GRR Review A Cliché Christmas by Nicole Deese

Nicole Deese's "A Cliche Christmas" in many ways is a story about the girl, Georgia Cole, jaded on Christmas, was forced to confront it once again and deal with her hopes and dreams, both in love and in life, and how she deals with setbacks, past and present. The character was both tender yet strong, resilient yet weak, cheerful yet vulnerable. And it's about home is where the heart is. However, the ending, which relied on a "sudden change of heart", did not ring true to me. Which is why I cannot give this book 5/5.

Georgia, aka the Holiday Goddess (for penning Christmas screenplays), was going to spend her Christmas somewhere with a lot of sun and sand, but a summon from her Gran sent her back to her hometown of Lenox, with a lot of snow... and the source of her greatest humiliation... Weston James, also the boy she cannot forget. Roped into writing a new stage play for the community theater to raise funds for a little girl's cancer treatment, Georgia struggles to keep her heart in check and her head on straight, and perhaps, do something for the hometown on a more permanent basis. But her nemesis from way back sabotages her at every turn, even as Weston tries to infiltrate her heart...

The pacing was good and romance was clean (no sex here, just a lot of longing gazes and soul-searing kisses) but the "Christmas miracle" was not telegraphed sufficiently, IMHO to make it believable when it happened. Still, it's one fun Christmas story about second chances.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Woman going home need to create a Christmas miracle despite her own Christmas burnout

Trope: Holiday, reunion, triangle, homecoming

Overall Rating:  4/5