Vancy Bashalde Salo has hit a lull that has left her a bit restless and on edge. She relishes the fact that her grandchildren are happily married and that the wedding curse has been broken, but she needs something to occupy her free time. When her friends suggest that she try her skills at matchmaking, she is taken with the idea. She knows just the couple to start with, Salo Construction's new employee, Eve Allen, and her neighbor, TC Potter. How hard can it be to have them in love by Christmas Eve?

Eve Allen has given up on Christmas and men. She has had too many bad experiences to enjoy what used to be her favorite holiday especially coming off the recent disaster of a relationship. She is looking forward to her new job and quietly working through the holidays. However, her boss's grandmother, Vancy, has other ideas, and unfortunately Eve wants nothing to do with a man especially one who crushed her childhood dreams and broke her heart. Will she make it through the holidays unattached? Or is the third time the charm?

TC Potter is a freelance writer, and his widely popular articles about everyday men earned him a place as one of America's most eligible bachelors. When his neighbor, Vancy, comes knocking on his door and invites him to dinner, he thinks nothing of it. However, he soon realizes her intentions, and he wants no part in her matchmaking attempt until he notices that Eve presents a challenge. After having women throw themselves at him, he can finally pursue one who seems not to be interested in him. Will he be able to woo her on his own? Or will he have to enlist the help of a meddling grandmother?

Holly Jacobs delights her readers with a heaping dose of cheer in this fabulous romantic treat. Ms. Jacobs keeps the laughs coming and those pages turning as we are sucked in to a festive matchmaking attempt. Vancy is a sweet yet cunning force to be reckoned with and she cannot be dissuaded from her course once her targets are in her sights. Eve and TC are the hapless victims caught in the melee. With the rest of the characters just as quirky and just as lovable as these three, I found it hard to put the book down and was thoroughly caught up in the whirlwind of this Christmas romance. EVERYTHING BUT A CHRISTMAS EVE brims over with fun and frivolity, and it is certain to bring out that holiday spirit.

Book Summary

For years, Nana Vancy Bashalde Salo believed that she’d cursed her own family to bad weddings. Now that the curse is broken, she’s bored. Her best friends, the ‘Silver Bells,’ convince her to try her hand at matchmaking. And Nana has just the person in mind, Salo Construction’s new office manager, Eve Allen.

Eve is coming out of a bad relationship and longs for a little quiet and order. That’s definitely not in the cards with Nana Vancy around. And it’s even less possible when Nana tries to hook her up with TC Potter, a boy who broke her heart in kindergarten when he told her there was no Santa, and then broke it again in 9th grade when he stood her up for a dance. Eve’s heart still healing from her last bad relationship, she doesn’t need it broken by TC for a third time.

Freelance writer, TC Potter makes his living by writing articles about Every American Man. His life was pretty much perfect until he was named one of America’s most eligible bachelors last year. He’s spent the last twelve month hiding out from women who’d like to de-bachelor him. Now he’s finally met someone he’d really like to date, but Eve’s not interested. But maybe with a Hungarian grandmother’s help, and a little Christmas magic, he can convince her that they have something too special to ignore?

Rejoin the Salo family in Everything But a Christmas Eve and discover if Nana Vancy really does have some Hungarian magic!

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