Review of Christmas at Rainbow Falls

Blurb: When a disastrous mistake at work puts her career in jeopardy, Natalie Dunbar retreats to the small Vermont town of Rainbow Falls to settle the estate of an aunt she hardly knew. As the sole heir of half a building on Main Street, complete with an independent bookstore and second-floor apartment, Natalie hunkers down to figure out how to save her future.

The problem? Her new neighbor, who owns the other half of the building, hates her at first sight.

Celeste Wagner has wanted to leave small-town living in the rearview mirror since the day her mom dragged her to sleepy Rainbow Falls as a teenager to open a bakery and cafe. With her mother’s death the previous year, Celeste has been itching to sell and go back to New York City where she might finally feel like she belongs.

The problem? She needs the new bookshop owner to agree to sell her half of the building, too, but the woman refuses to see reason.

When an unexpected crisis forces the two women to team up to bring the town’s Christmas on Main Street festival back to life, Natalie and Celeste just might discover there’s more to the other woman than meets the eye. Could it be they’re both exactly where they need to be after all?

Review: Natalie Dunbar has escaped a huge mistake she made at work in California to tend to her late aunt's estate in Rainbow Falls, Vermont. Her aunt had a small bookstore and an apartment over top sharing a building with a bakery and its grinchy baker, Celeste Wagner. Celeste wants to escape the small town where she doesn't feel like she belongs, but to do so, she has to convince Natalie to sell. Except Natalie thinks maybe being a bookshop owner is what she wants. The two of them must come together and bring the town's Christmas festival back to life, but can they work together or will Christmas pass by without notice?

This is a sweet and clean standalone Christmas sapphic romance. Very light on the romance. In fact, by definition, it isn't a romance. It's more a holiday fiction book with a small element of romance. The story would have happened if there was no possibility of a relationship. It focuses more on the two women working through their own personal problems and trying to revitalize the festival in town.

It's a picturesque setting with all the quirky characters you'd expect in a cozy small town story. Plus a clever cat with attitude. Every small town romance needs one! There's lots of Christmas fun and warm fuzzies.

You can find T.B. Markinson on her site and Miranda MacLeod on hers. Buy the book here!