Mark Riley quit soldiering and went home to assuage his guilt of leaving his town behind. He was also playing Court Jester to Janelle Walsh's Snow Queen at the town Christmas Parade, and there was an instant connection between the tall and handsome major and the cute redhead (whose grandpa is playing Santa). When Mark learned that the property he had purchased also housed Janelle's animal rescue, and he just kicked her and all her animals to the curb by serving an eviction notice on them, it's going to take some serious holiday magic to for a happy ending.
While the eviction trope was pretty standard, this book did not kowtow to a full change of heart, but instead, without spoilers, managed to find a middle ground that allowed both characters to change and meet halfway.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Prodigal son returns to hometown to invest and decompress, found the girl, only to find he just evicted her animal shelter...
Trope: return, holiday, disguise, enemies to lovers
Overall Rating: 4/5
