Maddison Michaels has written her first novella The Mistletoe Mistress as part of a Christmas compilation Once Upon A Christmas Wedding, it is part of the Saints and Scoundrels series and occurs before book 1. I love the two novels in this series so was eager to be able to read this novella.
While I would have loved for this to be a full-length novel, Maddison has done a good job of letting us get to know the two main characters, Michael and Holly.
I always enjoy the headstrong female characters in Maddison Michaels’ stories and Holly is no exception. Holly has come up with a scheme to keep herself and her sisters safe without the help or need of a man, if society found out there would be a massive scandal. Michael is known as a scoundrel, but underneath there is far more to him than that.
Michael and his scoundrel friends make a bet that has both Michael and Holly questioning what it is they both want and what they will do with the secrets they are both keeping. I really enjoyed the push/pull relationship that they had going, especially since they’d know each other from childhood and both had feelings that neither wanted to admit even all the way back then, this same dynamic rears its head when they meet again as adults.
A really enjoyable short historical romance read.
I’m sure that all the stories in this compilation will be just as enjoyable as this one, so grab a copy today.
Claire's Reads and Reviews 
I’m loving all the Christmas reviews starting to come through. This anthology looks good.
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It does look good. Yes some good Christmas ones coming out. Did you see my review of Clare Connelly’s book, that was good.
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