ShaeMills Ratliff is my best friend. We share practically everything, including custody of our four-year-old daughter. If you’d asked me yesterday, I’d have said there was no way in hell I’d let him move in with me so we could spend Christmas as a family. He’s already packing and I’m wondering if I’ve lost my mind.MillsPitching my plan to Shae went a lot smoother than I expected. I made promises … expected. I made promises and I intend to break each and every one of them. I don’t want to spend only this Christmas as a family. I want every Christmas, and all the days in between. I love my girls and want to wrap them in my arms forever. This Christmas, I’m risking it all.
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Such a sweet read.
If you love Hallmark Christmas movies, then “Wrapped With Risk” is a must-read. Written by Missy Ann from Greenup, Kentucky, it’s filled with Christmas, second chances, first loves and all the drama in between.
Mills has loved Shae most of his life and after one night together they become parents to a baby girl, named Charli after Shae’s beloved Pawpaw. Agreeing not to put their friendship at risk, they co-parent their 4-year-old while keeping their feelings wrapped up. After several unsuccessful relationships Mills decides that its time they unwrap their feelings, deal with the risk and take a chance on love. He schemes to get himself invited to stay with Shae for the two weeks leading up to Christmas.
Family time together, dinners and all things in between that people in a relationship do gives Shae a taste of what life with Mills and Charli would be like if only she lets him in. Shae is not ready for the feelings that come with Mills. What they have works, so why risk ruining it and their friendship? She can handle living with Mills for two weeks, right? It’s for Charli, after all.
She’s doing well until the Magic of Christmas steps in and she’s given a letter written by Pawpaw Charlie telling her that he knows that Mills is the man she is meant to be with. She takes his words to heart and starts to open hers a little more to the idea of letting Mills in.
However, life and the past conspire against them when Mills reads a text from Shae’s old boyfriend. Feeling hurt, he turns a night out with his friends into a night of bad decisions. Making it worse is that in the process, Pawpaw’s truck is wrecked. Shae, now doubting their chance at happiness even more, tells Mills not to come home. Devastated, Mills makes the decision to pour his heart out to her and lay everything on the line — from the moment he first fell in love with her, to how he will never give up on them. She admits she loves him too but is still not ready to take the final leap. She tells him he can come back home, but that she needs more time.
A good cry on the drive home and a heart-to-heart with his mom make her start to see things differently.
Preparing to give Charli a great Christmas and avoiding any personal conversations, some more Christmas Magic and a kiss send Shae’s resolve out the window and give her the final push she needs to open her heart totally to Mills and have the life they both want.
Missy Ann’s writing is descriptive, heartwarming and draws you in. You want to see Shae and Mills get their happy ever after with Charli, and you feel their pain and their happiness along the way. Missy Ann is an amazing writer, and I cannot wait to read her books for years to come.
Wrapped with Risk is a cute holiday romance. This is a sweet little holiday romance. This book is a very easy read. I found a couple quotes throughout the book that rang completely true and have posted them at the end of the review. This is the only book I’ve read by Missy Ann. I will be looking forward to reading more of her books in the future.
Shae and Mills have always been the best of friends since middle school. After impulsively testing the waters one time with each other in thier early twenties, Shae ends up pregnant. Mills and her decide maybe it’s for the best if they coparent and keep the close friendship they’ve always had. With Christmas fast approaching, Shae & Mills being single, they decide to spend this Christmas together with their little girl. After the holidays are over they plan to both go back to how their lives were before. Little do they realize that when push comes to shove they both might just be the other’s soulmate.
“Trusting gives other people power they’re not worthy to have.” Shae
“Your reward is only as big as the risk you take.” Mills
“Fond memories of those who’ve passed are shadows of the love our hearts won’t let us forget.” Shae