Hamish Kenneally is moving from Australia to the US for a fresh start, beginning with Christmas at his sister’s place in Idaho. When a snowstorm diverts his plane to Montana and leaves him stranded two days before Christmas, he hires a car and drives right into a blizzard.
Ren Brooks has always called Hartbridge, Montana, and his family hardware store, home. After a few failed attempts at love, he’s resigned to being single forever—after all, no guy wants to stay in his sleepy little town for long. And after his dad’s passing earlier in the year, Ren’s Christmas is looking bleak. But when a car runs off the road in front of his property, Ren pulls the driver out and takes him home to get out of the cold.
With the storm and the holidays leaving Hamish with nowhere else to go, Ren kindly offers a place to stay. Hamish is certain he’s crashed right into a Hallmark Christmas movie, despite more car delays and road closures and the prospect of not seeing his sister for Christmas. And with help from Hamish, Ren is beginning to feel a little Christmas cheer.
These two unlikely strangers have more in common than they first realise, and after two days of Christmas decorations, cookies, and non-stop conversation, it looks like Christmas might be saved after all.
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Let’s
talk about a feel-good book. Tic-Tac-Mistletoe by N.R. Walker was
the sweetest most feel good Christmas book I have read in a while. Hamish and
Ren were not only perfect for each other, they were perfectly perfect. Not in
an unbelievable and unrealistic way, because Ms. Walker doesn’t know how
to write fake. She wrote believable men in a crazy situation and left the reader
feeling warm and fuzzy.
The
quips were hilarious, and the use of media quotes had me thinking of my own
family time and the ever ranting of speaking in “lines”.
Hamish’s
introduction to America, Montana more specifically, was so well written, I
almost thought I was in the picturesque town of Hartbridge. Snow for miles,
frigid temperatures, hot chocolate, and a hunky lumberjack, Ren, with a coat &
shoe wearing dog. Hamish’s inner monologue gave the reader an insight to a
foreigners first encounter with snow and the hilarious stereotypes thought
about.
Ms
Stevens
never fails to deliver lovely characters with depth and clarity. I’m not sure
there’s not a thing this prolific author can not write.
Hamish
and Ren wormed into my heart and made the holiday season all the better.
Definite
S.E.X.
A
five handcuff review
Audiobook
Review
If
I thought reading Tic-Tac-Mistletoe was an awesome read, listening to it
was even better! Glen Lloyd delivered a narration taken directly
from my mind, complete with Hamish’s crazy self-talk and Ren’s what in the world
is going on talk. I am always amazed when a narrator can take a well written story
and add to it by voice control, inflection, and characterization. Mr.
Lloyd delivered life into Ms. Walker’s feel good story and made
me smile, laugh, and just plain feel warm all over.
I
highly recommend Tic-Tac-Mistletoe, whether in written word or audio.
Definite
S.E.X.
A
five handcuff review
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