First & Last Christmas Date by Jennifer Griffith {Review}

First & Last Christmas Date by Jennifer Griffith 
Published: October 23, 2018
103 pages, Kindle Edition
Source: I received a complimentary copy. All opinions expressed are my own and were voluntarily given.

  

She was always his friend. Their first date ended that. Ten years later, can their second date make them more than friends?

Juliet’s life is in a holding pattern of dating wrong guy after wrong guy. When childhood friend Taggart messages to ask for second date—after a ten-year wait—she gets a holiday shakeup.

Their first Christmas date a decade ago was an unmitigated disaster, ending with Pepto-Bismol and the police. They both probably needed the full ten years to recover.

Now that he’s back in touch, Juliet must decide whether she will say yes. If this is just a one-time thing, she risks carrying a torch for him for another decade.

This could be their last Christmas date.

First & Last Christmas Date: A Legally in Love Christmas Novella is book 8 in the Legally in Love series. All are clean romantic comedies with swoony kisses and legal entanglements. This madcap adventure date follows in the hilarious tradition of It Happened One Night, Blind Date, and all other tales of wacky dates gone wrong.

Set in balmy Los Angeles, this holiday novella is a madcap comedy of swoony kisses and second chances at love, with a side of peppermint hot cocoa. Perfect for fans of the Hallmark Channel romance movies.

"Juliet and Taggart’s second-chance holiday date puts the antic in romantic."

*** AUTHOR'S NOTE: Originally published in the TIMELESS ROMANCE: UNDER THE MISTELTOE Anthology. Minor updates to the story have been added for this edition. ***

My Review: 5 Stars

I first read this one in the Timeless Romance Anthology: Under the Mistletoe collection and yes, I loved it just as much this time around.

This is a second chance romance. When Juliet gets an email out of the blue ten years after a disastrous first date with Tag, she jumps at the chance to flesh out her former crush. Another similar date is in the making, and I couldn't help but laugh at the absurdities that occurred. 

Christmas happens all over the world and not just in snowy settings. It was delightful to read one set in the deserts of California and what made it extra fun for me, was when the date ventured to the La Brea Tar Pits because I just went there this past summer and could vividly visualize it all. 

This story was action-packed and very swoony, which I didn't mind in the least. There's a definitely flame present and I loved the revelations that emerged. This one is so much fun!

Content: mild, swoony romance; some mildly dangerous moments