Bella lives in her grandparents' old house in Wynbridge with her dog Tink. She has a small business creating fairies and looks forward to Christmas which she adores. She is a commitment phobe who likes men not to hang around too long. Of course she will get cured of that in this story.

Freelance author Jude is writing a book about the history of Wynthorpe Hall and has been given accommodation there, but it is too noisy there for him to concentrate, so the family ask Bella to rent him part of her big-ish house to work in for a month. Of course Jude hates Christmas and of course Bella will effortlessly manage to cure him of that.

This is very readable but full of clichés and tropes that I hate. It's formulaic and predictable and has too many characters I'm supposed to remember from previous books set in fictional Wynbridge.

Both main characters are annoying in their refusal to properly communicate. Many misunderstandings might have been avoided. Also, I didn't like the constant referral to "a fling".

The cover is lovely but there is no fairy on it which feels like an omission seeing what the FMC does for a living,  which btw is ridiculous. How many silly but ever so creative jobs that only pay well in fairyland must romance characters have before they are allowed a normal job?

This is sufficiently Christmassy and cosy to appeal to most romance readers at this time of year. It is well-written and regular readers of Heidi Swain will appreciate knowing exactly what they are going to get.