Elise has been just going through the motions since her divorce five years earlier. Every day she eats the same thing from the same restaurant all alone in the food court in her building. Then one day in November a handsome lawyer approaches her with a surprising proposition. He wants to make an agreement with her to spend the holiday season together. He writes up a contract that they will attend each other's office parties, go out to dinner, and basically keep each other from feeling lonely until Christmas day. Elise is reluctant, but also very lonely, so she finally agrees. That begins the most wonderful holiday season she can ever remember. As she spends times with her mysterious benefactor, she finds that this "pretend" romance might not be pretend at all. Yet she knows that if he knew about her dark past, he would have never want to see her again.One of my friends at work recommended this to me. If you are in the mood for a super clean sugary holiday romance, a la Hallmark, this is the book for you. The problem with it for me is that the love interest, Nathan, was way, way, way to perfect. Rich, handsome, kind, generous, polite, tidy...you get the picture. I think I would have liked it better if he was a little more endearingly flawed. The whole book is one long Cinderella fantasy. Still, if that is what you are looking for, it is pretty well written and completely indulgent, like Godiva chocolate in print. (2014, 251 p.)
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