Baby, It's Cold Outside by Susan May Warren

It would make a fabulous made-for-tv or made-for-DVD movie.

I love Christian fiction that doesn't preach.

I like characters that make mistakes and have flaws.

I love historical fiction that actually teaches me something or gives me more insight.As always, Warren nails 'Minnesotan' which undoubtedly helps me to feel like I know these characters.I'm pretty sure I've said something similar about nearly every title of Warren's that I have read. I was hooked, and stayed up until the book was finished. As always, Warren's characters grab me from the opening pages. I opened the book, figuring I could read the first couple of chapters and then head to bed. When a storm traps the two women at home with a strange young man who has an unbelievable confession and a neighbor with more to do with Violet's past than she would like, no one can predict how this Christmas will give them all a second chance. She's preparing to wallow in her isolation for the weekend, when Violet, nearly a spinster at age 29, dares to make a request that will force Dottie to publicly revive the memory of her dead son.

But the suffering hasn't ended for Dottie Morgan who lost her only son in the war. It's Christmas weekend 1949, and despite the threat of a storm, the townspeople of Frost are determined to continue their holiday traditions, if only as a means to forget the war that they had all just suffered through. Hope finds the hopeless when a storm hits. Since this one is set in Minnesota, it included ALL the elements I have come to expect in one of her titles - touches of 'home,' complex not-perfect characters that truly seem real, multi-layered plots, fabulous attention to detail that paints vivid pictures, and historical detail that at least feels accurate (I did NOT go looking up the prices of Cornish game hens in 1949 or anything!) I jump at any opportunity to review one of her books, and Baby, It's Cold Outside did not disappoint. It's time for another LitFuse Blog Tour of the newest book by Susan May Warren.

Baby, It's Cold Outside by Susan May Warren