's Maserati breaks down at the edge of the Cascade foothills, he's relieved to be rescued by a pretty young woman who drives him to the nearby town of Pine River. Until he realizes his rescuer is none other than Olivia Berg. What's a Scrooge to do? Plug his nose and eat fruitcake and hope she doesn't learn his true identity before he can get out of town. What could go wrong?"--Amazon
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When I saw this cover I absolutely had to have it and just KNEW it was going to be a perfect holiday read. Not exactly...
I absolutely love the setting for this one as I'm a sucker for small town anything lol. However, Olivia rubbed me the wrong way from the very beginning. She runs a non-profit (Christmas From the Heart) that helps the local community. LOVE that!
When Hightower Enterprises backs out on donating this year she becomes this pushy and obnoxious person. I mean I understand the need for contributions and feeling a blow like that right before Christmas would have been hard BUT the way she handled it was off-putting.
The writing is good and when you're reading about the local community coming together to help one another all the holiday feels are there. I also loved the Scrooge-like references and how at the end a life lesson was learned and change instituted...again all the holiday feels present.
I really wish I enjoyed this one more but I just couldn't connect with the main character and that lost a bit overall for me.
