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Whitney Garrett is preparing to enter culinary school in the spring, but first she has to sell enough homemade pies at the local Christmas markets to pay her tuition. When her oven breaks, Whitney asks Marie Sloan, proprietor of the Red Door Inn, if she can use the inn’s kitchen to keep up with her orders. Marie agrees, with a Whitney has to watch the three Sloan children and cook breakfasts for the Red Door in return.

The inn is busy with holiday guests–including Aretha Franklin Sloan’s perpetually single nephew Daniel and Ruby, a businesswoman in town to purchase Aretha’s antiques store. Intent on making a Christmas match for the two, Aretha enlists Whitney’s help in her schemes. But the deeper Whitney gets, the more she realizes that Ruby is definitely not the right woman for Daniel–and the more she thinks that she just might be his perfect match.

How is it I’ve never heard of or read a Liz Johnson book before?? I don’t remember where I picked this up, but it seemed like the perfect book to read during the holidays.

Not only was it an excellent Christmas read, it’s one of the best-written books I’ve read in a long time. As a book editor, I see a lot of details most readers will never notice; those things can often impact my enjoyment of a book, though I try to let them slide. With this book, however, I never had to worry–everything flowed together and held my attention from the first to the last chapter.

This swoony grumpy/sunshine Christmas romance is perfect for the holidays, but it would be an excellent romantic read any time of the year.

If you’re a fan of Emma St. Clair and Jenny Proctor, I think you’ll enjoy Liz Johnson. I’ll definitely be reading more of her books.

Rated PG.

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For more grumpy/sunshine romance, check out:

Eloise and the Grump Next Door by Emma St. Clair & Jenny Proctor
When You Renovate a Grump by Lia Huni