Do You Believe In Santa?
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Publisher Description
Miracles don’t just happen on 34th Street. They can happen right in your living room—if you’re willing to believe…
What grown woman claims to have seen Santa Claus? Mandy Reese, for one—on a very special Christmas Eve when she was eight years old. These days, Mandy works at a year-round Christmas store in Tall Pine, California, where customers love to hear about her childhood encounter with Saint Nick. But when Jake Wyndham arrives in town—charming, gorgeous, extremely practical—Mandy faces a dilemma. Deny what she saw, or let Jake think she’s sugarplum crazy?
Jake scouts hotel locations all over the country, but he’s never met anyone quite like Mandy before. Her warmth and sparkle are irresistible, but…meeting Santa? Really? Jake’s no Scrooge but he’s definitely skeptical. Then again, there are all kinds of things Jake never experienced until he came to Tall Pine. Like autumn snow. Mind blowing kisses. And the magic of falling head-over-heels, madly in love…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Donovan (No Christmas like the Present) puts the titular question at the heart of a romance that leans heavily on old-fashioned values. Provincial Mandy Reece firmly believes Santa Claus is real. When she falls in love with Jake Wyndham, a visiting businessman who wants to bring her small community into the corporate world, both will have to reexamine their beliefs. Jake is a caricature of traditional masculinity: he insists on opening doors for Mandy, jumps to immediate jealousy, has the more powerful job, thinks of Mandy in terms of her ability to bear and raise his future kids, and is more sexually experienced. This conventional portrayal is balanced somewhat when he realizes he has to change in order to reach his professional and personal goals. The dual arcs blend well together Jake's plan to commercialize Mandy's town may cost him her heart and the Christmas theme is central to the conflict keeping Mandy and Jake apart. This chaste love story will appeal to traditionalists.
