圣诞节过后

Working on her fourth in the successful anthology romance series featuring the "in love" characters of Desmond Ranes and Catarina, Izzi Simmons is told by her best friend and editor Mila that the ending of her first draft, already past due, is unacceptable. Mila's take on the problem is that Izzi has made Desmond an unrealistic version of a romantic character in being "perfect", which matches Izzi's own unrealistic pursuit of a man, she looking for her own Desmond so to speak. With Mila unwilling to push the final deadline past Christmas Eve in less than a week as Izzi requests, Izzi is able to convince her to allow her to work on the necessary edits from the Antler Lodge in Silver Springs. Since her parents moved to Florida, Izzi, a winter wonderland traditionalist in her view of the perfect Christmas, has found the Lodge her Christmas home away from home, especially as its proprietor, Bob, is as much a traditionalist as her. The only reason why Mila allows this working vacation is that Bob informed Izzi that he, retiring, has sold the lodge, meaning that it as Izzi knows it may not exist next year. Upon her arrival, Izzi discovers who Bob sold the lodge to is his son, three year widowed Matt, who wanted to move himself and his adolescent daughter Kacey back to Silver Springs for family reasons from he managing a large hotel in Seattle. What immediately strikes Izzi about Matt is that he is the exact image of the paintings of Desmond used for her book covers, she discovering that no one associated with the publishing company knows who was originally commissioned for that {Ziyuantun.Com}job. Izzi's thoughts that Matt may be her Desmond quickly dissolve as Matt displays his human flaws, which include, even in basic maintenance, transforming the lodge into what she sees as against her Christmas sensibility. As Matt and Izzi start spending more time together, and Matt himself discovers the issue of the book cover likeness and knowing the reason behind it, Izzi may start to see in Matt the true nature of what Desmond should be, while Matt begins to muse if meeting Izzi in this manner is a sign that he is ready to begin a romantic life again. What may throw a wrench into the proceedings is Matt's childhood friend Jennifer, who has long been in love with him herself. 　　译文(2): 伊兹 · 西蒙斯最好的朋友兼编辑米拉告诉她，她的初稿已经过期了，她不能接受初稿的结{资源屯-ziyuantun.com}。这部以德斯蒙德 · 雷恩斯和卡塔里娜的“恋爱”人物为主角的成功爱情系列选集已经是她的第四部了。Mila 对这个问题的看法是，Izzi 让 Desmond 变成了一个不切实际的浪漫角色，一个“完美”的角色，这与 Izzi 对男人不切实际的追求是一致的，可以这么说，她在寻找自己的 Desmond。由于米拉不愿按照伊兹的要求，在不到一周的时间内将最后期限推迟到圣诞前夕，伊兹得以说服米拉允许她在银泉的《 Antler Lodge 》进行必要的编辑工作。自从她的父母搬到佛罗里达，伊兹，一个冬季仙境传统主义者，在她看来完美的圣诞节，已经发现洛奇她的圣诞家离家，特别是因为它的业主，鲍勃，是一个传统主义者，因为她。Mila 允许这个工作假期的唯一原因是 Bob 告诉 Izzi 他退休了，已经卖掉了旅馆，这意味着 Izzi 知道明年可能不会有旅馆了。在她到达后，伊兹发现鲍勃把旅馆卖给了他的儿子，已经丧偶三年的儿子马特，因为他在西雅图经营一家大型酒店，出于家庭原因，他想把自己和他的青春期女儿凯西搬回银泉。马特给伊兹留下深刻印象的是，他和德斯蒙德的画像一模一样。她发现，没有一个与出版公司有关的人知道最初是谁委托了这项工作。伊兹认为马特可能是她的德斯蒙德很快消失，因为马特显示了他的人性缺陷，其中包括，即使在基本的维修，转变小屋成为她看到的反对她的圣诞感情。随着 Matt 和 Izzi 开始花更多的时间在一起，Matt 自己也发现了书的封面相似性的问题，并且知道其背后的原因，Izzi 可能开始在 Matt 身上看到 Desmond 应该是什么样的人，而 Matt 开始思考，以这种方式与 Izzi 见面是否是他准备重新开始浪漫生活的信号。马特的童年好友詹妮弗可能会破坏整个过程，她自己也一直深爱着马特。