Matchmaking a Scrooge

Highland Hills

By: Angela Casella, Denise Grover Swank

Narrated by: Gideon Frost, Isabelle Turner

He wants to destroy her show. She wants to get on Santa’s naughty list with him.

Rowan
No man wants to be nicknamed Cupid. My family’s run a matchmaking business for years, though, and my sister’s a romance novelist. You get the picture. To make matters worse, my narcissistic grandmother just sold a reality dating show to network television. Thanks to her, our small town is about to become a hotbed of tourists and opportunists.

Her show needs to be stopped, and I’m exactly the man to do it. Cupid, reporting for duty.

The star of the show, Kennedy Littlefield, isn’t my type at all. She’s a wealthy heiress with an unhealthy obsession with Christmas.

There’s just one problem: I can’t stop thinking about her.

Kennedy
I’m lucky to be doing this show. Maybe I’ll start believing it if I repeat it enough...because I’m supposed to be dating eight men, and they all suck. I’m not here to fall in love—I’m trying to save a non-profit with the publicity from the show—but I’d hoped for a Christmas miracle.

I love Christmas, only it hasn’t come to the set because the show doesn’t air until spring, and no one—with the exception of me—wants to watch a Christmas show in March.

There’s only one thing I want more than Christmas cheer: the ornery grump who keeps hanging out around the set.

©2022 Angela Casella and Denise Grover Swank (P)2023 Angela Casella and Denise Grover Swank

Kennedy & Rowan

Great narrators, I like that they use their own voices throughout all of the dialog.

Rowan and Kennedy - she's got a trust fund but can't access it till she turns 30 in a year or so. She works for a non-profit, but her parents think she's wasting her time and have never been supportive of her giving heart.

He's an aimless handyman/volunteer firefighter. She's the featured bachelorette on Rowan's horrible grandmother's new matchmaking tv show, and Rowan is determined to see granny fail.

I liked Rowan and Kennedy together. I just got tired of reading how horrible Granny Maeve is as a human being.


Sweet Scale: 4/5
Spicy Scale: 3.5/5

Adorable Christmas Romcom

I very much enjoyed this Christmas romcom! The Dual narration made the storytelling perfect. And who can resist an adorable puppy? This book has all right ingredients for a heartwarming and enjoyable holiday read.