Letters to Mrs. Claus - Week 6

  

Letters to Mrs. Claus is a kisses-only romantic comedy series, crafted by 12 talented authors, bursting with holiday cheer. Each delightful novella is a perfect cozy read, with each book being connected by Mrs. Claus and her Operation Mistletoe Match.

A meddling friend or family member sends Mrs. Claus a letter about someone who’s lonely, heartbroken, or closed off to love.

With her timeless wisdom, Mrs. Claus tailors heartfelt messages to the subject of the letter, offering an inspiring note that tackles their romantic roadblock. Packed with hilarious missteps, flustered blushes, and courageous adventures as they chase their happily-ever-after.

Every week for six weeks, two novellas will be released. As the person who keeps their Christmas tree up all year, it doesn't take much to get me feeling festive, but I'm ready to start taking hot chocolate and cookie breaks.

Check out the whole series here!

Here's a quick recap of the last two books in this series. WARNING: For anyone new here, there may be a few spoilers when I start talking books. Since I don't mind them, I forget that a lot of people do. 😬

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I love the books that involve kids! Alfie writes a letter to Mrs. Claus because he wants his dad to be happy. After all, one of his friends said that his dad had started dating someone and he was happier, so that's what his dad needs! Even better? He knows exactly who Mrs. Claus can set his dad up with, his teacher, Mrs. S! Alfie loves his teacher and he knows his dad will too. 

Alfie ends up getting a lead role in the community Christmas play as an elf, and he wants his dad to participate with him. His dad knows that the stage is not for him, he's actually a lot better with spreadsheets and numbers, so he signs up to help backstage. It just so happens that he gets paired up with Flo (Mrs. S) and they realize that working together is easy. 

There is an attraction on both ends, but with Flo being Alfie's teacher, they know it can't go any further than friendship. A rogue runaway snowman has the two of them in close quarters to make sure he doesn't ruin the play, which leads to an almost kiss. 

After seeing what he thinks is a kiss, Alfie asks his dad if he thinks Flo is a cereal or a toast for breakfast person? Then he says he thinks they should keep her favorite cereal in the pantry for when she comes for sleepovers. This scene had me cracking up and also melted my heart. 

When Flo is offered a new job that keeps in the school but out of the classroom, it's the kind of magic that has Mrs. Claus written all over it, along with some help from a little elf. 

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Wyatt moved to the big city and never looked back to the small town he grew up in. When he's trying to enjoy his Hawaiian pizza, he hears a crash next door and meets his new neighbor Rebekah. 

Rebekah was trying to get her bookshelves set up and dropped a large box of books. A self proclaimed book Dragon, she apologizes for making him worry and Wyatt being a true knight in shining armor offers to help her organize her hoard. 

The two end up enjoying each other's company over Wyatt's pizza and realize that conversation flows easily. The two even dislike Christmas for different reasons. Even with their dislike of Christmas, they seem to constantly be inviting each other to do super Christmas-y things - like go to a coworkers child's Christmas play, go to each other's work holiday parties, go ice skating, volunteer to help kids in need, etc. 

All the holiday spirit leads each of them to re-evaluate their reasons for disliking the holidays, and with the encouragement of Mrs. Claus, Wyatt begins to realize that there is more to life than work, and life is a lot more fun when you have someone to share it with. 

This concludes our Letters to Mrs. Claus series. I hope you can find some time to read some of these or some other holiday reads to help get you in the holiday spirit this season.