John Cavendish has been in love with his best friend’s wife, Emily Rutledge, since the first time he laid eyes on her. But out of respect he has keep this a secret for years, even after his best friend died leaving Emily a widow. Emily was devastated at her husband’s passing and she leaned on John, forming a friendship that she wouldn’t trade for the world.
As she plans to leave the family estate to the new Lady of the house, she plans a final house party for a group of wallflowers and eligible bachelors. The party theme is the Twelve Days of Christmas with events that are supposed to match the couples together. Emily wants the young woman to be able to find the love that she had with her husband. She will need John’s help more than ever if she is to make this party a success as the couples don’t seem to like each other, the birds are going wild and who knew the drummers would be so loud.
John has to find a wife. His grandfather has given him these few weeks to decide if Emily is the one of not. Determined that Emily is the only woman for him, he finally tells her how he feels about her. They decide to be a secret couple while at the party, but will that be enough to convivence Emily she loves him as much as he loves her?
I enjoyed Mismatched Under the Mistletoe's story line of best friends falling in love. John was so patient with Emily, allowing her to take her time as she came to the realization she was in love with John too. This was a wonderful feel good, steamy romance. The antics of the Twelve Days of Christmas events were laugh out loud funny. Overall, I really enjoyed this fast read!
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