Mistletoe Mischief

Back cover reads: A Christmas Elf? It happened to Josh Larkland ever year. He'd be happily running his multimillion-dollar company, when the whole world would just go...nuts. It meant only one thing...Christmas! Not that Josh really minded Christmas--he liked his family, he just didn't know them very well. People kept inviting him to parties. Sometimes they had too much eggnog and gathered around the piano and...sang. This year his mother insisted on a personal present for everyone! The solution was to get his very own Christmas elf--Amanda of A & B Executive Services. Amanda shopped, she arranged parties...she made the holiday season magical. The mischief, however, began when Josh kissed her under the mistletoe...and wanted more--a lot more. Was it just Christmas spirit, or would his feelings last? This book is downright funny. Alyssa has created some delightful characters, both the main characters, Josh and Amanda, and all secondary characters. Amanda and best-friend Brandy have started their own business, A & B Executive Services, in organizing parties and such for other businesses. It is the Christmas season and they have flyers advertising that they "...provide everything the busy executive needs to have a Merry Christmas." Which is where workaholic Josh comes in. He needs everything and all the help he can get to survive Christmas, a holiday he deems unnecessary. Amanda goes to his office, expecting to be hired purely to organize an office Christmas party, ends up helping him organize his life. Josh hires Amanda not only to help him with the party but extorts her into helping him pick out personal gifts for his family. Amanda soon finds out that Josh's family is slightly quirky, filled with their own eccentricities. At many times they jump to their own conclusions, including that of the relationship between Josh and Amanda. They are delighted to think that Josh has finally found someone, believing him to have lost touch with the outside world and his family. Amanda uses this opportunity to help Josh reconnect with his family. Josh himself is just as quirky as his family. He is so oblivious to the things around him, except for his work. Amanda is a softie, who is easily persuaded by Josh to help him in all sorts of things. As you read you can see she is falling for Josh, yet tries hard to convince herself that she is not having anything more than a business relationship with him. While Josh is clueless to the fact that he is falling for Amanda, until it might be too late. This book will make you laugh out loud. At the same time, it is very heart warming to watch Amanda and Josh fall for each other without realizing or meaning to. Alyssa Dean did a fabulous job!