A review by emileereadsbooks
The Mistletoe Countess by Pepper Basham

4.5

Grace heads into the Christmas season prepping for her sister's marriage to an English Lord. But circumstances drastically change and she finds herself marrying Lord Frederick and heading to England to settle into his estate. 

Lord Frederick married for money to save his estate, but a mystery is afoot threatening all that he holds dear, which is starting to include his new wife.

Can Frederick and Grace work together to save Havensbrook Hall from the ghosts of its past and the specters of its present? Will their marriage blossom from one of convenience to one of love?
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I had seen several people recommend this book, but honestly didn't pick it up until now because there cover is underwhelming. The contents are much too delightful for this average cover. 

Pepper Basham writes with exuberance that leaps off the page. Grace is such a bubbly delight of a character. And while she maybe naive, she isn't dumb and I adore that her book smarts and charm serve her so well. 

I could easily imagine myself as Grace. If I had been raised in the same circumstances, I could have easily had the same verve that she does in her circumstances.

This is a closed door book but the couple is married so amorous situations are tastefully alluded to. That being said, if you aren't up for hearing a newlywed fawn over her new husband, this book isn't for you. 
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This is a closed door mystery and romance.