Four months ago, I had the pleasure of reading a copy of Sarah Morgenthaler’s first book (The Tourist Attraction), and I adored it. I was beyond delighted when I also received a review copy of Mistletoe and Mr. Right, which releases next month. I’ll start off by saying that even if I hadn’t read The Tourist Attraction, that I would have still happily read this book, because I have a HUGE weakness for holiday romance. The fact that I already knew I liked this author’s writing style and the world she created only made me even more excited to curl up with my Kindle and devour this book-and it did not disappoint. I know this book is categorized as a romantic comedy, but it was so much more to me than that. Don’t get me wrong- it has the perfect amount of hilarious moments, but this story also dealt with real-life issues, and gave me all the feelings. Lana Montgomery is first introduced in The Tourist Attraction- as Zoey’s super-rich, work-comes-first, dresses-wrong-for-the-Alaskan-weather best friend. While it was made clear that Lana was a good friend with a good heart, I wasn’t completely sold on her character, didn’t quite trust her. This book changed that. Getting to see her perspective on her life, which looks perfect and glamorous on the surface, is actually quite lonely and very lacking of any true happiness. She’s truly willing to do anything for this town and its people- whether that be throwing all her heart and effort into throwing a beautiful and extravagant Christmas party for Moose Springs (only for no one to show up) or promising to capture the elusive and destructive Santa Moose. When she accidentally shoots Rick Harding with a tranquilizer dart is when we really start to see their relationship develop. Sure, we see them exchange some restrained flirty banter before this point, but this is truly the starting point of something more between them. Rick Harding is a divorced man, who lives with his orphaned nephew and pet cat and pet hedgehog. He spends his nights eating cereal for dinner and worrying about being behind on his pool hall rent. He is a working-class man who is instantly enamored with Lana...but a guy like him has no chance with a girl like her...right? The more time they spend together, the more they realize that there is something real and exciting between them. Because Lana is never in one place for long, they decide to have a holiday fling- with a clear expiration date. Each thinks they’re only destined to break the other’s heart and believe that by setting an end date, that both with escape unscathed. Love doesn’t follow rules, though, as they soon discover. I loved so many things about this book. I loved that despite appearing very different that Lana and Rick actually had a lot in common. They’re both lonely people who would do absolutely anything for the ones important to them. It’s clear from the beginning how much Rick adores Lana, and it’s so painfully obvious of how unaccustomed she is to people truly caring about her and having her best interests at heart without a hidden agenda. Lana and Rick go through a lot together, including an unsettling but hilarious date at a taxidermied squirrel riddled B&B, Lana’s insecurities about never fitting in in the one place she feels at home, some issues with Rick’s surly nephew, and more. Through it all, the way they’re there for each other makes it undoubtedly clear that these two are absolutely meant to be. This was a charming small-town romance that had cozy, wintery, Christmastime vibes. While Lana and Rick falling in love was a big part of the book, it wasn’t the only one. There were several side stories- the Santa Moose, Diego, and Lana’s cringeworthy family that stirred things up and kept the story interesting and gave it more of a real feel. I highly recommend this to anyone who has read and enjoyed The Tourist Attraction, people who prefer to read romances that focus more on attraction, feelings, and relationship development than sex, and to anyone that enjoys holiday and/or small town romances with a dash of humor. I now consider this author one of my favorites, and cannot wait to read more of her work in the future.