Baby, It’s Cold Outside
BY: Susan May Warren
PUBLISHED BY: Summerside Press
PUBLISHED IN: 2011
ISBN: 978-1-60936-215-7
Pages: 313
Reviewed by Billy Burgess
Dottie Morgan does not celebrate Christmas anymore. Her only son had died during WWII and she has no family left. Dottie’s friend/co-worker Violet, who is grieving over her fiancé’s death, shows up at door as a snowstorm hits Frost, Minnesota. A mystery man ends up at Dottie’s house, along with her neighbor. She would rather spend the holidays by herself, but must make the best out an awkward situation.
I found it odd that I was reading a Christmas novel in October, but I found the novel charming and witty at times. I liked that the story is set in a small town, which I can relate to. The characters in Baby, It’s Cold Outside are grieving over lost loved ones and are struggling with the holiday season. I found the book funny and heartwarming. I can easily see this as a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie in the near future. It is a great read.
*I would like to thank LitFuse for sending me a copy to review.
About the Author:
Susan May Warren is an award-winning, best-selling author of over twenty-five
novels, many of which have won the Inspirational Readers Choice Award, the ACFW
Book of the Year award, the Rita Award, and have been Christy finalists. After
serving as a missionary for eight years in Russia , Susan returned home to a small town on
Minnesota ’s beautiful Lake
Superior shore where she, her four children, and her husband are
active in their local church.
Susan's larger than life characters
and layered plots have won her acclaim with readers and reviewers alike. A
seasoned women’s events and retreats speaker, she’s a popular writing teacher at
conferences around the nation and the author of the beginning writer’s workbook:
From the Inside-Out: discover, create and publish the novel in you!. She is also
the founder of www.MyBookTherapy.com, a
story-crafting service that helps authors discover their
voice.
Susan makes her home in northern
Minnesota ,
where she is busy cheering on her two sons in football, and her daughter in
local theater productions (and desperately missing her college-age son!)
A full listing of her titles,
reviews and awards can be found at:www.susanmaywarren.com.
Link
to buy the book:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1609362152/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=sprightly-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=1609362152&adid=1W6V46X88E4D79FGRNE1
Blog
tour schedule: (please include the link to the
blog tour post in your review: http://litfusegroup.com/blogtours/text/13433361)
Baby, It’s Cold Outside – warm up with a Kindle Fire from Susan May Warren
Warm up to Chrismtas early this year with Susan May Warren's Baby, It's Cold Outside! To celebrate the release of her new Christmas book with Summerside Press, she and the publisher are giving away a Kindle Fire and hosting an early Christmas Party on Facebook!
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