One Christmas Eve by Shannon Stacey book review

I got this book before Thanksgiving and I read it pretty quickly. It was perfect just before the holidays to start getting into that Winter/Christmas sort of feeling. But because of break, vacation and celebrating Christmas, New Years and my birthday -- the review took longer than planned. I feel bad about that because this is just the perfect book to read in December. From the perfect cover, to the festive holiday fun on the inside and the HEA...this is totally a good choice. This book is a novella.

Zoe Randall is trying to rebuild her life after a devastating divorce. She moved back home and started running a bookstore with her cousin and her grandfather. Zoe is fun, bubbly, smart and vibrant. She is working on the bookstore display window when Preston Wheeler walks by. He comes across as uptight, stiff and formal. Zoe doesn’t like the look of disapproval that Preston gave her, so she works to push him over the edge with even more outrageous displays that are right next door to his business. In Zoe and Preston’s case, opposites do attract. I love their flirting, their insecurities, their conversations and the setting that the author describes. The party scene was fun. I laughed out loud when Zoe took a drunk Preston home and didn’t take advantage of him. I enjoyed the epilogue that was a year later. I do appreciate the fast forward into the future for HEA’s. I always want to know how things turn out ;)