If you are a Hallmark movie fan and love to watch Christmas romances any season of the year, you will love Notting Hill in the Snow by Jules Wake, which was released in October of 2020.
Viola Smith, ironically, plays the viola in the London Metropolitan Opera Company, and she is passionate about her career. Her family, on the other hand, doesn't appreciate Viola's musical accomplishments or view her job seriously. As a result, they often take advantage of Viola, and she has a hard time saying no. Since Viola recently experienced a hurtful break-up, her family assumes she has plenty of time on her hands to cater to their every need.
Viola's opera company volunteers her to help with a local school's annual nativity play, and she feels overwhelmed. Since it's a prestigious school, demanding parents have high expectations. The governor of the school, Nate Williams, offers to assist her, especially since his young daughter, Grace, is playing the part of Mary, but eventually, his work as a lawyer distracts him from being much help.
Nate and Viola experience an instant attraction they initially try to deny. However, their main focus is on Grace, who has suffered too much emotional upheaval over the past year. Her mom, Elaine, left a year ago to live in New York to follow a career that consumes her. Grace tries to act too grown up for her age and thinks if she's good enough, maybe her mom will come home.
Nate knows it's over with Elaine, but they are technically still married.
When Nate's nanny leaves unexpectedly, Nate is in a terrible bind. He has no one to help with Grace, and his search for a nanny doesn't unearth any viable prospects. Viola steps in to help. She sees a lot of her younger self in Grace, and she wants to be a steady and positive influence in Grace's life.
Viola develops a very close and loving relationship with Grace that is very sweet and independent of her growing feelings for Nate.
Nate loves coming home to find Viola there caring for his daughter, and before long, they almost seem like a family. They cook and shop together, build a snowman, put up a Christmas tree, drink hot cocoa, and do all the types of things Hallmark Christmas fans adore. When Nate sees how much Viola has helped Grace, he realizes he's finally ready for love.
Then Elaine comes home.
This novel is classified as a "sweet romance," and it is, but it's more PG rated instead of the G Hallmark rating. It's well-researched, and the character development is so good you feel like you know these people personally by the end. You might even imagine which Hallmark leads would play Viola and Nate and see them in your mind as you read.
It's the perfect book to snuggle up with when you want to get lost in the snow and the warm glow of Christmas, no matter what time of the year it might be.
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