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A Simple Christmas Kiss
The tradition of a simple mistletoe kiss shouldn’t have made a difference in their lives, but it did.
Rhett Green wants nothing more than to live his life with his young daughter. Free of the pressures of dating. That all seemed possible until he smacked a beautiful woman in the face with a Christmas tree branch. Unknown to him their easy friendship would change his life for the better, that is if he can let down his walls and let her in.
Art Teacher Lacey Larsen is afraid she’ll spend Christmas alone. She decided to try and enjoy the season to the best of her ability. When a handsome guy and his darling daughter walk into her life she’s unprepared for the feelings that quickly grow. Put firmly in the Friend-zone she starts to lose hope that the magic of Christmas will grant her, her Christmas wish, the opportunity to spend Christmas with those she loves.
Rhett Green wants nothing more than to live his life with his young daughter. Free of the pressures of dating. That all seemed possible until he smacked a beautiful woman in the face with a Christmas tree branch. Unknown to him their easy friendship would change his life for the better, that is if he can let down his walls and let her in.
Art Teacher Lacey Larsen is afraid she’ll spend Christmas alone. She decided to try and enjoy the season to the best of her ability. When a handsome guy and his darling daughter walk into her life she’s unprepared for the feelings that quickly grow. Put firmly in the Friend-zone she starts to lose hope that the magic of Christmas will grant her, her Christmas wish, the opportunity to spend Christmas with those she loves.
211 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 1, 2020
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Cassie M. Shiels
18 books51 followersCassie M. Shiels was born in Idaho, but moved around the Pacific Northwest while growing up. She has always enjoyed books and was one to be found, reading late into the night, on the school bus or before she did her homework. In middle school she determined that she liked creating her own stories as much as she liked reading them; so she decided she wanted to be a writer and keeps working on making that dream come true with every story idea that bounds into her head. Cassie and her writing, visit her website: www.cassiemshiels.com
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December 2, 2023
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
For Rhett Green, his sole focus is building a fulfilling life with his young daughter, shielded from the complexities of dating. However, fate intervened when he accidentally struck a captivating woman with a branch of a Christmas tree. Little did he know, their effortless connection would bring about a transformative change, if only he can let go of his defenses and allow her into his world.
Lacey Larsen, an Art Teacher, harbors fears of spending Christmas alone. Determined to embrace the season’s joys, she never anticipated the rapid growth of emotions upon encountering a handsome man and his endearing daughter. Though relegated to the friend-zone, Lacey begins to lose hope in the magic of Christmas, doubting her Christmas wish for the chance to spend the holiday with those she holds dear.
MY TAKE
What a charming Christmas romance. Lacey is so chill and therefore so different from the kind of women Rhett's family keep wanting to set him up with. I love how she and his daughter hit it off. A lovely edition to my holiday reading.
4 1/2 stars
For Rhett Green, his sole focus is building a fulfilling life with his young daughter, shielded from the complexities of dating. However, fate intervened when he accidentally struck a captivating woman with a branch of a Christmas tree. Little did he know, their effortless connection would bring about a transformative change, if only he can let go of his defenses and allow her into his world.
Lacey Larsen, an Art Teacher, harbors fears of spending Christmas alone. Determined to embrace the season’s joys, she never anticipated the rapid growth of emotions upon encountering a handsome man and his endearing daughter. Though relegated to the friend-zone, Lacey begins to lose hope in the magic of Christmas, doubting her Christmas wish for the chance to spend the holiday with those she holds dear.
MY TAKE
What a charming Christmas romance. Lacey is so chill and therefore so different from the kind of women Rhett's family keep wanting to set him up with. I love how she and his daughter hit it off. A lovely edition to my holiday reading.
4 1/2 stars
December 9, 2025
A simple Christmas kiss
This book was so cute and lacey and Rhett are so adorable together. Lacey met Rhett and his daughter Holly at a Christmas tree farm where a branch flung back and hit her in the nose and made it bleed, Rhett and his daughter Holly help her to make it stop bleeding and end up spending the day with them and Rhett even bought her a Christmas tree. Then they find out that all live is the same building . But then Rhetts babysitter quit on him and lacey volunteers to watch Holly for him until he got home from work. They both have sworn off relationships and with all the time they are spending together they end up having feelings for one another until someone ends up ruining it. But will they end up together or not? You will have to read in order to find out.
This book was so cute and lacey and Rhett are so adorable together. Lacey met Rhett and his daughter Holly at a Christmas tree farm where a branch flung back and hit her in the nose and made it bleed, Rhett and his daughter Holly help her to make it stop bleeding and end up spending the day with them and Rhett even bought her a Christmas tree. Then they find out that all live is the same building . But then Rhetts babysitter quit on him and lacey volunteers to watch Holly for him until he got home from work. They both have sworn off relationships and with all the time they are spending together they end up having feelings for one another until someone ends up ruining it. But will they end up together or not? You will have to read in order to find out.
December 17, 2021
A Simple Christmas Kiss
This book was cute but needed editing better. Grammatical errors appeared frequently throughout. The story was of Lacey and Rhett and Holly. Lacey was an art teacher who would be spending Christmas alone. Rhett and Holly had been a pair since his ex wife had left them when Holly was one. When they meet at a Christmas tree lot they discover they live in the same apartment building. Lacey begins helping Rhett with keeping Holly occupied after school. Both Lacey and Rhett have sworn off of a relationship because of their pasts. What happens when they end up under the mistletoe and share a kiss?
This book was cute but needed editing better. Grammatical errors appeared frequently throughout. The story was of Lacey and Rhett and Holly. Lacey was an art teacher who would be spending Christmas alone. Rhett and Holly had been a pair since his ex wife had left them when Holly was one. When they meet at a Christmas tree lot they discover they live in the same apartment building. Lacey begins helping Rhett with keeping Holly occupied after school. Both Lacey and Rhett have sworn off of a relationship because of their pasts. What happens when they end up under the mistletoe and share a kiss?
June 1, 2021
3.5 stars
This is a sweet little Christmas story that fleshed out a little more could be the basis of a Hallmark movie. It is fluffy, feel good, romance. It is predictable but enjoyable if you are in the mood for a quick fluff read.
It could have used some extra editing to catch things like a period in the middle of a sentence and so forth. That kind of stuff was a bit distracting, especially when I had to reread to figure out why it didn't make sense. But if you ignore that, it is a nice couple hours of escapism.
No sex, language or violence
This is a sweet little Christmas story that fleshed out a little more could be the basis of a Hallmark movie. It is fluffy, feel good, romance. It is predictable but enjoyable if you are in the mood for a quick fluff read.
It could have used some extra editing to catch things like a period in the middle of a sentence and so forth. That kind of stuff was a bit distracting, especially when I had to reread to figure out why it didn't make sense. But if you ignore that, it is a nice couple hours of escapism.
No sex, language or violence
December 29, 2018
The story was okay. It reminded me of those old-fashioned Harlequin romances. I didn’t like the hero. I thought Rhett was kind of a jerk and he strung Lacey along. He didn’t treat her very well and I found him very self-centred. The romance is slow in coming. It’s a clean romance but light on the romance. I didn’t finish reading it as I lost interest after a while.
December 17, 2020
A quick, cute read
I loved the characters and really felt the emotions in this book. I wish more detail had been put into the editing as I found quite a few places where the wrong word was used such as 'day' instead of 'way'. However, the story was good enough that I could overlook all of those errors. If this was cleaned up, it would have been 5 stars for me.
I loved the characters and really felt the emotions in this book. I wish more detail had been put into the editing as I found quite a few places where the wrong word was used such as 'day' instead of 'way'. However, the story was good enough that I could overlook all of those errors. If this was cleaned up, it would have been 5 stars for me.
January 4, 2021
A Simple Christmas Kiss: Teachers of Alvin High
This really was a sweet holiday romance book. Rhett, Holly and Lacey were mea t to be together. All of their Christmas Wishes came true. Rhett wanted his girls. Lacey wanted Christmas with the ones she loved and Holly wanted her family with Rhett Lacey. A wonderful and fulfilling story.
This really was a sweet holiday romance book. Rhett, Holly and Lacey were mea t to be together. All of their Christmas Wishes came true. Rhett wanted his girls. Lacey wanted Christmas with the ones she loved and Holly wanted her family with Rhett Lacey. A wonderful and fulfilling story.
September 2, 2022
Rhett, Holly and Lacey meet by accident while looking for a Christmas tree. Rhett and Lacey are both hurting in their own way. They become friends when he needs a babysitter and she doesn't want to be alone for Christmas. A sweet, clean romance and Holly is a cute little girl. They almost go their separate ways because of Rhett's insecurities. A great read for the holidays.
January 13, 2021
Well done characters, both hurting, come together for the sake of convenience—he needs a babysitter and she doesn't want to be alone at Christmas time.
Predictably, they fall in love, but what a weird and wonderful voyage they take us on to get there!
Predictably, they fall in love, but what a weird and wonderful voyage they take us on to get there!
December 3, 2018
Super cute sweet holiday romance!
A heartwarming story of love overcoming challenges! A great read for the Christmas season, nice and quick to read; sure to warm your heart.
A heartwarming story of love overcoming challenges! A great read for the Christmas season, nice and quick to read; sure to warm your heart.
December 12, 2018
So sweet.
This is a really good love story that included a wonderful little girl. I loved the chemistry of these two and the romance was sweet and clean.
This is a really good love story that included a wonderful little girl. I loved the chemistry of these two and the romance was sweet and clean.
December 16, 2018
Simply cute!!
December 10, 2019
4.5 Stars
This was so cute! I usually don't like second chance love stories but I did with this one.
Moral Note: Clean
This was so cute! I usually don't like second chance love stories but I did with this one.
Moral Note: Clean
December 13, 2019
This was a very sweet story. The perfect short romance to read in the Christmas season. The characters were nice and cute with real struggles. Moreover, it was a well-written novel where you easily get into the lives of the characters.
December 14, 2020
This is a sweet, clean Christmas story. The characters are likable. There were some grammatical errors that detracted from the story for me.
December 23, 2020
Sweet Christmas novella
This was a sweet Christmas novella with an adorable child. I would rate it sweet and clean, PG for kissing.
This was a sweet Christmas novella with an adorable child. I would rate it sweet and clean, PG for kissing.
December 30, 2020
Great story
I enjoyed reading this story about Lacey, Rhett and Holly. Relationships are sometimes scary to enter into. Your past is hard to put away. Rhett had a lot to consider. Read this heartwarming story.
I enjoyed reading this story about Lacey, Rhett and Holly. Relationships are sometimes scary to enter into. Your past is hard to put away. Rhett had a lot to consider. Read this heartwarming story.
December 26, 2021
I have the privilege of working with Cassie. I’m glad to have found a kindred spirit in her. You can tell she is passionate about writing. I can’t wait to read more of her stories.
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