A Sleigh Ride Kiss Author: Jen Geigle Johnson
Series: Christmas Match #2
Genres: Historical Romance
Format: eBook, Print
Pages: 190
Date: October 28, 2021
Publisher: Kings Row Press
A man she disdains and a man she loves. What happens when she finds out they’re the same person?
Odette Goodson lives with her grandmother in the beautiful Cheshire County. This Christmas she wishes for caroling, snow, sleigh rides, plum pudding, and a lit yule log, with friends and neighbors all around. Her matchmaking grandmother wishes for her to marry the Marquis of Wilmington. She’s heard only unflattering things about him. To her grandmother’s consternation, Mr. Wardly shows up on a country lane, a man who seems to be everything the Marquis is not.
Henry Wardly, the Marquis of Wilmington, arrives from the East Indies in Cheshire County six months after his mother’s funeral. Mourning her loss, with a new shipping line at stake, and his own estate to salvage, responsibilities in Cheshire county frustrate him and slow his progress. But he cannot help but be jolly at Christmas time particularly after he runs into the lovely Miss Odette Goodson. Things grow complicated when she confuses him for a gentleman farmer and has shown nothing but disdain for the heretofore unknown Marquis.
Grandmother Amelie Laurent Goodson will work her matchmaking magic, but will it be enough to overcome the strong prejudice in Odette’s preconceived notions or the immediacy of Henry’s needs to be in London?
Rating: Mild. Mild kissing.
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About Jen Geigle Johnson
Jen Geigle Johnson is an award winning author, including the GOLD in Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. She discovered her passion for England while kayaking on the Thames near London as a young teenager. Now, she loves to share bits of history that might otherwise be forgotten. Whether in Regency England, the French Revolution, or Colonial America, her romance novels are much like life is supposed to be: full of adventure.
Lovely Christmas story and a mistaken identity romance. Odette’s longing for sharing Christmas with people leads her to helping others enjoy the holiday as well. She is a caring person though a little judgmental against at least one person. One she has never met. Henry seems to be coming into himself as well as his role as Marquis. They both have a little growth to make over the course of this story. And they do so successfully. I liked both of them and I liked Odette’s grandmother as well.
It was an enjoyable Christmas read and perfect length to curl up by the fire for an afternoon or evening. Don’t forget the hot chocolate. Looking forward to reading the next in this series.
No sex, language or violence
*I received a complimentary ARC of this book and voluntarily chose to review it.