Slick's Reviews > A Family by Christmas

The cover and synopsis for this book caught my eye but unfortunately the book fell short. I loved Emma's spirit and how she was working on building the life she wanted after so many years of foster care and being on her own. Grant on the other hand was pretty much a selfish pr*ck, sorry but his excuses for his past behavior and his plans for the future were all about him and no one else, this alone made it difficult to get into this story because Emma deserved better. Grant's daughter Casey was a sweet child who had a good heart obviously her late mother's doing or her grandparents and aunt. There was very little romance in this book, Grant and Emma did very little together alone and even when they did it wasn't like they were dating, they were working or delivering her chocolates. I don't know how you go from barely knowing someone to being in love and willing to change your entire life in a blink of an eye when you've never had a serious conversation about life and love, but this book did. Two stars because the town was interesting, I liked Emma, Casey, and Grant's family but the romance fell way short as did the hero.