However, Mother Nature throws MJ a curve, with a severe snow and ice storm that shuts down the airports first, and finally, the highways on the day before Christmas Eve. Brady Cameron, recently single and still broken-hearted, is a business man who plans to spend Christmas alone. MJ and Brady meet at the rental car counter, where they find there is only one vehicle left to rent. Since they are both traveling in the same direction, Brady invites MJ to ride with him and split the cost of a rental.
Christmas Day is certainly not what MJ had expected. When they finally do get back to MJ’s childhood home, she is dismayed to learn that she might be home, but home is different. Her mom has gone back to work, one of her brothers is separated from his wife and living at home, the other brother has a vegetarian girlfriend and wants to quit football-which is creating fiction between him and Mike, MJ’s dad, and no one baked homemade bread for the holidays.
MJ apologizes to Brady for the lack of family tradition at her family Christmas, but Brady loves the family chaos. In fact, he fits right in; even MJ’s grandma thinks so. Seeing how much MJ’s family means to her, Brady pulls a few strings to get MJ a job closer to home, closer to family. However, when MJ uses that favor to hold him and any romantic ideas off, he wonders if he will regret it.
Reinventing Christmas is a fun, light-hearted holiday story. Linda Rettstatt is a pro with flirting, sexy banter, and sweet romance.
Reviewed by Therese Kinkaide, women’s fiction author, www.theresekinkaide.com
