I have been a big fan of Jennifer Gracen from the first book of hers I read and has continued purestdelightawardthrough The Harrison’s series. I’ll admit I wasn’t all too sure how I would like this book because Charles Harrison III hasn’t really impressed me all that much in the first two books, although in the last book I did see him softening a little or maybe he just seemed a bit more human, but Ms. Gracen peeled back his layers and I found the man underneath to be charming, caring, and quite sexy (something I really didn’t expect) and the fact that this millionaire fell for his nanny was just too perfect for words. Sweet and sentimental with a helping heap of secretive sexy, I loved Tis the Season!

In previous books of this series, we know that Charles Harrison III is slated to take over Harrison Enterprises although in reality he is already running it as COO. We know Charles is a divorced, single dad to three fairly young children, is close to one brother and his sister and has been mending fences with his other brother since he returned to the family fold the previous year. We also know he is a workaholic. This book opens at the party for his 40th birthday where he begins to do some pretty deep soul searching and I have to admit, I admired him for taking stock of his life, for realizing the mistakes he was making and for deciding to change things for him and his children.

For the past two years Lisette Gardner has taken care of the Harrison children and gives them the stability, care, and love they need and crave. According to her employer and his siblings as well as the house staff she has managed to tame the out of control children and the children not only respect her but love her. Lisette admits that she is attracted and even has feelings for her boss, but she will never risk her security, her home and her job so she buries it and does her job.

I’d like to say Charles woke up one morning and noticed Lisette across the table and fell madly in love with her, but it didn’t quite go down that way. I enjoyed the way their relationship began and felt that all the doubts and confusion was spot on especially given the fact that they are employer and employee. While at times I felt the Lisette’s worries were a bit overboard, the way Charles tried to discount them was a bit worrisome as well. I loved that Charles’ siblings had their backs and even helped Charles to understand Lisette’s issues. Most of all the fact that both Charles and Lisette felt they could share their fears, their concerns, and everything they were feeling showed the trust they had built and their strong bond. One thing they were both very adamant about was that despite their relationship and no matter what happened between them that Lisette would continue on as the children’s nanny because for both of them the children had to come first, just the way they should.

There were a lot of ups and downs in their relationship; Lisette’s continued worry, Charles’ work situation, an unwelcome surprise visit, and family issues all of which put stress on their burgeoning relationship. I have to say that Charles stepped up to the plate on more than one occasion and even took some advice from a very unlikely source.

Tis the Season was a jam packed story filled with emotion, laughter, a bit of craziness but most of all a lot of love and I absolutely adored this book from beginning to end.