Christmas is the most magical season of the year. Noel loves everything about it. From the decorating, to the music, and the baking. While visiting her parents in their farmhouse nestled in the Maine woods in preparation for the holiday, she finds herself alone when the power goes out. But when she finds a stranger and his little boy stranded next to the road, she follows her intuition and offers … and offers them shelter until they can figure out how to restore the power.
All Ian wanted to do was take his son to see Santa. Now he’s stuck with a Christmas enthusiast in a farmhouse decorated with smiling faces on family pictures. But as Ian spends more and more time with Noel, he’s reminded of what the true spirit of Christmas is all about.
Family, joy, kindness…and love.
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Sweet, Christmas story . Noel helps stranded Ian and his little boy Gabe while a winter storm rages. Good characters, lovely story line with some sweet tender moments.
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An intriguing sweet holiday romance storyline. Amazing characters. Good likable well-written book. It was a pleasured to read and review it.
Wow! What an amazing book that truly makes you feel every emotion possible!
The holidays are supposed to be filled with friends and family and the magic of Christmas. However, when Ian Ramos crashed his truck and finds himself and his son, Gabe, stranded at a strangers house. Will Noel, the Christmas loving stranger, be able to show Gabe and Ian the true meaning of Christmas?
Marianne Rice does an amazing job tugging at her readers hearts and making truly relatable characters. What a great Christmas read!
Marshmallows and Mistletoe is a sweet, heartwarming Holiday romance. Ian and his son Gabe are stranded after a car accident in a storm near Noel’s parents house. Noel takes them in and their lives are forever changed. This is a well written, beautiful story with believable well developed characters. I really enjoyed this story and I look forward to reading more books by this author in the future.
A Very Special Christmas Romance
This cozy romance takes place in Maine. It is Christmas time and a horrible storm has brought down power poles and isolated a man, his son and a schoolteacher. The romance is sweet and clean. The reader always knows how the story will end, but the journey is quite special. I received this book for free and this is my honest review.
This was a wonderful Christmas story. It was an easy read though it was a little long in a few areas. The story was nice and the characters were well written. It’ll warm your heart reading it and maybe get you to believe that sometimes things happen for a reason.
The story is about Noel who is a girl who loves Christmas but doesn’t have a man to spend it with. She’s at her parents home when the electric goes out due to a storm. Then Ian, a single parent of an adorable son, get stuck on the side of the road which is the end of Noel’s parents driveway. Ian and his son were trying to spend a nice Christmas in their new home state when he gets stuck. He walks to Noel’s door and ends up staying a few days since the electric hasn’t been restored. The story goes on about different things they find out about each other and the fears of hoping for a real relationship with each carrying their own baggage. The story is sweet and the ending is good. A good Christmas read.
Ian Ramos with his six year old son Gabriel crash near Noel Johnson parents’ house a few days before Christmas and take out the power line. Noel is alone there stranded by the storm and offers them shelter. She ends up falling in love with both of them. But Ian is worried that her family won’t accept him because of his Puerto Rican heritage like his deceased wife’s parents. He has nothing to worry about because like Noel when her parents and siblings meet them they fall in love with Ian and Gabe too. This was a sweet clean Christmas romance. Gabe was so cute. I’d love to read romances about the other Johnson siblings with their holiday names.
This is a book I recommend, I could not put it down once I had started it. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. Noel, widower Ian, and Ian’s son Gabe’s story will have you believing in the magic of Christmas. A story that flows smoothly from one page to the other, I found this to be a sweet, well-written story that I could not put down. What in-laws Ian had and what they did to their own daughter before she died who could do that!
This is a fantastic holiday read and is just perfect to curl up with for the night. It was really well written with wonderful characters that you cannot help but like and root for I really enjoyed it and would recommend it to all, it would make a great Christmas movie
This is a heartwarming Christmas story that captured and held me from page one right to the end. It’s more than a romance .. it’s the making of a new start , a new family. It’s a story of insecurity , grief , hope and love. The author does a great job describing her characters and bringing them to life. I loved them all , especially little Gabriel who stole my heart with all his adorableness. It’s a touching story and I loved reading it. Highly recommend this book.
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They are trapped in a massive snow storm, power is out and all Ian wants to do is give his son a special Christmas. When Ian crashes his car, it is the school teacher that opens up her home to him and his son. When Noel let them in Ian never expected that her offer would melt the ice around his harden heart. Is this the start of a new beginning for Ian and Gabe?
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It tender heartfelt roller coaster of emotions as the plot unveiled and journey through the challenges in their relationship. The characters were likable and the storyline was fabulous.
Having an accident just before Christmas is bad, but to be stranded in a wind and snow storm with your young son has to be the worse. Yet fate had something in mind for Ian and his son Gabriel. This was a true Christmas story full of love and giving, of understanding and beautiful moments. Noel and Ian story was so good. Loved her family great characters are abound in this story. This is a book you really should read this holiday. I did receive a free copy of this book and voluntarily chose to review it.
Marshmallows & Mistletoe – This is my first read by this author and it won’t be my last. An enjoyable, clean story that is so heartwarming and delightful, it’s perfect for Christmas, and every day of the year. The characters are sweet, loving, humble and well mannered. While the child is a large part of the story, his father is the perfect character. Full of consideration and manners, like men used to be, especially in the Deep South; what he had to conquer to open his heart is heartbreaking and inspiring.
The storylines are well written, interesting and realistic, as is the dialog. There is plenty of humor that adds depth to this beauty of this story. One thing had me rolling my eyes repeatedly is that there are three vehicles using the same fuel as the generator, but he was going to walk ten miles for more fuel. Dumb.
This story goes so well with a cuppa and a furbaby, or just by itself. I contacted the author to review her book and receive it through Booksprout. 5*
She loves everything about Christmas and she decorates her home. She has a power cut and then she finds a strange man with his son. She ends up inviting them to stay as he is stranded. All he wanted was to get his win to see santa. He begins to get infected by her desire of Christmas. Can a chance meeting turn for good for them all? See if it will
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He just wants his son to see Santa even though he is not crazy about Christmas anymore. And a storm strands them and a woman stops and takes them to her place. That is her parents. As time goes on he not only gets closer but has his heart thawing about Christmas too. I recommend it. I was given a review copy by booksprout and voluntarily review it.
Family, joy, kindness…and love.
Ian finds himself stranded with his son in Noel’s home for this holidays. Can he find the Christmas spirit he lost and maybe a new chance at love?
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The book is a good sweet small town holiday romance read. The characters are good. The story is a sweet read with some funny incidents, tender moments, and a good for the holidays read.
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Wonderfully sweet!
I absolutely loved “Marshmallows & Mistletoe” by Marianne Rice. It is a clean, feel good, Christmas romance. When Ian Ramos and his son Gabe crash their car on a road in Maine little did they know they would meet Noel. Ian is very cautious about any sort of relationship since his wife passed away, his wife’s family wants nothing to do with him or their grandchild, and his family passed away during a hurricane. It is very hard for him to open up to the school teacher who loves Christmas, and opens her family home to them during the storm. Slowly the ice around Ian’s heart begins to melt as he learns not everyone looks down upon him. Personally, I think this would make an excellent Hallmark Christmas movie.