By: Viola Shipman
Recommendation: 👍👍👍👍 - (Out of 5 👍)
Synopsis:
This year Susan Norcross is turning forty. Her whole life she has been waiting patiently to meet her 'Santa Claus'. Her grandparents and parents both have played the role of Santa and Mrs. Claus during the holiday season. Both her grandfather and father met their spouses while sporting a Santa cap.
Before her fourteenth birthday, Susan lost both of her parents to a drunk driver. After their deaths, Susan's grandparents took her in and raised her. After graduating college Susan returned to her small town in Michigan to take over the management of the family bookstore.
During the annual Santa Run in Chicago, dressed as Mrs. Claus, Susan makes an instant connection with another runner who is dressed as Old St. Nick. Both runners agree to meet up at the end of the race but for whatever reason, Mr. Claus was a no show. When her close knit group of close friends find out about Susan's mystery man they make a pact to locate him and force Susan to agree to a series of blind dates until she finds Mr. Right.
I was provided an Advanced Reader Copy by NetGalley and the Publisher, Harlequin Trade Publishing, for an honest review.
Susan's story is one of great loss and need to find forgiveness. After losing both of her parents in a car accident, Susan finds herself struggling to forgive the man who caused their tragic deaths. Her parents deaths have instilled a fear in Susan to fall in love and care for another individual. Susan fears that whomever she grows close to will leave her just like her parents did.
'A Wish for Winter' is a unique holiday story. Shipman brings to the book a lot of wonderful trivia and information about the area Susan and her family lives in. Susan and her family have a well developed and thought out back story. I loved all of Susan's friends and their quirky personalities. Everything about this story and the characters felt like true to life experiences. 'A Wish for Winter' was a great holiday read.
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