Jill is at the end of her rope. She's working at a high end arcade in LA when she dreams about writing movies. Every call from her agent has so much hope and every call ends a little more hopelessly. The most recent call her agent says she's got one last change to make it - write a heartfelt movie (basically our equivalent to a Hallmark movie. But with zero love life happening how is she supposed to be inspired to write about love and Christmas. She gave up on both of those years ago when her and her boyfriend broke up on Christmas Eve three years ago.
When Jill's mother calls wishing she'd come back home for Christmas she really can't come up with any excuse not to. But once home trying to avoid family, ex-boyfriends, past crushes and her old best friend is enough to push her to drink way more than she's used to. Jill soon finds herself past out on a Santa Claus sleigh setup in a park. When she wakes up she finds herself in the middle of a heartfelt movie of her own. What's the lesson she's supposed to learn here in this new world and how the heck is she supposed to get back to real life?
Christmas People is a fun Christmas read with great characters and in true Hallmark fashion - a happy ending. I typically don't like books with aspects of the book that don't seem real enough but with Christmas books I can tolerate a little make believe. But I liked the way the story unfolded that despite her being in a Hallmark movie there was still a great story line. If you are a Hallmark lover like me be sure to pick this one up. Also, I loved the cover.