What a perfect story! Funny, romantic, and completely delightful, this tale of Ty wanting to make the proposal to his boyfriend Micah absolutely, positively “perfect” had me in stitches one moment, and desperate that Ty would never make it the next. I shared his abject horror at all his mishaps, was right there when he came up with another “perfect” idea, and couldn’t wait to see what would go wrong next time. Because by the second attempt I was sure the author would keep regaling me with more disasters, and yet she did it in a way that assured me that Ty was going to succeed – somehow. How could he not? His persistence in the face of adversity was admirable!

Ty is a bit of a perfectionist. What am I saying? He is the definition of perfectionist and determined not to become a cliché and propose on Christmas Eve. I could relate to him not wanting to do the expected, but the lengths he goes to just to avoid it are impressive. And all along the one thing that becomes clearer in his mind is how much he loves Micah, and Micah’s reactions showed me how much Micah loves him back. Ty, of course, missed this point entirely because he was too busy despairing at yet another misadventure. And then the catastrophe of the final proposal happens and I stopped breathing. Very rarely has a happy ending been squeezed from such a tight and seemingly impossible situation. Wow!

If you like Christmas romances with a lot of humor, if you can relate to a perfectionist trying to make everything, well, perfect for the love of his life, and if you’re looking for a read that is as funny as it is romantic, then you will probably like this short story as much as I did. It’s going straight to my favorites folder!


OTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews. ( )