This is a short novella, slightly over 100 pages, first-person narrated by Molly Gray, the neurodivergent maid at a posh Manhattan hotel. She is happily cohabiting with Juan, the hotel's pastry chef. As you might surmise from the title, the book is Christmas-themed. Molly is enraptured by the hotel's decorations, and looking forward to the hotel's celebration, to be capped off with a Secret Santa game for the staff. But she's increasingly concerned with Juan's secretive behavior. He's hiding something, but what?
Not only did I read this book out-of-season, I also read it out of order. This is the third book in Nita Prose's "Maid" series, and (oops) I already read book number four last year.
Reader, the book's entire plot involves Molly's growing insecurity about Juan's possible infidelity. But I was already perfectly aware of what was going on there; not much mystery involved. And, frankly, these books aren't that interesting without an actual crime for Molly to solve. I didn't hate the book, exactly, but it wasn't as much fun as the others.
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