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Book Blurb

Bianca worries that her daddy, Gavin, is lonely and decides he needs a boyfriend for Christmas. So she enlists her father's best friend, the straight and unattached Curtis. Gavin has a Christmas wish, too, and Curtis setting him up on disastrous dates isn't part of it! Meanwhile, Curtis finds life becoming complicated as he tries to please Bianca, make Gavin happy, and fend off his own unexpected mixed feelings. Will anyone's wish come true?

Book Review

This story made me laugh, grin at Bianca's cleverness, and sigh in happiness at the end. What more could you want from a Christmas story? As far as I am concerned, any story, really, but the fact that this one is set around Christmas makes it even more special. I liked all three characters (yes, even stubborn, blinders-wearing Curtis), and the love they shared was wonderful to witness. The fact that their antics, some of them disturbingly realistic, made me laugh on top of that was a bonus.

Gavin is a great guy, and the fact that he's raising his daughter Bianca on his own, after her mother died when she was very young, may have changed his life, but he welcomes it. He has a crappy job and works long hours so he can give her everything she deserves, and is as devoted as any father could be. There is only one problem, or so Bianca thinks now that she's ten: he doesn't have a boyfriend. Gavin has his own thoughts about that, but Bianca is determined to see him happy.

Curtis has become Gavin's best friend ever since he moved into the apartment across the hallway from where Gavin and Bianca live. He loves Bianca, and Gavin, but he doesn't want to admit the latter. He thinks he is straight. In fact, he spends most of the story trying to convince himself he wants a woman, because he is desperate to have a family. He is such an idiot, refusing to acknowledge what is right in front of his nose. But once he does? The sparks definitely fly!
 
If you like Christmas stories with lots of heart, if you enjoy tales that make you laugh and sigh, and if you're looking for a story with characters so real they seem to want to jump off the pages, you will probably like this novella as much as I did.

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook and audio
Length	Novella, 91 pages/19972 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	01-December-2012
Price	$3.99 ebook, $6.95 audiobook
Buy Link	https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/biancas-plan-by-bg-thomas-5992-b