Take Me Home For Christmas
The Amazing Doctors of Oak Bluff Series - Book 1
By Miranda Liasson
October 2024
Contemporary Romance
Mia D'Angelo cared deeply. She cared for the patients at the children's hospital where she worked and, even more so, her family. That was the only explanation she could have for the difficulty she found herself in. It hadn't started out as a lie. She had been dating Dr Braxton Hughes, and she had told her family. She found him engaging, attentive, attractive, and basically everything she'd want in a partner. And she had relayed all this to her family. All was true. She simply had kept to herself the part where he'd dumped her.
Mia's mother had been going through treatments for breast cancer and she hadn't wanted to upset or worry her. So she had continued to tell truthful tales of the wonderful Brax Hughes, only leaving out that he was now her ex. Now they expected her to bring him home for Christmas, and she was out of options as to who she could ask to be her fake boyfriend.
Brax couldn't have found a better person than Mia, but he had numerous reasons he wasn't the best person for her. He continued to look forward to working with her, and no, he wasn't jealous when that annoying Drake claimed Mia needed him for something. What could Mia possibly need from Drake that he couldn’t do for her?
Next thing he knew, he was volunteering to pretend to be, well, himself, but also Mia's boyfriend. His childhood didn't have magical Christmas memories, but the D'Angelo family appeared to be picture perfect. But not everything is as it seems. Years earlier, cancer had taken Mia's twin, and now her mother was a cancer survivor. Life gives everyone challenges, and Brax has to decide whether the challenges of his past will prevent him from accepting the brilliant future he could have with Mia.
Take Me Home For Christmas is an emotional read. First, there is a Trigger Warning regarding childhood cancer. The story starts with Mia telling of her sister and how her death affected her. It was intense, especially when you later learn that her mother had been battling cancer. Which was why the family's holiday was extra special that year. It was enjoyable to experience their traditions and her brothers' ribbing of Brax. Everyone was simply entertaining. The romance between Mia and Brax felt true. There had never been a lack of feeling, just the need to let go of the past. I am excited to see that this is now a series and look forward to the next story.
Kathy Andrico - KathysReviewCorner.com
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