book reivew: Any Given Christmas

Amazon's Description: 
Dean Silverthorne’s mother may be dead, but she still has matchmaking to do.
When an injury dashes NFL Quarterback Dean Silverthorne's Super Bowl dreams, he heads back to Deer Lick, Montana with a chip on his wounded shoulder, more determined than ever to get back in the game. He loves his kooky family, but this trip home is going to be a very brief Christmas visit.
His game plan doesn't include an instant attraction to Emma Hart, a feisty kindergarten teacher who seems to be the only person in Deer Lick not interested in the hometown hero. Or his dearly departed mom popping up with mistletoe in hand and meddling on the mind. Now Dean can't help but wonder if there’s more to love than life between the goal posts.

 

 

Ok, I obviously did not read the description when I bought this book as I am totally not into ghosts and dead parents popping up in cars to play match maker.  However; with that said, I didn't hate this book.  Dean and Emma were likeable.  I really enjoyed their love story and I liked their interest in children with special needs.  I thought that added a lot to the story and to who they were.  I did not enjoy the mother's random return to play matchmaker, but I'm guessing that is what this book series is about (I haven't read the other books in the series).