Two movie critics, Belle Breeze and Max Wilde, who are known to have opposing viewpoints, are paired together to do movie reviews in the movie review segment of the news show at KALA in Hollywood, hoping to boost ratings. While the ratings are better than ever, it seems that Belle has also attracted some unwanted attention from a sadistic Santa who is sending her disturbing gifts and messages based on “Santa’s” revised lyrics to the Twelve Days of Christmas song. Each day another gift arrives with more threats to Belle. Even though Max and Belle’s opinions may differ, Max is there every step of the way for Belle to help her uncover who her secret Santa is.

This was a super fun romantic suspense story. I loved the Hollywood setting and the television studio where Belle and Max worked. The cast of characters, secondary cast included, were quite interesting, entertaining, and well-fleshed out. Belle’s and Max’s opposing viewpoints in their movie reviews were amusing. I got a kick out of the fashion sense of the two leads—Max with his open vests, no shirt included, and formfitting jeans; Belle covered up from her neck down, sometimes with gloves included. The suspense was really good; I changed my mind so many times on who I thought the villain was. Great descriptions as well, both with places and with the characters. Just a lot of fun all the way around. ( )