Holly McAdams loves spending the Christmas holidays at her family’s cozy cabin, with its little red door and twinkling lights, tucked in the snowy hills outside Nashville. But this year will be different. Someone unexpected is joining them…
After Holly and her beloved Nana struggle through a snow storm to reach the cabin, they discover gorgeous and wealthy Joseph Barnes, who has been renting the cabin for the last few weeks, is now snowed in. And it looks like he’ll be staying for the holidays.
Determined to make the best of the surprise situation, Holly tries to bring everyone together by baking delicious treats and decorating the cabin with plenty of festive sparkle. She finds herself growing close to handsome Joseph, who is unlike anyone she’s ever met before, even if Nana isn’t so keen on the dashing stranger with the mysterious past.
But charming and irresistible musician Rhett Burton is also back in town. Thrown into close proximity with the person who used to be her best friend and the man who broke her heart, Holly realizes it’s time to face her feelings and figure out what she really wants from her life. But to complicate things, both Joseph and Rhett have secrets to reveal…
Will Holly be able to find herself and the love she’s always dreamed of this Christmas?
My review
It’s my second book by this author and it does not matter if the setting is a bitter cold or scalding hot one, she always makes you feel warm inside.
If you are a fan of feel good books, you know from the beginning that the author will take you on a trip towards a happy ending, but often it’s a bumpy one and sometimes it even feels like the happy ever after is not on the horizon.
That adds to the reading pleasure, because you feel a slight panic, but then there is the relief. It’s almost like there is a little supsense thrown in for extra fun. I could call it mildly sadistic (lol), but it’s so rewarding in the end.
This story is about family, friendship and love and romance, of course.
You might think you lost the love of your life, but then life happens … You might think you have found the love of you life, but then life happens …
It’s never to late to start your life …
A really nice book to snuggle under a blanket with, a cup of hot cocoa in your hand, a fire blazing and let Holly take you on her journey. Fluently written, lovely, romantic, with some laughter and some tears : a winning combination. 5 stars.
Thank you, Jenny Hale, Bookouture and Netgalley.
About the author
When I graduated college, one of my friends said, “Look out for this one; she’s going to be an author one day.” Despite being an avid reader and a natural storyteller, it wasn’t until that very moment that the idea of writing novels occurred to me.
Sometimes our friends can see the things that we can’t.
While I didn’t start straight away, that comment sowed a seed and several years, two children, and hundreds of thousands of words later, I completed a novel that I felt was worthy of publication. The result was Coming Home for Christmas, a heart-warming story about the magic of love at Christmas, and 2017 TV movie on The Hallmark Channel.
The rest is history.
When I’m not writing, I’m a mother of two boys and a wife to a very supportive husband.
Author Social Media Links:
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