Matthew's Present
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Matthew Blick is almost thirty years old, and he hates the thought of another holiday alone. He has become a bit of a wet blanket when Christmas rolls around every year. So much so that even his five-year-old niece, Hannah, knows something needs to change. She asks the department store Santa to bring her uncle a man to love, and when Santa sees her uncle, he formulates a plan to set that possibility in motion.
Santa shows up at Matthew’s house and at first Matthew can’t place him, but then the memories of his first kiss flood his mind and he is shocked to find that Santa is the man he has carried a torch for since high school. Will this twist of fate help Matthew change his view on the holidays? Only a kiss can tell.
A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2016 Advent Calendar "Bah Humbug."
Sarah Hadley Brook
Sarah Hadley Brook reserves her evenings for her hobby-turned-passion of writing, letting the characters she conjures up in her mind take the lead and show her where the story will go. She dreams of traveling to Scotland some day and visiting the places her ancestors lived. Sarah believes in “happily ever after” and strives to ensure her characters find their own happiness in love and life. For more information, visit sarahhadleybrookwrites.com.
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Reviews for Matthew's Present
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Matthew Blick is pressured into taking his five-year-old niece, Hannah, to see Santa at the mall so she can tell him what she wants for Christmas. Matthew has been relatively grinchy since finding his boyfriend in bed with another man years ago, and although he no longer has feelings for his ex, the holiday season just reminds him of the betrayal. It turns out that Hannah wants her Uncle Matthew to find a man to make him happy for the holidays, and Santa knows just the man for the job.This story was pretty short, and I just don't feel like the characters were fleshed out all that well. I never really understood why Matthew was so upset about the holiday season if, as he claimed, the feelings he had once had for his ex are really water under the bridge. Yes, I still get stupidly sentimental about my first serious girlfriend around the holidays (and other times of the year, or when certain songs come on the radio), but I will be the first person to admit that I still love her, even though we haven't seen each other in years and years. There was also a very insta-love feel to this story. It turns out that "Santa" is actually the first guy that Matthew kissed back in high school. They didn't attend the same school, and Matthew didn't really recognize the guy upon meeting or even the guy's name. Just too much too fast for me, and it didn't feel believable because of it.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Reunions are one of my favorite ways to bring lovers together, and with how much I love Christmas stories, I’m sure you can guess that it doesn’t get much better for me than a Christmas reunion. ‘Matthew’s Present’ is particularly cute, with Matthew not liking the holiday very much at first, his five-year-old niece “getting in on the action” to fix this, and a result that had me smiling for quite a while.
If you like your Christmas stories deceptively simple and super cute, you’ll probably adore this one!
NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review.