The Gingerbread Bakery

Finally! I have been waiting for Annie and Mac to get together for forever and I am thrilled they finally got to have their moment. It was a little lackluster in my opinion and Annie was WAAAY to unwilling to talk about what happened in their youth. They could have gotten back together like three years ago, but she is the most stubborn person on the planet. Annie and Mac had one magical Christmas together when they were 19 and then he went and ruined it all and left Dream Harbor. Annie has never forgiven him and he won't give up on proving that he is more than his worst mistake. It's a second chance romance set during Christmas. It's cute and emotional but I really was over Annie. Just listen to the hunk already! Cute, cheesy, slightly spice. Give me the next one already!

The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective

This was such a cute cozy mystery and I loved the characters so much! In sunny California there is an idyllic little cluster of cottages filled with a wide assortment of eclectic individuals. Mrs. B is the proprietor of all the cottages and charges a modest sliding scale rent. Ocean is a single mother and artist, raising two teenage children after her wife left her. Sophie is a young theater employing trying to write the perfect screenplay that will help her get her life back on track. Hamilton is a recluse who refuses to leave his house. Lily-Ann is a perfectionist who loves working and organizing. Nicholas is a finance guy with lots of secrets and refuses to mix with the other tenants. Finally, there is Anthony, an ex-con who everyone except for Mrs. B seems suspicious of. When a body is found outside of Sophie's cottage everyone is on high alert. Anthony is quickly arrested but Mrs. B swears up and down that he is innocent. The cottage dwellers decide that they will try to prove his innocence for Mrs. B's sake and their little detecting brings them all closer together. Cute and charming, I didn't see the ending!