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5.0 out of 5 starsMixing Retail and Romance
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 25, 2023
Hard to exactly determine the genre of this one. Romance doesn't become a part of the book until the last third of the book. In the beginning Lauren Montgomery has sold her condo in Florida and moved back to her hometown in North Carolina to run her parent's Christmas shop, a family business begun by her grandfather that changed over time from a general store to a niche business. Her father refuses to allow modern technology to be a part of the business, and it is beginning to fail. Lauren has established herself as a best selling biographer, so her living is not dependent on the success of the store. Her plate is pretty full with saving the store here at Christmas time when she learns a high school classmate is suffering from a potentially deadly disease and she has pledged to help find the funds to pay for a bone marrow transplant. To top it all off, her agent calls to tell her the founder of the world's biggest on-line retailer has chosen her to write his biography, is willing to pay her $3.5 million for it, but he has to see the rough draft in six weeks or the deal if off. And he expects her to fly to see him in Seattle now, in the Christmas season. A lot going on, but a great read.
