ROMANCE

With Love, from Cold World

Berkley. Aug. 2023. 400p. ISBN 9780593438671. pap. $18. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
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Lauren Fox loves her job as a bookkeeper at Cold World, one of Orlando’s lesser-known attractions. That means she also knows the trouble Cold World is in financially, so it doesn’t surprise her when the owner asks her and coworker Asa Williamson to come up with ways to bring more tourists to the kitschy, wintry playground. But working with Asa is out of the question; he confuses Lauren with his laidback attitude and ability to have fun. And then there was that kiss under the mistletoe… Asa, however, is looking forward to working with Lauren. He enjoys teasing her about how uptight she is and getting under her skin. He also loves making her blush the way she did when she kissed him under the mistletoe. The plot of this humorous opposites-attract romance is complex, with heartbreaking backstories that form Asa and Lauren into realistic, complicated characters. The protagonists also have steamy chemistry, and readers will be cheering for them.
VERDICT Fans of holiday romances and Thompson’s previous novel, Love in the Time of Serial Killers, will thoroughly enjoy this quirky, unique workplace romance.
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