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His Mistletoe Bride
Mills & Boon Sweet series promises love affairs to last a lifetime…Police officer Brody Taggert has his reasons for hating Christmas. But when Lila Grainger arrives in Snow Mountain she tilts his carefully balanced world sideways! Even more so when he finds himself snowbound with her in a log cabin...
Slowly but surely, Lila begins to break down the armour around Brody's heart. She's beautiful and vibrant, and the glimmer of sadness in her eyes makes Brody want to rescue her right back! So, as Lila and Brody help heal each other's hearts will they ever want to leave their snowbound shelter?
Slowly but surely, Lila begins to break down the armour around Brody's heart. She's beautiful and vibrant, and the glimmer of sadness in her eyes makes Brody want to rescue her right back! So, as Lila and Brody help heal each other's hearts will they ever want to leave their snowbound shelter?
172 pages, ebook
First published September 1, 2008
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About the author
Cara Colter
556 books53 followersCara Colter was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, surrounded by ranches, but she was always a reluctant city girl. A journalism graduate, she has been making her living with words for her entire adult life. Before published her first romance novel in 1987, she wrote educational materials, newspaper stories, magazine articles and even sermons!
"I am living proof that dreams come true," Cara says. "I am an ordinary person leading an extraordinary life."
Now she lives on a small acreage in British Columbia. She shares her life with her personal hero, Rob, a cat and eight horses. She has three grown children, and already is a granmother.
"I am living proof that dreams come true," Cara says. "I am an ordinary person leading an extraordinary life."
Now she lives on a small acreage in British Columbia. She shares her life with her personal hero, Rob, a cat and eight horses. She has three grown children, and already is a granmother.
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July 20, 2016
This was such a wonderful Christmas romance. Lila Grainger is new to Snow Mountain and when she finds out that Christmas will be canceled this year, she makes it her mission to restore Christmas to this small town. Police officer Brody Taggert has been assigned to stop her in her efforts and this is making him look like the town Scrooge. The book started off like just the usual Christmas romance, but as it went on, it just kept getting better and better. Lila and Brody were very likable and sympathetic leads. Lila moved to the small town of Snow Mountain to escape memories of her stalker who ended up turning violent. She wonders if she will ever truly feel safe anywhere ever again. Brody is still trying to move on after the death of his brother six and a half years ago. He doesn't look forward to Christmas anymore since his family was torn apart after his brother's death. Now he is also faced with the imminent death of his beloved dog, Boo, who is dying of cancer. He doesn't want to form any emotional attachments or fall in love, since he feels love will only lead to more loss.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was a quick and easy read, with many great moments and a sweet romance. I loved the part when Lila and Brody were stuck in the cabin in the snow and the time they spent there. I loved Brody's truly adorable dog, Boo, who completely stole my heart. The story was fun and festive, but it also had some very emotional, tear-jerking moments, as well. I thought the story was beautifully written, and it was a perfect read for the holidays, or for anytime really.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was a quick and easy read, with many great moments and a sweet romance. I loved the part when Lila and Brody were stuck in the cabin in the snow and the time they spent there. I loved Brody's truly adorable dog, Boo, who completely stole my heart. The story was fun and festive, but it also had some very emotional, tear-jerking moments, as well. I thought the story was beautifully written, and it was a perfect read for the holidays, or for anytime really.
February 26, 2016
This novel is festive and buoyant, packed full of the holiday spirit. She nails both the interior and exterior charms of the season. It’s also emotionally hard hitting yet still a fun and quick read. The author makes you laugh, as well as making you cry the good sort of tears. Colter’s picturesque descriptions bring her novel to life in a realistic manner.
I love the way that Colter develops her characters. She doesn’t pull any punches at all, simply letting them be themselves. I really enjoyed getting to know both of the main characters. Their histories are quite revealing, and who they are today is just remarkable.
Overall, this was an enjoyable, light Christmas novel that I thoroughly enjoyed. I’d recommend it to anyone looking for a quick yet very enjoyable holiday read.
I love the way that Colter develops her characters. She doesn’t pull any punches at all, simply letting them be themselves. I really enjoyed getting to know both of the main characters. Their histories are quite revealing, and who they are today is just remarkable.
Overall, this was an enjoyable, light Christmas novel that I thoroughly enjoyed. I’d recommend it to anyone looking for a quick yet very enjoyable holiday read.
March 29, 2016
The book started out rather awkwardly, as Colter tried to cram as much background information for Brody as possible before she introduced Lila, so it read like a very long exposition piece instead of flowing well, but after Lila's introduction the transitions became more fluid and the flow of the book was perfect.
I know that Harlequins are meant to adhere to a certain formula, which hasn't changed that much since the 80's Harlequins I used to devour, but I think for this story it was buried further than usual. There was definitely a sense of cheerful desperation on Lila's part while she struggled to forget what brought her to the small town in Washington to begin with and struggled with her feelings for Brody. It made her more real as we all know someone who thinks the 'perfect christmas' has to be a certain way.
Brody was kind of heart breaking. When it was from his third person limited perspective he wasn't a hard-nosed cynic at all. He was such a softie it hurt because he dwelled on loss so keenly. I wasn't really okay with what ended happening to his dog, by that point in the story it wasn't necessary as a sympathy factor believe me.
Their chemistry was amusing--the more Scrooge-like Brody became the more desperately cheerful Lila acted around him. The scene at the cabin was the sweetest I've read in a romance in a long time honestly.
As a holiday read this is fabulous--it reminds you why Christmas can be magical and gives you a warm boost to the heart. As a romance this is just as Lila wanted to create with her store--its a fantasy, but a fantasy we all need to desperately believe in.
I know that Harlequins are meant to adhere to a certain formula, which hasn't changed that much since the 80's Harlequins I used to devour, but I think for this story it was buried further than usual. There was definitely a sense of cheerful desperation on Lila's part while she struggled to forget what brought her to the small town in Washington to begin with and struggled with her feelings for Brody. It made her more real as we all know someone who thinks the 'perfect christmas' has to be a certain way.
Brody was kind of heart breaking. When it was from his third person limited perspective he wasn't a hard-nosed cynic at all. He was such a softie it hurt because he dwelled on loss so keenly. I wasn't really okay with what ended happening to his dog, by that point in the story it wasn't necessary as a sympathy factor believe me.
Their chemistry was amusing--the more Scrooge-like Brody became the more desperately cheerful Lila acted around him. The scene at the cabin was the sweetest I've read in a romance in a long time honestly.
As a holiday read this is fabulous--it reminds you why Christmas can be magical and gives you a warm boost to the heart. As a romance this is just as Lila wanted to create with her store--its a fantasy, but a fantasy we all need to desperately believe in.
December 5, 2018
L ho trovato dolcissimo e ben strutturato come racconto, anche se breve! Una piacevole lettura per un pomeriggio di Dicembre!
January 14, 2025
This is a harlequin book. I do not like reading this type of books (I have the impression they were a hype in the 1980s and 1990s). But I had a discussion with a friend, that harlequins have 5 distinct categories but the same ending and as a kind of bet I have to read five books. This is the first book of the bet.
In this book the heroine is very beautiful but very distant. She had a very bad experience in the city and has now moved to a town, where her uncle is the sheriff. And she wants to organise the Christmas decorations. The guy works for the uncle and is very unsocial since an accident, where his brother died. And guess what, they make it work and live happily ever after.
In this book the heroine is very beautiful but very distant. She had a very bad experience in the city and has now moved to a town, where her uncle is the sheriff. And she wants to organise the Christmas decorations. The guy works for the uncle and is very unsocial since an accident, where his brother died. And guess what, they make it work and live happily ever after.
February 15, 2011
Again ... another one of Cara Colter's that was just so so. Maybe I should lay off the romance novels for a while because I am bored, bored, bored silly with these lately.
Granted, I had a few moments of misty eye-ness (yes that's a word. As I tell my students: "I'm an English teacher. If I say it's a word, it's a word. Even if I just made it up!"
Brody and Lila both have had heart ache in the past. Brody lost his brother and, the one tie he still has to his brother, his dog Boo is dying of cancer. Lila was scared by an incident which happened in Miami and forced her to take off for Snow Mountain Washington. There, she opens Miss L. Toe's Christmas Shop and begins writing a book on how to have the perfect Christmas.
But Snow Mountain is canceling Christmas this year, or at least the Christmas festivities and Lila is bound and determined that the spirit of the season WILL live on. And in the process, she gets arrest for protesting ... by Brody.
It gets better. But not by much. Three stars ... solid three stars.
Granted, I had a few moments of misty eye-ness (yes that's a word. As I tell my students: "I'm an English teacher. If I say it's a word, it's a word. Even if I just made it up!"
Brody and Lila both have had heart ache in the past. Brody lost his brother and, the one tie he still has to his brother, his dog Boo is dying of cancer. Lila was scared by an incident which happened in Miami and forced her to take off for Snow Mountain Washington. There, she opens Miss L. Toe's Christmas Shop and begins writing a book on how to have the perfect Christmas.
But Snow Mountain is canceling Christmas this year, or at least the Christmas festivities and Lila is bound and determined that the spirit of the season WILL live on. And in the process, she gets arrest for protesting ... by Brody.
It gets better. But not by much. Three stars ... solid three stars.
November 7, 2013
I wanted to like this one more than I did. The characters and their issues were very good and I wanted to see more of them but it was snap over we are together. I liked what the heroine did and the hero's issues the book didn't give them time to discover anything about each other.
July 31, 2011
Not one of the best books I've read, but it's a nice light read.
April 27, 2012
Very good I enjoyed this book!
January 19, 2022
A tratti triste, ma con un ovvio finale rosa.
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