While searching for a job in public relations, Katherine O'Connor (K.O.) pays the bills doing medical transcriptions and writing cheery Christmas letters for others. K.O. is very good at taking other people's boring, mundane lives and making them sound more exciting and successful. Most of her spare time is spent in the French CafΓ© on Blossom Street in Seattle, which also includes the shops A Good Yarn and Susannah's Garden, as well as her condo building.
When K.O. spots child psychologist Dr. Wynn Jeffries in the same cafΓ©, she decides it's time to confront him about the terrible book he's written on parenting -- The Free Child. Lately, K.O.'s sister Zelda has embraced the Free Child methods in raising K.O.'s 5-year-old twin nieces, Zoe and Zara, much to K.O.'s chagrin. From her observations, the once sweet darlings have evolved into holy terrors. Dr. Jeffries' parenting philosophy is a bunch of hooey, and K.O. plans on confronting him about it.
Sparks fly as these two opposites debate his realistic look at life and what he thinks of as her sugarcoating of it. Their differences lead to some very funny moments, as well as some very moving ones. As Christmas approaches, will they be able to see past those differences and embrace the relationship that's developing between them?
Ms. Macomber once again gives readers a lovely holiday gift in her latest romantic comedy set in the familiar surroundings and with people we've come to enjoy so much.
Katherine O'Connor often spends her days at a cozy cafe on Blossom Street in Seattle -- where she writes Christmas letters for other people. She's good at making their everyday lives sound more interesting. More humorous. More dramatic.
But for Dr. Wynn Jeffries, who also frequents the cafe, Christmas means lies and deception. In fact, the renowned child psychologist recommends that parents "Bury Santa Under the Sleigh." Katherine, however, feels that his parenting philosophy is one big mistake -- at least, based on her four-year-old twin nieces, who are being raised according to his "Free Child" methods.
She argues with Wynn about his theories, while he argues that her letters are nothing but lies. They disagree about practically everything -- and yet, somehow, they don't really want to stop arguing.
As the days -- and nights -- move closer to Christmas, Katherine and Wynn both discover that love means accepting your differences. And Christmas is about the things you share...
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