A gift you can give to everyone!

A  sweet Christmas romance is always a welcome treat, and this was an  especially sweet treat because it was the result of a Swedish Wishing  Cookie.

Lucia aka Luci with and i as she insists everyone knows  and not Lucy with a y. It is her thirteenth birthday another birthday  without her mom who died at childbirth. Since her mom’s death her  father, Dr. Kyle Mathews has never dated or removed his wedding ring but  devoted his life to his daughter and the animals in his care. Luci  loves her father and wants him to be happy, but this day is her birthday  celebration, her dad, pizza and pink cupcakes.

When her birthday  is interrupted by an emergency at his office Luci and her precious dog  Chester take a walk next door to Meta’s house, a woman she considers a  grandmother. She arrives to find 82-year-old Meta covered in flour  looking like a snowman so after Luci decorates the tree, she and Meta  take a break for some milk and cookies. Before leaving Meta hands Luci  two huge cookies, Swedish Wishing Cookies and explains how they must be  broken for a wish to come true.

Luci’s cookie breaks as it is  supposed to into three pieces which she quickly eats, her father’s  cookie just crumbles. She wishes for her father to be happy again and  find love and when she is visited by her mom’s spirit encouraging her to  help her dad find love, she can see her mom for the first time since  her birth.

Miraculous things happen to lead Luci to a new  neighbor, Sage Domano, the new Librarian and a woman Luci likes. Sage  has also lost someone she loved, her fiancé killed in Afghanistan and  like Kyle the loss is never far from her mind. With help from Luci, she,  her father and Chester spend time with Sage, her dad always has a smile  on his face and for the first time has taken his wedding ring off.

Everything  is pointing to a new future for Luci with her dad and Sage being part  of it until guilt and a feeling of betrayal threatens to end that future  early. Two people who suffered great loss have a chance at a new  beginning, but the past is hard to put behind them. It will take a  spirit and a thirteen-year-old to help them grab happiness.

HER  Christmas stories are the perfect solution to the craziness the world is  going through and a welcome respite from it. Luci is the most amazing  thirteen-year-old and Sage and Kyle are two people with the capacity to  love and love deeply they just need to realize that finding a new love  does not mean you are abandoning your old love, a love that will always  live in your heart but a new love that will live in your life.

 5.0 out of 5 stars Heartwarming Romance And Survival   This sweet story is from the viewpoint of Luci and her magical wish at Christmas and some nighttime visits from her mother. The characters have great personalities, backstories and entertaining situations, like her older neighbor and all the stories of Swedish folklore and tradition like her mom. Sage is from the Italian area and she brings a lot of new folklore as well. The storyline brings smiles and sweet dreams, as this one will stick with you. Well done. 

 A Christmas Wish for Love by Mariah Lynne is a good, and enjoyable sweet second chance holiday romance read. The story has a great entertaining world building story line. The characters are great, wonderful, and they have great chemistry. This story is a very entertaining heartwarming short cute romance read . 

 jbarr5
Luci has visions and other signs from the cardinal but must not tell anyone.
They are spending a lot of time together until they are not....
Everybody is just so loving and caring to others especially around Christmas.
You wonder if they can straighten it all out...
Cute short story, love all the events, sounds like a treasure to live on this island.