4.5 stars

Bryce is reeling from all the changes in his life. His long term relationship broke up, he moved back to small-town Kansas, and his mother died. Plus, a new cute neighbour has moved in down the street. The neighbour has a kid, so Bryce yearns from afar. But he runs into them one day, and invites them to come visit the fire hall. Things quickly snowball from there.

Well, after many "no, I can't, this book is stupid" reactions for almost all the other new-to-me books I've attempted to read lately, this book melted my (suddenly) grinch-y little heart. In spite of being really short, it told a full story that wasn't really missing anything. I mean, I would have loved more story and more of them getting to know one another, but that's just me being greedy. And since this has one of my most disliked tropes (insta-love) and I still liked it, it was definitely well written enough to make me overlook it. Short and sweet without being sappy. This was probably more like a 4 star read, but the extra .5 is for the fact that I liked it from the get go and it never let me down. ( )

A sweet Christmas short. Gah, if Bryce got any more dense he'd be a rock! The give and take between Noah and Bryce was fun to read. ( )

I have no idea when I actually finished this... So I'm guessing based on my reading habits. But even though it couldn't be longer than a week ago I already have no idea how it ended. There isn't much angst or drama and is just a short romance. Cute if you like that kind of thing. ( )

This story was cute. I don't normally associate Kim Fielding with "cute" - oh yeah, she definitely has emotional moments in her stories, but usually her stories are so full of angst and drama. And that...was missing here. Maybe it's because I always have such high expectations from Kim Fielding (some of her books are on my favorites shelf, and I am extremely picky about my favorites shelf!), but this story just left me wanting more.

It was a good story. I liked the main characters. I liked that it was set in Kansas (which almost never happens in fiction). But that emotional connection that I almost always make with Kim's stories just wasn't there for me this time.

Like I said, it was cute - quite cute, actually, and I did enjoy reading it. But I wanted more. ;) ( )