Twelve Days of Christmas, book #40

So when I ran out of books on my Paperwhite to read, I decided ~ shock of all shocks ~ to go to the library for a hardback book.  😄  I quickly discovered more Debbie Macomber books and at first I was a little hesitant, but I just jumped in with this one and never put it down.  Yes, it's like reading a Hallmark Movie, but still fun and clean and silly and sweet all at the same time.

Friendly and bubbly, Julia Padden likes nearly everyone, but her standoffish neighbor, Cain Maddox, presents a particular challenge. No matter how hard she’s tried to be nice, Cain rudely rebuffs her at every turn, preferring to keep to himself. But when Julia catches Cain stealing her newspaper from the lobby of their apartment building, that’s the last straw. She’s going to break through Cain’s Scrooge-like exterior the only way she knows how: by killing him with kindness.  To track her progress, Julia starts a blog called The Twelve Days of Christmas. Her first attempts to humanize Cain are far from successful. Julia brings him homemade Christmas treats and the disagreeable grinch won’t even accept them. Meanwhile, Julie’s blog becomes an online sensation, as an astonishing number of people start following her adventures. Julia continues to find ways to express kindness and, little by little, chips away at Cain’s gruff façade to reveal the caring man underneath. Unbelievably, Julia feels herself falling for Cain—and she suspects that he may be falling for her as well. But as the popularity of her blog continues to grow, Julia must decide if telling Cain the truth about having chronicled their relationship to the rest of the world is worth risking their chance at love.  (description and picture at Amazon)

Interestingly enough, this cover doesn't quite make sense to me.  It is different than the library book I have ~ which I get ~ but this has two dogs on it and there was only one dog mentioned in the book.  Hhm .... unless maybe another artist was using the dogs to symbolize Julie and Cain?

Already started on another Christmas book.  Wasn't sure I would like it at first, but not too many pages in I was hooked again.  

Happy Reading!

O:)
Melissa