City Sidewalks

by Julia M. Toto

Successful marketing director and single mother Christina King knows how to put out fires. But when a critical deadline collides with her rambunctious twins' Christmas break, Christina calls 911. Little does she know things are about to get even hotter. With Christmas just around the corner, former firefighter Rudy Gallagher considers his temporary position as lifestyle manager a steppingstone toward entrepreneurship. He doesn't count on his new client being a woman who once ditched him, leaving him with unanswered questions. He needs the job. Can he keep it "strictly business"? Christina guards her heart and tries to avoid explanations, but when she encounters a ghost of Christmas past at a homeless shelter, secrets begin to unfold. As their worldviews clash, Rudy is hot under the collar, and Christina struggles to embrace the true meaning of Christmas.

118 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 10, 2013

Reviews

[Laura Bowman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Julia wrote a compelling story of how living with lies can make your whole life less than God wants.
Catherine or CJ met Rudy at camp as a child. Going to camp for 5 years together their friendship turned to love. But CJ left camp that last time with determination to make something of herself and didn’t want Rudy to complicate things.


Fifteen years later she’s his boss and things are complicated. CJ goes to church but has let other things take priority where Rudy is a committed follower of God. Their lives and values are In conflict. Can the truth set them free and can they forgive?

[Janice Sisemore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Christina is a widow with young twins. Her live in housekeeper is out of town and she contacted a housekeeping agency to send someone to help out. Rudy shows up and happens to be someone from her past fifteen years ago. She needs help for day and evening but he informs her he can only be there during the day since he is father and is needed at home. Rudy brother Luke helps out at the homeless shelter and one day Christina goes with him there and finds out it is the same building the company she works for trying to buy and takeover. She also see a homeless man there from her past. This book is suspenseful, about forgiveness, really touch my emotions.
There is some books that I can skip some words to read it faster but wanted to embrace every word of Julia's book.

[Ginny Lamere · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very touching story of love and forgiveness

I loved this story so much, Christina and Rudy were friends when they were teens and attended a camp they went their separate ways, they are reunited when Rudy comes to work temporarily for Christina, she hadn't been completely honest with him about her childhood and about as project she is working on can't say more without giving away a lot of the story but at the end have tissues ready you might need then

[Rach · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an absolutely amazing story!!! I really enjoyed reading it.

more of a detailed review to come

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an amazing story, full review to come