Christmas
Bliss is Mary Kay Andrews' fourth installment in the fun and
breezy series set in Savannah, Georgia. You don't need to have read the others
novels to enjoy this one, but you're likely to seek out more once you spend
time with antique dealer Eloise "Weezie" Foley. Her whirlwind
Christmas season seems far from "bliss" as it snowballs with
unexpected surprises and secrets.
Weezie is being pulled in many directions as she prepares for her
Christmas Eve wedding to long-time beau, Daniel Stipanek, who has set off to
New York City to serve as guest chef at a hot new downtown eatery. With Daniel
away and Weezie in full impending nuptial mode, Weezie envisions the restaurant
owner, Carlotta Donatello, to be "a senior citizen in a flour-dusted
apron, wielding a wooden spoon." But when Weezie stumbles upon a gossip
column picture that depicts Daniel stepping out on the town with a woman
"with a long lustrous mane of hair and huge, long-lashed doe eyes, which,
in the photograph were fixed longingly on (Weezie's) fiancé . . . she (also)
had a generous helping of cleavage pressed against Daniel's chest,"
Weezie's life is turned upside-down.
At the urging of BeBe Loudermilk, Weezie's lovable, Southern belle
best friend and maid-of-honor—also a commitment-phobe ready to give birth any
day—Weezie drops everything and hops a plane to NYC to check up on and nurse
Daniel, who comes down with the flu. What ensues are unexpected glitches and
adventures for Weezie, who is faced with a clock ticking toward Christmas Eve.
While Weezie faces challenges in New York, BeBe is faced with
troubles of her own in Georgia. The past pays the expectant mother a visit,
delivering shocking news that forces her to secretly go behind the back of her
live-in love, Harry, in order to set matters right.
Rounding out the lively drama are a cast of recurrent, small town
characters who enrich the lives of these two women in crises.
In true Mary Kay Andrews' style, she spins yet another clever, charming
tale full of laughs and a heartwarming ending that arrives at the eleventh
hour.
Publication Date: October 15, 2013