ARC received for an honest review

There's no way to start getting into the mood for Christmas spirit than a sweet Christmas romance - and one set in New York just seems magical to me (since I am in Australia and Christmas means sunburn and blowflies!).

Beth's story was just the thing I needed when I picked it up. She is just sweet and at times her joy in life is just childlike - and we all need to be a bit more like her at times.

Her relationship with Danny, her long time boyfriend is on rocky ground and it doesn't take much for the gorgeous new guy at work to turn her head. But through it all, I hoped with head and heart that Beth and Danny would pull through.

I will admit, for a while there I really did not like Danny - but as the story progressed knew that things were not as they seemed.



I adored Beth's love of rom-coms. As she got each clue on her treasure hunt, I was pulled along with her, trying to figure out what movie the clue was from before Beth (I did with some of them!!). I was imagining myself roaming the streets of NYC (I have been lucky to be there so I really could visualise where a lot of the sites were).

The Gift Of A Lifetime is beautiful story, not just of love, but reminding us not to take things for granted as well.

This is my first Melissa Hill book, but I will keep an eye out for more in the future.