It’s not often that you find a romance book where the MC’s are over 40-years-old and this book has two of them! This is book 3.5 in the Rossingly series. You could possibly enjoy this as a standalone story but I really think you need to read the other books first for best enjoyment.To Melt a Frozen Heart brings back the couples from the first three books to celebrate Christmas at the Rossingly estate. It also introduces a romance for Freddie’s father, Charles. We met him in at least one of the earlier books and he wasn’t a very likeable character but he and Freddie have worked out their differences and all is good between them now.Charles has been at loose ends and lonely since his witch of a wife left him. He’s been spending time at Rossingly playing surrogate grandfather to his nephew Lucien’s twins and rebuilding his relationship with Freddie. He experimented with guys sexually while at university but put those ways aside to marry and have a family. During a holiday party he meets George who he thinks is a friend of Freddie. George is near to Charles’ age and they hit it off. George is frank with Charles and lets him know that he “swings both ways” and that he’s attracted to Charles. Charles isn’t exactly sure how to handle this information but he meets George for a drink and soon realizes that he’s also attracted to him.I loved getting to visit with all of the Rossingly characters again. The witty banter between old friends Lucien and Marcel was very entertaining. Charles’ deprecating humor and comments about himself were also quite funny at times and I literally LOL’d at this exchange between Freddie and his father where Charles hadn’t been feeling too well after a night of over-indulging:[begin quote]After a lazy morning at Lucien’s, Reuben disappeared into one of the greenhouses for an hour leaving me to stroll back home across the lawns alone. I discovered my father in the hallway, examining his reflection in the large, perfectly lit gilt mirror, which hung there precisely for that purpose. Hey, I was a vain, internationally renowned male model—of course I had a huge bloody mirror by the front door. I’d hung a mirror in every room. It was unusual to see my father intently staring into one though. “Feeling better?” I asked, and he gave me a quick glance before returning his attention to his reflection. “Much,” he declared. “Had a jolly good clear out from the tail end.” If ever I began to turn into my father, I must instruct Reuben to kill me. “Great. Thanks for sharing.”[end quote]I have thoroughly enjoyed every book in this series. If this is the last one, I’ll be sorry to see it end.A copy of this book was provided to me at my request but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author.***Reviewed for Xtreme-Delusions dot com***
