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OPERATION MISTLETOE
Victoria Spencer hates Christmas.
For the last ten years, disaster has struck on Christmas Eve, leaving Tori dreading the holidays. When she's assigned to cover the light displays for her newspaper, she's determined to spend as little time on the article as possible. Especially once she realizes she's to feature frat boy Gabe "The Babe" Robertson, her former college crush.
Gabe Robertson is a different man than he was in college. Every December, he transforms his average into a winter wonderland designed to celebrate the birth of Christ and share God's love with the community. He also uses the lights to raise money for Operation Mistletoe, an organization that sends Christmas to troops stationed overseas.
Unable to set aside her prejudice, Tori looks for ulterior motives in Gabe's actions and determines to dig deeper. Will her investigations destroy any chance of a Merry Christmas?
My Review:
published in 2015
This novella length story has become a staple in my holiday reading diet. It's short but powerful and never fails to direct my focus onto the reason for the season. My Christmas wouldn't be complete without an Operation Mistletoe reread.
A Christmas story with a Scroogy twist. Victoria isn't a fan of Christmas. Gabe is an over-the-top, out-of-the-box celebrator. Victoria isn't impressed. She's looking for an angle and Gabe's got one -- Jesus. Love the way the author incorporates the true meaning. of Christmas into this story. Love Gabe's enthusiasm. His servant's heart. They way he lives his beliefs. But Victoria's certain there's something fishy going on and she plans to uncover the truth.
This is a shorter read, but packs an emotional wallop along with a zing of Christmas cheer and holiday romance.
GIVEAWAY OPPORTUNITY:
This giveaway is for a paperback or ebook copy -- reader's choice.
If you would like a chance to win a copy of Operation Mistletoe, leave a comment below or email me at kavluvstoread AT yahoo DOT ca. If you add your email to a comment, remember to use AT AND DOT instead of @ and . in order to protect yourself from spammers. If you enter the draw via email, please add the title to the subject line so it's easy to spot your entry. Draw will be held and winner announced on Saturday December 4 2021. Offer open to International Readers. Good luck
"OPERATION MISTLETOE" sounds like a great Christmas fix when time is limited - which often happens this time of year. I love anything remotely like a Scrooge story too. Love the cover!
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The cover is cute, isn't it? This is a whole series set around holidays and each cover has the same couple silhouette but with a holiday appropriate background. The only other one I've only read the Operation Valentine but I'm going to work my way through the rest of the series this coming year. So much fun. Good luck, Kay!
DeleteSounds like a good one!
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Good luck, Melanie!
DeleteI discovered I have this on my Kindle already! So I am adding it to my Christmas/holiday pile I've started reading. 😊
ReplyDeleteBy the by, The Mistletoe Counters by Pepper Basham was probably by far the BEST book of 2021 for me too!! I think it may be worth a re-read...which I never do. It had everything in a story I love 💖💖 Your review for it was spot on.
P.S. Oh yay, autocorrect strikes again OY! That's supposed to be The Mistletoe Countess
DeleteYay and you already have Operation Mistletoe -- hope you enjoy it just as much as I do. Yesssssss to Mistletoe Countess. I might just have to give it a third listen to over the Christmas holidays, it's that good!
DeleteAutocorrect is playing havoc with my life these days. It's like hovering over me in extra-vigilance mode always questioning if I meant to type that....and it's out of the box substitutes are mind boggling. It's like ti speaks a different language sometimes.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing. leliamae54(at)aol(dot)com
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Lucy. Good luck!
DeleteAt this busy time of year a shorter book is great to sit down with and relax!
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Yes -- and it will keep you in the Christmas spirit too. Good luck, rubynreba!
DeleteThanks for the giveaway!
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Good luck, LSA!
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