Each year there is a new batch of holiday-themed books that are published. Some years I feel like reading them more than others, and this year I have managed to already tear through three in the beginning of this month.
Last week I picked up and enjoyed two Christmas books.
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter was such a fun romance/mystery. Maggie Chase and Ethan Wyatt are mystery writers(who don't like each other at all) that have been invited to spend the holiday with Eleanor Ashley, a famous mystery writer. But shortly after arriving Eleanor goes missing, the snow keeps falling, and the guests are stranded at Eleanor's home. While Maggie and Ethan try to find their hostess, they are left to wonder if she is trying to test their mystery solving skills. Until someone shoots at Maggie. Then the stakes are a lot higher and things turn deadly serious. I loved the cozy mystery feel of this one. There's a romance (which is probably pretty obvious and predictable) as well as a fun holiday setting and once I started reading I couldn't put it down. I don't know that I've read anything else by Ally Carter, but that needs to change.
A Home For The Holidays by Taylor Hahn is set during the holidays after Mel, a wedding singer, has to cope with the death of her mother. When she meets Barb, one of her mom's best friends from her younger years, Mel feels at home and like she has recaptured a part of her mother that she had never known about. Barb quickly accepts her into her life - and even convinces Mel to stay with her. But, of course, nothing is every as simple as it seems. This one has a romance as well as a long kept secret that upends things just when it seems that Mel has found some happiness. Not too Christmassy, this one is a great read for any time of year.
I have a few more Christmas books I'd like to enjoy before the holidays pass in a flurry, so we shall see how many more I have time to enjoy during the month of December.
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