Jeremiah Madigan does not like Valentine’s Day. Not only does it make his work as a casino security guard more difficult, but it reminds him that he doesn’t have anyone to share the holiday with. After he receives a call from an old friend asking him to take care of his friend’s grandmother and sister for the Valentine’s Day weekend, Jeremiah figures that life couldn’t get any more difficult. The old lady is a bit of a handful, and his friend’s sister Aubrette refuses to believe that he is gay and constantly hits on him. Jeremiah is wrong, though: his troubles are only just beginning. An altercation in the casino leaves him with a head injury, his two charges are arrested, and Jeremiah knows that his friend is going to kill him for making a mess of things. Can anything good possibly come of this fiasco? Jeremiah sincerely doubts it.

Just a Little Romance by Chrissy Munder is a lighthearted short story populated with fun and irreverent characters. The reader can’t help but love Jeremiah – he walks around with a dark cloud hovering over his head and is driven to distraction by the antics of his friend’s grandmother and sister. Poor man, all he wants is a little romance, not the passel of trouble that these two bring into his weekend. Gramma L. is so feisty that the reader anticipates the trouble that she is going to make as soon as she is introduced in the story. The action falls just short of being slapstick comedy, and the romance – once Jeremiah finds it – fits the same mold. Just a Little Romance is a quick, fun story that will keep the reader laughing and wondering what could possibly happen next. It is definitely worth a read.

Reviewed by: Whitney