Candy Frost runs a sweetshop in beautiful, wintry Chicago. She lives alone but for her faithful cat. She doesn't know that Noel, a lawyer killed too soon who is restored as an angel, has been sent to help her. This short story MIRACLES IN THE MAKING presents a lady who may strike us as far too trusting, but her heart is definitely in the right place.

Candy doesn't know Noel has got to prove his worth to angel supervisors - she thinks he is a street person. He is tired, scruffy and with no place to go on a snowy day - he'd forgotten being a human was this hard. She offers him the chance to help in her store. And a place to stay - her apartment. Noel feels a sincere admiration growing in him for this young lady. He's got a rule to follow, though. Angels can't get involved with people.

The action involves a fun winter festival and a mountain cabin as well as the Windy City. Adrienne Davenport the author has previously written historical romance set in Scotland, and contemporary romance set in India and Chicago, which sounds like a wonderful mix of locations in total.

I was a little surprised by the choices made by Candy - where I live a police background check is required to take any job involving children, which the sweetshop certainly does. And who knows when a stranger is rather stranger than he appears? So while I don't recommend following her actions, Candy's principles are generous and probably influenced by the goodness which would radiate off an angel. This short fantasy romance is a pleasant read and indeed we can all hope for MIRACLES IN THE MAKING. Hopeless romantics should enjoy the short story, which is just long enough for a lunch break.