Santa School
by Melinda Curtis
Series: 12 Days of Heartwarming Christmas #9, Christmas Town #9
Published by IndieWrites on October 9, 2018
Genres: Sweet Holiday Romance
Pages: 145
Format: Kindle
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Also in this series: A Christmas Carousel Proposal, A Miracle for Christmas, Pride and Presents, Sleigh Bells in the Snow, Our Christmas Promise, Defending Christmas, The Hope Chest, Paint Me a Christmas, A Gift Horse, The Dark Horse, His Christmas Carousel Baby, Five Golden Wishes, Christmas Town Homecoming: A 10-Book Connected Holiday Romance Collection
This second chance romance is a part of the 12 Days of Heartwarming Christmas - a 2018 clean romance anthology from some of your favorite Harlequin Heartwarming romance authors.
Widower Dominick Decker needs to win over his in-laws so they don't challenge him for custody of his daughter Jessie. His wife's last wish was that he and Jessie move to Christmas Town. As a second generation repairman he doesn't understand why Christmas is so important to everyone. You put up a tree, buy some gift cards and order a pre-made turkey dinner from the grocery store, which leaves plenty of time for service calls in between. What more does he need to do?
A lot if he's to win over his Christmas-loving in-laws.
Enter Ruby Caldwell, owner of Santa School and trainer of "professional" Santas. Now that she's been laid off from her day job, she needs to take Santa School from a part-time seasonal hobby to a full-time year-round operation. That requires a positive mindset, along with a healthy dose of creativity. Step one: Elf School to train single dads like Dominick to put on a great Christmas by themselves. All she needs are a few willing dads and a don't-quit smile.
With a challenge like Dominick, let's hope Ruby's smile holds out this holiday season.
Will Dominick be able to fulfill his late wife’s wishes?
Santa School by Melinda Curtis was an excellent read that kept me guessing through the entire time. This story starts on Cyber Monday and ends on Christmas Eve.
Ruby Caldwell
Ruby Caldwell is the only daughter of her parents, and she has been okay with life. Her mom Norma is the owner of a sandwich shop there in town, and her dad was a great guy who loves holidays. Ruby owns an excellent little company called Holiday Cheer that she has been only working on when she has time off from the hospital. Well, now that she has been laid off from the hospital, she has to figure out if Holiday Cheer can keep her financially afloat for the rest of the year. And Ruby needs to not fall for her ex-best friend’s widow.
Dominick “Dom” Decker
Dominick “Dom” Decker runs several air and heating places around Boston and snatched one up in Christmas Town. He has a seven-year-old daughter named Jessie who is so adorable. Jessie was the spitting image of her mother when she was seven years old. Dom isn’t really into Christmas until he makes a bet with Ruby and now… You will have to read the book to find out. Dom is trying to fulfill his deceased wife’s last wishes even though that is very hard to do, and some people make it hard for him to accomplish.
Five Stars
Santa School by Melinda Curtis is a fantastical book that is entirely worth five stars. Ms. Curtis wowed me with her incredible cast of characters and the way that Ruby is. She’s petite but so full of energy and holiday cheer that anyone would love Christmas after being around her. Dom seems like a great guy who is trying to raise his daughter and giving her the best life that he can at the moment.
Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of Santa School by Melinda Curtis.
Happy Reading!
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About Melinda Curtis
Traditional Bio
Although Melinda has lived in Georgia and Texas, she’s a California girl at heart. Her earliest memories are of life on an isolated 50-acre sheep ranch in rural Sonoma County, California. Picture rolling hills covered in brown grass, a eucalyptus forest, a long gravel driveway lined with plump sheep and no sidewalks. It was a big deal to drive into town on a one-lane road in a ramshackle, bubble-fendered pickup for an ice cream.
Flash forward to this century. Melinda lives in California’s hot central valley with her husband – her basketball playing college sweetheart. With three kids the couple has done the soccer thing, the karate thing, the dance thing, the Little League thing and, of course, the basketball thing.
Melinda writes sweet to medium heat contemporary romances as Melinda Curtis and red hot reads as Mel Curtis. She loves writing romances about women who don’t realize how strong they are until a hero comes along to show them, while capturing the wry humorous power struggle of falling in love – because, really, who lets the man have the last word?
The above bio and picture were taken from the author’s site.
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2019 Contemporary Romance Reading Challenge
- 2019 Goodreads Reading Challenge
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