Reviewed by Cheryl
TITLE: Angels Sing
SERIES: Daddy Dearest #2
AUTHOR: Eli Easton
PUBLISHER: Pinkerton Road
LENGTH: 136 Pages
RELEASE DATE: December 2, 2019
BLURB:
Jamie Bailey has not had such a wonderful life. He gave up his dreams of Harvard at 18 to raise his sister’s unwanted baby, and later a prized job to help a sick friend. Now the father of six-year-old Mia, and assistant manager at Raven Books, Jamie’s dreams are dashed once again when Uncle Billy admits the bookshop is in dire straights.
Stanton Potter, son of the most notorious businesswoman in Bedford Falls, loves his job teaching at the local elementary school. But he’s less than thrilled when he is forced to put together a Christmas pageant with first-graders, including Mia Bailey.
When Stanton meets Jamie, angels sing. Jamie’s gender-bending fashion sense and sweet aura have Stanton suffering through the worse crush he’s had since he was a teen. But can there be any hope for them when Jamie and Mia’s lives are about to be uprooted?
This Christmas, it’s Jamie’s turn to receive a little help from heaven.
This is Daddy Dearest Book #2. The Daddy Dearest series features single dads. Each book in the series features a new couple and can be read as a stand-alone.
REVIEW:
Sigh. This was a sweet read and ticked all the boxes for me on all counts. It’s sweet, spicy and just the right amount of kitschy. Sure, it could be predictable at times, but that is utterly forgiven, and part of its undeniable charm.
I tend to shy away from books with children because it’s hard to write children convincingly and so many don’t. I took a chance on this one because I was already a fan of the author. I’m glad I did. Mia is funny, sassy and a typical six-year-old mix of adult and baby. All the time I was reading her, I was thinking of a friend’s daughter who is of a similar age. Mia is right on the button.
The writing is smooth and flows easily. It’s a short book and it was no effort to read in an evening. I’m very glad of that because it’s not the day for an all-nighter, and I would have found it hard to put down before the end. I can’t say it had me on the edge of my seat because it’s not that kind of book, but it is the kind of book that pushes you along with the story so every page, every situation resolved leads into another. It’s so smooth that you’ve hardly started before you finish and realize there was a whole lot of in between.
The story is a simple one, and not new by any means. Poor single father in a struggling business, falls for his daughter’s teacher who turns out to be rich. There are some twists though, and it’s not Stanton’s money that takes these people where they need to go. And anyway, familiar or not, it was a wonderful, warm story, flawlessly told.
There was a peppering of possible magic going on through the story. Hints that something might have been going on in the background, but nothing concrete enough to be able to say aha it’s an angel. I like to think there was an angel, maybe more and I always think the sound of windchimes is so magical, especially in snow, but it’s not an overtly paranormal story by any means.
If you want a satisfying novella, filled with sugar and spice and a teacher who smells of chocolate, then this is the book for you. It’s heartwarming, funny, sexy and with just a dash of biting realism to keep the tooth decay at bay.
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