GRR Reviews Home For Christmas by Patricia Kay

Home For Christmas is a holiday romance that featured two wounded people coming together around the holidays.

Quinn Riordan had been away from her hometown of Chagrin Falls for TEN YEARS, after losing EVERYTHING to her more beautiful sister, including her first ever love. But now, Aunt Fiona had a bad fall and her leg broken. She came back... Only to find her aunt has a boarder, Peter Kimball, a teacher in the local school. Peter doesn't understand how Fiona could love someone who stayed away for ten years, and seeing Quinn was a bit of a shock. She is actually quite likable. But Peter lost the two people he loved most and will not be able to love again, just as Quinn had to stay away. But with the upcoming holidays, can they let go of their hurts in the past, and see a way to embrace the future... and each other?

While the setup was old, the usage of Aunt Fiona was what took this story beyond average, as she's part-matchmaker, part advice guru, and part just plain old wiser woman. Add a bit of holiday magic, and it's a pretty cozy love story.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Woman went home after ten years away; fell for someone had had similar loss; can they share grief and heal with holiday cheer?

Tropes: holiday, return, sibling problem, grief, enemies to lovers

Overall Rating:  4/5