It's a Wonderfully Sexy Life
Hope Tarr
Harlequin Blaze, December 2006, $4.75
ISBN: 0373792972

In Baltimore, thirty year old cop Mandy Delinski walks a beat, though she aspires to become a detective. She dreams of a loving husband and children, though she is single with no prospects and still lives with her parents.

Her latest assignment is to work security at a Christmas Eve gala at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Working the holiday is okay, as she has no one to share it with anyway, but pulling security is not much fun. However, when Mandy and bartender Josh Thornton meet at the bash, sparks fly. This perfect night turns to a nightmare by morning when she finds Josh dead in the morgue, as he is actually a computer guru hiding from the mob. Perhaps because it is the season for miracles, she is sent back one week with a chance to save the man she loves from the hit man.

This is a second chance at love, with an angelic time traveling twist that makes for a superb thriller regardless of the season. The storyline is driven by a frantic Mandy, as she falls in love only to find him dead in under twenty-four hours, leading to the miracle if she changes "history". Fans will re-read the delightful IT'S A WONDERFULLY SEXY LIFE that pays homage to the classic Capra film and celebrates the Yuletide season of miracles.