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HER SECRET SANTA
187 pages
A tender, festive romance about healing old wounds and finding unexpected family during the most magical time of the year.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like sitting by a crackling fire while the snow falls outside, wrapped in a blanket of earnest emotion and holiday magic. The narrative moves at a brisk, engaging pace, pulling the reader through a landscape of guarded hearts and wistful longing. It balances the heavy, lingering ache of past grief with the bright, hopeful energy of the Christmas season, creating a deeply sentimental and cozy atmosphere. The prose is straightforward and emotionally transparent, prioritizing the characters' internal journeys toward vulnerability and trust. It is a perfect comfort read for anyone who delights in stories of cynical, wounded souls being gently coaxed back to life by the warmth of found family, second chances, and the undeniable spirit of the holidays.
- Mood
- festive
- cozy
- heartwarming
- wistful
- Tone
- earnest
- tender
- hopeful
- sentimental
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- healing from grief · found family · holiday magic · melting a frozen heart · second chances
- The writing
- Accessible and emotion-driven, the writing focuses heavily on internal longing and the tender tension of opening up to love.
- The arc
- The journey shifts from guarded sorrow and emotional isolation to vulnerable connection and joyful, family-centered healing.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave classic, tear-jerking holiday romances where cynical, wounded heroes are redeemed by love and the innocent wishes of children.
Content notes
- past death of a child
- grief
About the book
Mathias Blackstone is either Seattle's own version of Scrooge or Santa Claus...
Mathias Blackstone has a reputation for ruthlessness. He's in the procurement business: whatever you want - gold, diamonds, secrets - he can get! But there's another side to his operation he prefers to keep quiet: every Christmas, Mathias Blackstone procures wishes....
But despite his ability to deputize for Santa, something is missing from Mathias's world, and has been since the death of his young son. Then he meets children's writer Jacqueline Randell. For one of his young clients, meeting Jacqueline Randell is a wish come true And the more Mathias Blackstone woos Jacqueline, the more he begins to suspect...that Jacqueline Randell is his Christmas wish, too!
This is the summary for The Miracle Wife:
Five-year-old River Sierra wants a mother - a mother just like the beautiful fairy in her storybook. So when J.J. Randell turns up on her daddy's doorstep it seems her wish has come true. Only River's daddy is less convinced. Raven Sierra has turned his back on love. Now he's torn between his tortured past and his little girl's dreams... J.J. realizes the situation is hopeless. But River is convinced that her miracle mommy can do anything - even persuade her difficult daddy to take another chance on love!
Description from Open Library.
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