Women’s fiction often gets a bad wrap – too commercial, too saccharine, too trite. But I assure you, in One Christmas Eve Shari Low delivers the perfect balance of sweet and spicy, feisty and funny, passion and poignance. While this story is romantic in many senses, its gravitas stems from its exploration of bereavement and sacrifices made for family and friends.

One Christmas Eve‘s multi-generational ensemble cast depict a range of delightfully different personalities and relationships. Readers will be hard-pressed to not find one or more that strikes a chord with them. It was the enduring close relationship between this grandmother and grand-daughter that really moved me. And, while this novel is principally about strong women, men of substance also play key roles. Continue reading: https://www.bookloverbookreviews.com/2023/12/christmas-reads-from-authors-shari-... ( )

In this beautiful, heartfelt story, Eve has a special bond with her grandmother, Cathy, but doesn’t understand her own mother, Helena, at all. The day is Christmas Eve, they are celebrating her mother’s birthday and Eve just found out from a DNA test that her father isn’t really her father at all.

Told in 2-hour segments on Christmas Eve and flashbacks to previous Christmas Eves, this charming story had my interest on the rise right up to the end.

Another delightful book from Shari Low and a fabulous read for the holidays. 4.5⭐

Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for this complimentary ARC. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. ( )