Then, one November day, a stranger approaches Elise in the mall food court. Though she recognizes the man from her building, Elise has never formally met him. Tired of spending the holidays alone, the man offers her a proposition. For the next eight weeks - until the evening of December 24 - he suggests that they pretend to be a couple. He draws up a contract with four rules:
1. No deep, probing personal questions
2. No drama
3. No telling anyone the truth about the relationship.
4. The contract is void on Christmas Day
The lonely Elise surprises herself by agreeing to the idea. As the charade progresses, the safety of her fake relationship begins to mend her badly broken heart. But just as she beings to find joy again, her long-held secret threatens to unravel the emerging relationship. But she might not be the only one with secrets.
If you're in the need for a super easy, Hallmark-type Christmas book, look no further!! Richard Paul Evans comes out with a new Christmas novel every single year and I look forward to spending a few hours reading it over break.
I love books that are set in places that you've been to or can connect with because it automatically makes the book more personable for you. I get so excited about things I recognize in books! This one takes place in Salt Lake and the main character eats a Cafe Rio pork salad for lunch each day. I don't know if I could eat it that much, but I love myself a Cafe Rio pork salad. After reading the book when it first came out, I took a trip up with friends and we went to Asian Star which is another restaurant they go to.
Of course in these Hallmark-type stories, the plot is fairly predictable. Heartbroken girl goes on a quest to find herself, meets extremely attractive and wealthy man that for some reason takes interest in her, they start dating, they have some sort of miscommunication which causes one of them to leave usually from another city or in an airport, and then miraculously they understand the information that they failed to listen to the first time, and they live happily ever after.
Even though we know what's going to happen, for some reason they never get old!!
This one has some deeper content that I hadn't remember before but it totally adds depth to the characters and makes them real people and I love what we get to learn from them about forgiveness and self-love. Also about finding ways to cope, move on, and become a better person.
I highly recommend this book to anyone!
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