When I was a little boy, the best thing about the holiday season was unwrapping presents on Christmas morning — tearing off the paper and tossing it on the floor. Now that I’m a man, I like to unwrap slowly, deliberately, taking my time to savor what lies before me. I still like to throw the wrapping on the floor, but now I know the best gifts come wrapped in lace.
After six years avoiding my hometown, the last thing I expected when I returned was a wannabe bad girl to unwrap my heart and rip open my soul. But that’s exactly what happened. Now if I can just get the hell out of my own way, maybe I’ll finally get the best gift of all — her!
Come get unwrapped by Drew this holiday.
Globug's Review
Well I was totally wrapped up, not in lace, but in this story. One of my first thoughts as I finished reading Wrapped In Lace was that it's one of my favorites this year. The synopsis only scratches the surface of the awesomeness. It was so much more than I expected.
From the synopsis I really thought Drew Landon was going to be a player. He's not! I fell in love with this character so fast. The dream of a perfect life in his hometown was crushed by his girlfriend of four years. In one night he lost his best friend and brother, the girl he thought he loved and his even his parents were a casualty of the situation. It was easier to leave town than have to face his heartbreak everyday. Drew has the most incredible Nana that I've ever read. She is hysterical. It's his Nana that finally convinces Drew to come home for Christmas after six years.
Of course Nana has missed Drew terribly but she's also playing match-maker. It's been a decade since Drew and Piper have seen each other. They were the best of friends as children and secretly each others first love. I didn't want to put the book down once they re-connected. I loved everything about Piper. Her name is awesome, she's a talented artist, she takes care of her Gran-daddy and she's insecure but likes to pretend she's a bad girl.
Piper and Drew make up for their missed years pretty quick. I love that he comes up with a way to make her a part of his business. As much as I loved Drew's character he's still a guy and guys are just stupid half the time. That and a couple of other factors work against their chance at happily ever after. Drew has to stop running from his past if he wants to claim his future and realize that his dreams are still possible just not as he first envisioned them.
One of my favorite quotes is from Piper's best friend Sabrina:
"Oh my God, you totally got laid. That's why you're still dressed! You did the 'got laid parade' back home last night, didn't you?"
Of course Nana has missed Drew terribly but she's also playing match-maker. It's been a decade since Drew and Piper have seen each other. They were the best of friends as children and secretly each others first love. I didn't want to put the book down once they re-connected. I loved everything about Piper. Her name is awesome, she's a talented artist, she takes care of her Gran-daddy and she's insecure but likes to pretend she's a bad girl.
Piper and Drew make up for their missed years pretty quick. I love that he comes up with a way to make her a part of his business. As much as I loved Drew's character he's still a guy and guys are just stupid half the time. That and a couple of other factors work against their chance at happily ever after. Drew has to stop running from his past if he wants to claim his future and realize that his dreams are still possible just not as he first envisioned them.
One of my favorite quotes is from Piper's best friend Sabrina:
"Oh my God, you totally got laid. That's why you're still dressed! You did the 'got laid parade' back home last night, didn't you?"
“There was this guy.”
“OOH, a guy.”
“Shut up,” I said, laughing. “We flirted and drank all night, and he was so hot and sweet and. . . .”
“You are totally gushing over a boy. I can’t believe it.”
“I am not,” I protested, but I knew I was. “I don’t even know his name.”
“Why not?”
“I threw up before we got that far.”
Sabrina fell back on my bed laughing. “You did not.”
I hid my head back under my pillow. “I did.”
“Girl, you are hopeless,” she said, still laughing. “How hot was he?”
I came out from hiding. “Pretty damn hot.”
“As in you’d shave for him? That hot?”
“As in I’d wax for him.”
Sabrina started to fan herself, and I got up and headed to my bathroom, looking for some aspirin. “We’ve got to find this wax-worthy gentleman,” Sabrina called out.
Prescott Lane is the author of First Position, Perfectly Broken, and her new release, Quiet Angel. She is originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, and graduated from Centenary College with a degree in sociology. She went on to receive her MSW from Tulane University, after which she worked with developmentally delayed and disabled children. She married her college sweetheart, and they currently live in New Orleans with their two children and two crazy dogs. Prescott started writing at the age of five, and sold her first story about a talking turtle to her father for a quarter. She later turned to writing romance novels because there aren't enough happily ever afters in real life.
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