Title: 'Twas Perfect
Author: Ginny Sterling
Quote: "You know I haven't peeked once." "Then how do you know I'm wrapping your gift?"
If there's meant to be any suspense in this story, it's failed. I saw the big Christmas surprise coming on page two. This is just a terribly sweet, happy sequel to a longer story.
In that longer story, Lawfully Gifted, a teacher called Lily got her students to write to soldiers in Afghanistan. (I don't see a date or copyright page in my e-book, but obviously this is not a brand-new release.) Lily wrote to a soldier, too, and eventually met and married him.
In 'Twas Perfect Corporal John is back home, out of the Army, employed as a police officer, and delighted with his choices of presents for Lily. But he senses that she has a secret. Dear me, what could it be? Only a new bridegroom could fail to guess but I won't spoil the suspense in case anybody feels any.
They live with a dog, a big scary-looking police dog who is of course a pet. Amazon reviewers have mentioned that in the series of romances about veterans to which this e-book belongs, some sort of animal always plays an important, believable role.
If you like animals, veterans, Christmas, and romance, and don't demand much in the way of suspense from a novel, then Sterling's "Healing Hearts" series is for you. 'Twas Perfect and Lawfully Gifted do contain product placement--a specific brand of junkfood helped to draw John and Lily together and is part of their lives now, even though they're already starting to show "tiny, adorable" junkfood-related bulges. I don't like product placement, myself. You may not mind, or may think the stories are pleasant enough to make up for it.
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