I really enjoyed this Christmas-themed novella by Cassandra O'Leary, author of "Girl on a Plane", featuring flight attendant Sinead and beau Gabriel Anderson.

The novella precedes the story of the main book, and tells the story of Yuki, Sinead's colleague and friend, before they meet. In fact, before being employed by Mermaid Airlines, Yuki works at a hotel in Melbourne. Here, a few days before Christmas, she meets Irish tech CEO Declan. The attraction between them sparks instantly - too bad the hotel's policy forbids fraternizing with the guests.

With only a few days to her disposal before Duncan leaves again, Yuki decides to tempt fate and ask Duncan out. What follows is the stuff of (Christmas) magic.

I really enjoyed reading this! The story is sweet and light, Yuki is adorably quirky and oversharing, Duncan is the perfect mix of nerdy and sexy. Everything is a bit too fast-paced for my liking, but hey it's a novella- there's only so much you can do with character and story development in a short story.

Hence why I give this 3,5 stars, rounded up to 4 because I just love a nice, happy Christmas tale!