Best friends Annie and Toby have been thick as thieves and best friends since they were mere children. Now, as Annie and Tobias, they are all grown up...still friends but terrified of changing the parameters of their friendship. Will a mistletoe kiss change their dynamic or will it go all wrong? Sweet. Recommend.

Tobias and Annie have been the best of friends since childhood. All grown up, they are still friends, but both want more. Each loves the other, but is afraid that revealing those feelings might lead to rejection and loss of friendship. Their reluctance to address their feelings frustrates those who want to see them happy. Is there any way or anyone able to nudge these two forward? This adorable holiday romp takes place at the Archibald holiday house party. Attending the party with Annie are her cousins Louisa and Leonora Whickerton and Grandma Edie, who are determined to get these two together. Pushing from the other side is Tobias’s brother Phineas. Their antics are laugh-out-loud funny and totally entertaining. The whole story is fun. (I did feel a little sorry for poor Lord Gillingham.) A charming story and wonderful characters make this prequel a perfect introduction to the Whickertons in Love. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.

Two friends since childhood Tobias and Anne find that the love they have for each other goes deeper than friendship. It takes Annes cousin and Tobias brother to guide them to the realization that’s obvious to all but the two of them. A charming short story that is a prelude to Whickertons in Love series.