The holiday is always the worst time to get your feelings hurt.  Tessa decides to spend the evening making Christmas cookies and drinking margaritas as the quickest remedy.  The cookies might not have turned out well but the evening is salvaged when Santa drops by to console Tessa and offer some friendly advice.  Tessa dozes off in a drunken slump sure that she’s imagined the entire episode.  When she finally wakes up, it’s next dazzling hunk, Jedrick. 

It’s hard to believe that Jedrick’s an elf (he’s well over six feet tall) and harder to swallow the fact that she’s at the North Pole.  A visit to Santa’s workshop, sleigh rides, and blazing nights beneath the covers with Jedrick all convince her that this is not a dream.  Tessa is forced to make a choice about her future with Jedrick.  Elves mate for life.   It won’t be easy leaving behind her past life and dearest friend to start a new one so far away.

The View from Santa’s Sleigh is a sexy, magical holiday fantasy that’s sweet without the irritating stickiness.  There’s humor and an overall easy-going vibration.  Tessa and Jedrick instantly connect with loving sincerity that made me smile.  Santa and The Mrs., Jedrick’s family and elven colleagues add to all the fun and warm fuzzy feelings.  I got swept into the plot and the activities until it made me feel as if I was there.  The creative elven rituals and facts add polish and originality to the plot.