All I Want for Christmas Is You

by Miranda Liasson

Overview

"Step into the delightful world Miranda Liasson has crafted" (Entertainment Weekly) in this charming friends-to-lovers romance — perfect for readers of New York Times bestselling authors Jill Shalvis, Lori Wilde, and Susan Mallery.



Just when Kaitlyn Barnes vows to get over her longtime crush on Rafe Langdon, they share a sizzling evening that delivers an epic holiday surprise: Kaitlyn is pregnant. And if that weren't life-changing enough, everyone assumes they're engaged — a charade they must keep alive through the holiday season. But Kaitlyn knows Rafe better than anyone, and Rafe settling down is about as likely as Santa skipping Angel Falls this year...


Rafe would rather Kaitlyn believe a lie — that their night together was a fling — than face his own dangerous truth: he's falling for her, hard. After a devastating loss, Rafe swore he'd never risk his heart again. Yet the longer they pretend to be engaged the more Rafe starts to want the real thing. But now he has to convince Kaitlyn he wants to be by her side — and their baby's — for all the Christmases to come.


Includes the bonus novel Christmas on Mistletoe Lane by Annie Rains!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455541850
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	10/29/2019
Series:	Angel Falls Series , #3
Pages:	672
Sales rank:	100,141
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.70(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Miranda Liasson loves to write stories about everyday people who find love despite themselves, because there's nothing like a great love story. And if there are a few laughs along the way, even better! She's a Romance Writers of America Golden Heart winner and an Amazon bestselling author whose heartwarming and humorous small-town romances have won accolades such as the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence and have been Harlequin Junkie and Night Owl Reviews Top Picks.


She lives in the Midwest with her husband and three kids in a charming old neighborhood which is the inspiration for many of the homes in her books.

Editorial Reviews

08/26/2019

Liasson concludes her Angel Falls small-town contemporary series (after The Way You Love Me) on a high note, without relying on clichéd Christmas miracles to deliver the happily ever after. Coffee shop owner and baker Kaitlyn Barnes has been like a bonus daughter to the Langdon family since childhood. But for a long time, her feelings for fireman Rafe Langdon haven’t felt like friendship or brotherly love. After a tipsy evening leads to hot sex, Kaitlyn hopes a romance will develop, but Rafe keeps distance between them. When Kaitlyn discovers she is pregnant (despite using contraception), she decides to have the baby, asking Rafe to opt in or out of fatherhood. Still pained by the decade-earlier death of his fiancé and their unborn child, Rafe takes a minute to get on board, but it’s not long before he and Kaitlyn are together, ensuring a happy Christmas season. The other fruitful Langdons, a meddling grandma, and a mischievous new puppy round out the story. Nodding to the secondary plot involving a recipe contest, Liaisson also gives readers a tempting chocolate cookie recipe at the end. This is a scrumptious holiday treat. This edition contains a separate novel by Annie Rains not seen by PW. Agent: Jill Marsal, Marsal Lyon Literary. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

"Step into the delightful world Miranda Liasson has crafted in her Angel Falls series, a fictional small town bursting with warmth, romance, and nosy neighbors."—Entertainment Weekly


"A scrumptious holiday treat."—Publishers Weekly


"A sweet, homespun romance that tugs at the heartstrings in all the right ways."—Entertainment Weekly on The Way You Love Me


"Liasson's work here is among the best of its kind."—Akron Beacon Journal on The Way You Love Me


"Emotional, heartwarming romance you can't put down."—Lori Wilde, New York Times bestselling author, on Then There Was You


"Liasson will make you laugh and melt your heart in this can't miss read."—Marina Adair, author of Summer in Napa, on Then There Was You

From the Publisher

2019-09-30
A longtime crush is complicated by a surprise pregnancy in Liasson's (The Way You Love Me, 2019, etc.) small-town holiday romance.

Kaitlyn Barnes has a lot going on with running her coffee shop, looking after her teenage niece, and now dealing with an unplanned pregnancy. After a one-night affair with Rafe Langdon, the man she's loved for years, Kaitlyn is surprised to learn she's pregnant, though she's on two forms of birth control and never thought she'd have a baby at her age: 31. Kaitlyn vacillates between shock over the pregnancy and thinking about just how attractive Rafe is; both points are hammered home to an annoying degree. Rafe is painted as the town charmer, but his flirtatious mask hides a painful history: He still carries a significant amount of grief over the loss of his fiancee and their unborn child after a fatal car accident. Though he's known Kaitlyn all his life, Rafe is wary of love, marriage, and fatherhood; he isn't sure he can take another loss. Readers who enjoy small-town romances will find all the usual suspects: quaint shops, meddling yet good-natured townspeople, and twee holiday cheer. However, the way womanhood is intrinsically linked to motherhood here gives the book a sour taste. It's an antiquated message set in a town that feels untouched by diversity or the modern world, given that women are getting pregnant well past age 31 these days. The friends-to-lovers romance is serviceable. Kaitlyn and Rafe are likable main characters, though reading about the minutiae of their day-to-day responsibilities grows tiresome. As a contemporary holiday romance, this is fine, but the book's deeper message is rather hurtful.

A cookie-cutter contemporary that's oddly obsessed with motherhood.

Kirkus Reviews

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