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[New Post] ARC Review: Snowed In by Cathrine Walsh

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Title: Snowed In

Author: Catherine Walsh

Page count: 384

Published: November 1st, 2023

Publisher: Netgalley

Genre: Contemporary Christmas Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 4/5

Megan is dreading going home for the holidays. She’s the village pariah, the she-devil who left local golden boy Isaac at the altar four years ago and ran away to the big city. She could really do without the drama. Particularly as he’s engaged again, and she’s just been dumped for the fourth time this year.

Christian’s fed up of being on his own every Christmas. He doesn’t mind being alone , but he hates his family’s sad eyes and soft tones as they sit around coupled up. Because he’s actually, totally, fine.

So when Megan literally bumps into Christian in a Dublin pub, they come up with a pact to see them through the holiday season. They’re going to be the very best fake dates for each other, ever .

Rules are drawn up, a contract is signed on a wine-stained napkin. They will sit through each other’s family gatherings and be outrageously in love until freed from their annual obligations. After all, it’s only for a few weeks.

But with everyone home for the holidays, two big families to deal with alongside old friends, old flames and old feelings, things are bound to get messy. And when a snowed-in cabin and a little Christmas magic are added to the mix, anything could happen…

A swoonworthy and utterly gorgeous romantic comedy that will make you laugh out loud and fall completely in love. Fans of Emily Henry, Sophie Kinsella and Abby Jimenez won’t be able to put this down!

Holiday romances are a favourite genre of mine because I like to get into the Christmas spirit. This was fast-paced funny with great chemistry. This is the perfect book to read by the fire and have a cup of coffee and read.

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[New Post] ARC Review: Recipe for Mr. Christmas by Anni Rose

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Title: Recipe for Mr. Christmas

Author: Anni Rose

Page count: 307

Published: October 31st, 2023

Publisher: Netgalley

Genre: Contemporary Christmas Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 3/5

Sometimes second chances take a little time . . .

Susie Keane is mourning the death of her husband. They had a wonderful forty years of marriage, but now she’s unsure of what to do with her life.

Then the arrival of the annual Christmas card from the oh-so-perfect Bailey family gives Susie the push she so desperately needs. Next year, she’ll be the one with the exciting stories to gloat about.

Hello cooking courses, motorbike-riding lessons and pole-dancing classes. Goodbye moping about and feeling sorry for herself.

But then something happens that Susie isn’t prepared for. A school reunion.

And she definitely isn’t prepared to meet a man who does the impossible. Bob Diamond is the first person to put a smile on Susie’s face.

Bob lost his wife eighteen months ago and knows exactly what Susie’s going through. And it doesn’t hurt that he’s a singer and guitar player in a band. Together, perhaps they can fall back in love with life?

With Bob by her side, Susie discovers that, sometimes, the most unexpected gifts of all are the ones that bring two lonely hearts together . . .

This was a great easy Christmas read. Susie and Bob were loveable characters and were able to fall into this Christmas love story.

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[New Post] ARC Review: Finding Sunshine by Lea Coll

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Title: Finding Sunshine

Author: Lea Coll

Page count: 280

Published: December 12th, 2023

Publisher: Self Published

Genre: Contemporary Christmas Romance

Received: From the author in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 5/5

A rugged mountain man was the last thing I’d tick off on my Christmas checklist.As a single mother I’m used to counting only on myself. Imagine my surprise when I arrive home to find my porch decorated with holiday lights. I didn’t expect Knox’s kindness, or the way he makes my heart skip a beat. He’s handsome, sexy, sweet, and attentive; everything I want under my Christmas tree.

I’m 100% focused on my daughter, I don’t have time for socializing, dating, or falling for a grumpy mountain man whose family owns a Christmas Tree Farm. But Knox is constantly there, offering support and friendship and unknowingly reminding me that I’m still a hot-blooded woman and not just a mother.

Because Christmas is his job, Knox has completely lost his Christmas spirit, but in return for his generosity, I’m determined to help him find it once more.

From cutting down a Christmas tree for my home and decorating it with my daughter, to including us in his family’s Christmas celebrations, I’m soon drawn into the magical spell of a Christmas romance. This year, Christmas seems to have brought us both some unexpected surprises. He adores my daughter, and she adores him, just like I do.

Every day I fall a little more in love with Knox, his family, and their farm. But Knox’s priority is his family and the Christmas tree farm. Can he ever put me first?

Will the magic disappear after the holidays, or will this love last forever?

Knox and Sarah have a story that had me gripped from the start with the connection they had. Sarah is a single mother with an adorable daughter named Addy and Knox is a grump on the outside when he’s actually a sweet and caring guy. Sarah and Knox are really cute together and have a perfect Christmas love story.

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[New Post] ARC Review: The Holly Dates by Brittainy Cherry

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Title: The Holly Dates

Author: Brittainy Cherry

Page count: 276

Published: December 7th, 2022

Publisher: Valentine PR

Genre: Christmas Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 4/5

All she wanted for Christmas was a boyfriend for the holidays…
All he wanted was for her to take her crappy first dates elsewhere…

Quirky Holly Jackson was unlucky in love, yet her romantic heart refused to give up her search for companionship—even after her fiancé left her at the altar on Christmas Eve.

Grumpy restaurant owner Kai Kane wanted nothing to do with love after his last relationship crashed and burned. Romance was the last thing on his mind. Unfortunately for him, when an eccentric Holly kept entering his restaurant nightly with a different first date, his annoyance grew.

When Kai volunteered to help Holly find a suitor it was for one reason only: to get her out of his restaurant and on to a second date with someone at a different location.

Once Kai became Holly’s dating coach, her confidence grew.

It was all going great until Kai became increasingly jealous of the connection Holly developed with another man. The more Holly fell for Kai’s pick for her, the more overprotective he became.

Kai quickly realized that all wasn’t fair when it came to love and the holidays.

He was going to have to step up his game if he wanted a shot at the ultimate prize—being Holly’s favorite date.

*The Holly Dates is a steamy, full-length romantic comedy that will put you right in the holiday spirit.*

This is the first book that I have read by this author. Holly is trying to find love and maybe take someone home for the holidays but dating doesn’t seem to be going that great at the moment for her. Holly meets Kai as her neighbor and owns the new restaurant down the street. The way they connect is a unique way that you don’t normally see in books, so I liked that aspect of the story it kept it interesting. I could not put this book down. I’m going to have to look into other books by this author.

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