It’s not easy to combine a compelling legal drama with a rom-com and not have it feel like all the worst stereotypes of a Hallmark movie, but Michael Scott Clifton does it with style and a little bit of actual wand-waving in The New Year’s Man.
There’s something bittersweet about discovering a series just as it’s coming to an end. Lift and Let Die is the sixteenth and final installment in Helen Golden’s A Right Royal Cozy Investigation series, and while I had no trouble following the mystery as a newcomer, I couldn’t help feeling that I’d arrived rather late to a very entertaining party.
I love a good RomCom. I especially love a good second-chance RomCom, or one featuring lead characters who are past their twenties. Even more, I love a good Christmas RomCom. So when I was offered a review copy of Stuck with You for Christmas by Jen Smith, well, obviously, I said yes.
I’m new to Liz Fenwick’s work, but based on my recent devouring of The Last Christmas, I’ve been missing out on some incredible storytelling.
But while Cole is the central character, this “novel in stories” is really about the women he encounters. Each is distinctly herself. There is no particular type, no interchangeable parade of romantic interests. Hale gives these women agency, personality, and histories of their own, while allowing us to experience Cole’s story through their eyes.
The view of the lights along the La Paz, BCS malecon around sunset, as taken from the deck of my parents’ house in El Comitan.
Beautiful! Peace is a good thing…
what a beautiful view! :)
Happy WW!
Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would love to see that in person. Breathtaking.
Hey Melissa! I just love how the dark mountains loom above the lights, silent sentinels, protecting the unseen inhabitants below. Great composition!
Mine’s up here:
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Those moutains in the background must have been a stunning sight :)
The composition is good. Night shots are just charming to look at.
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Lovely. Love those mountain -the look forbidding at night but I’m sure they ‘ll look charming during daytime.
Pictures at night are so great. The different colors of the lights.
Great shot! Happy WW
Kyla
It’s a pretty dark picture… Oh well, Happy WW :-)
Ominous