The Christmas season is honestly and absolutely my favorite time of the year. For me, it lasts from the beginning of November until New Year’s. The tree goes up before Thanksgiving, baking becomes festive, Christmas music is on, and everything just seems a bit more cozy. This Christmas season, you may want to get little cozy yourself….grab a blanket, a cup of hot cocoa, and read a Christmas story like Baby, It’s Cold Outside, by Susan May Warren.

This story is about four people who are thrown together one winter night on Christmas weekend. Dottie is a mother still grieving the loss of her son in World War II. It seems the war is a focal point of this novel, as every person in the story has been affected by the war….it’s still quite raw amongst all the townspeoople. Other main characters include Violet, Jake, and Gordy. Gordy can’t help but want to spend time with Dottie, who has a seemingly impenetrable wall around her heart. Violet served in the war, maintaining vehicles, sometimes seeing just as much or more action than the infantry. Only thing is, her mother can’t get past the fact that Violet hasn’t been more focused on finding a husband, leaving Violet with much frustration. Jake is a man with a deep secret but also a heart full of love for Violet.

On that frigid night when the blizzard hits, all four of them are thrown together, pretty much ruining Dottie’s chances of having a quiet, albeit lonely, Christmas. When Violet runs into Dottie’s one lone pine tree, knocking it over, she’s hurt and stuck at Dottie’s. The only reason she wrecked was because of Jake who happened to be standing in the road; she swerved to miss hitting him. Enter Gordy who hears the tree crash down and comes to Dottie’s rescue, thinking that she might be hurt. From the beginning of the book, I could tell that these two couples were destined to provide a Christmas love story.

You can purchase Baby, It’s Cold Outside for $10.28 from Amazon. You can also read more reviews through Litfuse. It’s a good story to curl up with on a snowy day….provided you’re ready to find out what happens to both couples on their Christmas full of surprises and revelations.

Great News! To celebrate the release of her new Christmas book with Summerside Press, Susan May Warren and the publisher are giving away a Kindle Fire and hosting an early Christmas Party on Facebook!

One festive winner will receive:

• A brand new Kindle Fire
• Baby, It’s Cold Outside by Susan May Warren

You can enter by clicking one of the icons below. Giveaway ends on Wednesday, October 26!

Also, you can join Susan May Warren on Thursday, October 27 for a merry time and a few early Christmas presents at her Baby, It’s Cold Outside Christmas party! Grab your Christmas sweaters, socks and pj’s and join Susan and a few friends for a fireside chat about her recent books (Heiress & Baby, It’s Cold Outside), holiday traditions, favorite Christmas recipes, a trivia contest and more! Invite your friends and don’t miss the fun!

RSVP here and we’ll see you on Thursday, October 27th at 5 PM PST / 8 PM EST!

(Disclosure: I received a copy of this book, free of charge, from Litfuse Publicity Group, for the purposes of review. All views/opinions remain solely my own.)