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NEW YEAR’S DAY (Lancaster Prep Holiday Novella) by Monica Murphy

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NEW YEAR’S DAY (Lancaster Prep Holiday Novella) by Monica Murphy -review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 12, 2023

Catch up with all the couples from the LANCASTER PREP series!

‘Tis the damn season for wicked snowstorms, which means the annual New Year’s Eve celebration that’s held at Whit and Summer’s estate is completely snowed in. With no guests able to arrive, the Lancasters decide to invite their young children to attend the party and make it a true family event.

Revisit your favorite couples from the Lancaster Prep series and get to know their children in this special holiday themed novella! PLUS read an exclusive excerpt from the upcoming novel ALL MY KISSES FOR YOU, featuring Crew and Wren Lancaster’s daughter, Willow!

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REVIEW: NEW YEAR’S DAY by Monica Murphy is a contemporary, adult novella found in the author’s Lancaster Prep series.

Told from several first person perspectives including the next generation of Lancasters, NEW YEAR’S DAY is a sweet, light, look at several of the couples previously introduced and featured in the Lancaster Prep series. A New Year eve snow storm has all but cancelled plans at Whit and Summer’s estate but with most of the family present and accounted for, the party is becomes family friendly and personal with a little retrospective about the past.

NEW YEAR’S DAY is a charming, entertaining and light look at the next generation, and the beginning of their parent’s anxiety knowing what happens when the children become teens and young adult.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Things I Wanted To Say
A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime
Birthday Kisses 2.5
Promises WE Meant to Keep
I’ll Always Be With You
You Said I Was Your Favorite

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Reviewed by Sandy

Monica Murphy is the New York Times, USA Today and #1 international bestselling author of the One Week Girlfriend series, the Billionaire Bachelors and The Rules series. Her books have been translated in almost a dozen languages and has sold over one million copies worldwide. She is both self-published and published by Random House/Bantam and Harper Collins/Avon. She writes new adult, young adult and contemporary romance.

She is a wife and a mother of three who lives in central California on fourteen acres in the middle of nowhere along with their one dog and too many cats. A self-confessed workaholic, when she’s not writing, she’s reading or hanging out with her husband and kids. She’s a firm believer in happy endings, though she will admit to putting her characters through angst-filled moments before they finally get that hard won HEA.

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Holiday Heroes by Janie Crouch / Regan Black-review

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Holiday Heroes (Never Too Late for Love) by Janie Crouch / Regan Black-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 6, 2023

These heroes will protect their women from danger and won’t let them spend the holidays alone…

Includes two full books for one great price!

A Fairytale Hero — Jackson Prince thought love was done for him when his wife died five years ago. But the shy girl he never forgot from high school saving his life on Christmas Eve proves him wrong. Now they’ll both learn it’s never too late for love.

A Hero in Paradise – The holidays lost their shine for Will Frasier after his wife passed. Bucking traditions, he’s headed for Key West to do a friend a favor. One that brings him face to face with a woman who still believes in miracles… and that it’s never too late for love.

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REVIEW: A FAIRYTALE HERO by Janie Crouch is the introductory novella in Josie Jade’s contemporary adult, romantic suspense PRINCES OF FAIRYTALE, COLORADO series focusing on the Prince family. This is fifty-four year old widower, former US Army Ranger and patriarch of the Prince family Jackson Prince, and fifty-one year old divorcee, and cafe owner Chandra Priestly’s story line.

Told from dual omniscient third person perspectives (Jackson and Chandra) A FAIRYTALE HERO follows the Chandra and Jackson, on the run, from the men targeting our story line hero. Jackson Prince has been working undercover with his son, Fairytale’s Sheriff Beau Prince, and Jackson has witnessed something that placed him in the direct line of fire. With three men looking for Jackson, our hero seeks refuge on Christmas Eve with the local cafe owner, a woman he once knew, years before. Enter Fairytale Colorado cafe owner Chandra Priestly, and the woman who would lay claim to his heart as our couple struggle to stay one step ahead of the men taking aim at our story line hero.

A FAIRYTALE HERO is a story of power and control, family and relationships, friendships and acceptance. The premise is intriguing and entertaining; the romance has only started and mostly implied; the characters are charismatic and charming.

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REVIEW: A HERO IN PARADISE by Regan Black is a contemporary, adult stand alone, romantic suspense story line in the Never Too Late for Love multi-authored series. This is widower/father/police officer/security specialist Will Frasier, and single mother/bar owner Maureen Lassiter’s story line. A HERO IN PARADISE is loosely connected to the author’s Brotherhood Protectors World/The Guardian Agency series.

Told from omniscient dual third person perspectives (Will and Maureen) HOLIDAY HEROES picks up two days before Christmas wherein our heroine is a partial witness to a murder behind the Key West Beachcomber bar of which she owns. Calling in protection from the Guardian Agency, Maureen will be up close and personal with police officer Will Frasier, the man with whom Maureen will fall in love. The local police and Will believe Maureen has become a target for what she saw, and with the help of Will, and his sons David, Eli and Lance, Maureen’s life will be saved several times. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between our story line couple, and the potential fall-out as Will begins to suspect something darker behind the scenes.

The relationship between Will and Maureen begins as an assignment but quickly grows into something more as our couple are pushed together by circumstance and chance.Someone has targeted our story line heroine, and Will is determined to protect the woman with whom he is falling in love. The $ex scenes are all implied.

The world building reveals Will and Maureen’s histories: their lives and loves, their losses and family, including marriage and children.

We are introduced to Will’s sons David, Eli and Lance, as well as local police officer Jenkins, and Maureen’s son Tim.

A HERO IN PARADISE is a story of betrayal and power, family and relationships, acceptance and love. The premise is dramatic yet endearing; the romance is subtle; the characters are dynamic and charismatic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Naughty-ish (Holiday Hotties 2) by LB Dunbar-review

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Naughty-ish (Holiday Hotties 2) by LB Dunbar-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 21, 2023

With the name Holliday, you’d think I’d be all about the Christmas season. Most years, I am, but this one not so much. Between my ex being a real Scrooge-in-the-backside, re-entering the workforce, wrangling my two children, and evading my eight-year-old’s questions about Santa’s existence, I’m struggling to believe in the magic myself.

Enter Nick, my next-door neighbor. My very hot, single, fireman neighbor. He’s full of the seasonal spirit from hanging my outdoor Christmas lights to playing Santa for the local church breakfast.

Funny thing about Nick, he kind of resembles the man in red, in a younger, sexier, silver fox way, complete with snow in his beard but rather tight abs suggesting cookies are not part of his diet when they are a staple of mine.

Anywho, he’s sweet in a rugged sense, and if he were the man making a list and checking it twice, I’d like to be in his naughty column. Because something tells me being a little naughty-ish with Nick from next door might bring me tidings of comfort and restore my joy in this season.

When he discovers I have a seasonal list myself, he’s determined to help me accomplish all the to-dos, only falling in love with my next-door neighbor wasn’t one of them.

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REVIEW:Naughty-ish by LB Dunbar was such a great read to start off the Christmas season.

A steamy, small town, Grumpy/sunshine, Christmas romance that readers are sure to love. Holliday is a newly single Mom after her cheating ex leaves, and Christmas is another thing on her list. Her ex isn’t there for their kids, and they are struggling.

But who comes to the rescue? Santa? No, a much younger, hotter and much more single firefighter neighbor; Nick. He is all about Christmas and makes it his new duty to bring Christmas joy to her household. He is checking his list twice.

For a novella, Naughty-ish is a well written, enjoyable read that brings all the Christmas feels.

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Reviewed by Sarah

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L.B. Dunbar loves sexy silver foxes, second chances, and small towns. If you enjoy older characters in your romance reads, including a hero with a little silver in his scruff and a heroine rediscovering her worth, then welcome to romance for those over 40. L.B. Dunbar’s signature works include women and men in their prime taking another turn at love and happily ever after. She’s a USA TODAY Bestseller as well as #1 Bestseller on Amazon in Later in Life Romance with her Lakeside Cottage and Road Trips & Romance series. L.B. lives in Chicago with her own sexy silver fox.

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Merry Little Heartbreak by Stella Holt-a review

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Merry Little Heartbreak (Legacy of the Maguires 5) by Stella Holt-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 14, 2023

This year, they’re unwrapping the truth for Christmas…

Drake Maguire’s first love dumped him right before they were to move cross country for medical school. Now he’s made a name for himself as a plastic surgeon to LA’s wealthiest, even if it bores him. But this Christmas, he returns home to Virginia to pitch in at the same hospital as his ex. Could this be a restart for his career and his heart?

Margo Monroe can’t believe her bad luck. December should be a time to string twinkle lights and stockings in her ER, but instead, she’s dodging Drake’s questions and her urge to run her fingers through his hair. Yes, they broke each other’s hearts last time—yet perhaps throwing in the towel was a mistake.

But flirting leads to more than just words, and Margo needs her head in the game if she wants to expand her career in the new year. Are their emotions merely on call for the holidays, or is this attraction a symptom of something far merrier?

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REVIEW: MERRY LITTLE HEARTBREAK is the fifth instalment in Stella Holt’s contemporary, adult LEGACY OF THE MAGUIRES erotic, romance series. This is plastic surgeon Dr. Drake Maquire, and ER physician Margo Monroe’s story line. MERRY LITTLE HEARTBREAK can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from omniscient third person perspectives (Margo and Drake) MERRY LITTLE HEARTBREAK follows the second chance romance and relationship between our story line couple. Margo Monroe and Drake Maguire were high school and college sweethearts but weeks before heading to UCLA medical school Margo broke off their relationship, breaking Drake’s heart in the process. Fast forward twelve years, Dr. Drake Maguire is a visiting plastic surgeon at Mercy Hospital in Alexandria Virginia where he will come face to face with his past in the guise of ER physician Margo Monroe. Margo wants nothing to do with the man she once loved, a man who continues to struggle with the how and why. Accepting a rotation in the emergency department, Drake will work side by side with the woman he still loves, hoping for a second chance at a happily ever after. What ensues is the rebuilding romance and relationship between Margo and Drake, and the potential fall-out as Drake’s time in Virginia comes to a close.

The world building focuses on the acrimonious relationship, and fall-out between two people who has planned their future together but something went wrong, and Margo refused to move, leaving Drake Maguire heart broken and dejected.

The relationship between Margo and Drake is one of second chances; a rekindling romance in which Drake is hoping for a another chance but Margo is quick to blame Drake for everything that went wrong. As our couple work together in the hospital ER, Drake will quickly discover that everything is not as it had appeared to be. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The colorful secondary and supporting characters include several medical personnel, as well as Drake’s parents, and his brother Ian, and Margo’s sister Izzy.

MERRY LITTLE HEARTBREAK is a story of misunderstanding and miscommunication, love and loss, second chances and happily ever after. The premise is inviting and imaginative; the characters are animated and spirited but Margo was difficult to like in the early pages; the romance is moving and tender.

Reading Order and Previous reviews
Last First Kiss
Battle of Hearts
Strictly Off Limits
Love and Order

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Author of your next binge-worthy romance series, Stella has been plotting sexy, tear-jerker stories since she was old enough to hold a pencil. Born a Georgia peach, Stella loves all things country but calls the beach home. Most days she can be found drinking too much coffee, collecting lipstick she forgets to wear, and baking.

Stella’s first series featuring first responders debuts in 2023.

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A Wish for Christmas by Courtney Cole-review & giveaway

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A Wish for Christmas by Courtney Cole-review & giveaway

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 14, 2023

Two weeks ’til Christmas…

Noel Blake is not in a great place. After several years of marriage, she and her husband Jonah are quietly drifting apart. The only time they really talk at all anymore is when they walk their dog, Elliott. And even then it usually ends in bickering.

When, one snowy day, Elliott manages to slip his leash, they find him blocks away in the care of a mysterious old man who asks them to make a wish on an old snow globe. Eager to get their dog safely home, they agree to his strange request. Neither one realizes that the wish they’re about to make will change the course of their lives… possibly forever.

When Noel and Jonah wake up the next morning, they’re in separate beds, separate apartments, separate lives. But are they any happier? As they live the existences they’d always wished for, both feel that something very important is missing. And when a chance encounter brings the pair back together, they find they have a spark of something very special.

Will they be able to find their way back to each other before it’s too late, or does the Christmas Magic have another fate in store?

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REVIEW:A WISH FOR CHRISTMAS by Courtney Cole is a contemporary, adult, slightly paranormal, story of women’s fiction focusing on struggling married couple Jonah and Noel Blake.

Told from dual first person perspectives Jonah and Noel, A WISH FOR CHRISTMAS follows in the wake of a mutual wish on a magical snow globe. Jonah and Noel Blake’s marriage is at an impasse; both of them concentrating on their own careers but neither one considering the next phase of their relationship. A visit to a quaint antique shop finds our couple opening their hearts to a lonely old man, a man who may be more than they could have ever imagined. A gift of a snow globe, and a secret wish that they had never met finds our couple waking the next day as strangers, two people whose sense of deja-vu and a visit back home begins a life anew, a life where they will get to know one another more than twenty years after they first met.

A WISH FOR CHRISTMAS is a slow building, magical holiday story line about second chances, focusing on two people torn between their careers, and the family that never will be. A mutual trip to their home town of Winter Falls comes with the advantage of growth and experience but secrets about the past begin to reveal a different sense of worth, and an emotional family history.

We are introduced to Noel’s parents, Jonah’s father, as well as Jonah’s best friend Jace, his ailing mother Izzy; Ellliott and Mazie. Noel’s father Rich is butting heads with Jonah’s father Judd, both of whom want and see something different for Winter Falls, a competition for Mayor, and the renewal of Christmas traditions.

A WISH FOR CHRISTMAS is a story within a story; a familiar tale of family and loss, grief and forgiveness, acceptance and love. The premise is sweet and captivating; the romance is subtle-there are no $ex scenes; the characters are struggling, but sassy and determined.

 

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Courtney Cole is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist who loves to eat your emotions for breakfast.

She believes in the power of blonde hair dye and red lipstick, and that a well-timed smile can save the world.

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Promise Me Christmas by Gini Rifkin-review

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Promise Me Christmas (Blackthornes of Darkenwald-review

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The nights are growing longer, and the winter snows are coming—Darkenwald Castle is under siege.

Lord Guy Blackthorne is prepared to lay down his life for his children, his wife, and all who seek his protection. But as renegades, mercenaries, and political intrigue surround his ancient family stronghold, he’s forced to stay his hand against those who would dare to attack his fortress.

As supplies and hope dwindle, Lady Vespa fears Yule will not be one of good cheer, and the children shall have no gifts this year. At least she and Guy have one another, for that she is thankful. But there are few private moments to share their love, and every endeavor to satisfy their passion is interrupted when the enemy attempts to invade the castle.

On Christmas Eve, when a battle to the death begins, Guy faces his greatest challenge. Now Vespa’s wish for a happy Yule celebration turns to a prayer for her beloved’s safety.

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REVIEW:PROMISE ME CHRISTMAS by Gini Rifkin is a medieval, historical romance novella focusing Lord Guy Blackthorne and his Lady Vespa.

Told from omniscient third person perspectives (Guy and Vespa) PROMISE ME CHRISTMAS follows in the wake of the siege of the Darkenwald Castle. In December 1264, with the approach of Christmas, the Darkenwald Castle is surrounded by an unknown enemy, an enemy that is threatening the lives of those who live within. With supplies and food running low, fearing for the lives of his wife Vespa, and their children, Lord Guy Blackthorne must consider his path going forward but at every move, the enemy is always one-step ahead. Preparing for the possibility of no celebration of Christmas, Vespa and the women forage for supplies, while the men face down an enemy threatening their lives.

PROMISE ME CHRISTMAS is a quick read; a fast paced, simple yet sweet storyline of love and determination, betrayal and vengeance. The premise is entertaining and captivating -an easy read with limited medieval language and text; the relationship between Vespa and Guy is subtle yet passionate-the $ex scenes are mostly implied; the characters are determined and dynamic

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Reviewed by Sandy

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MISTLETOE HEARTS by Nana Malone-review tour

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MISTLETOE HEARTS by Nana Malone-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 2, 2023

What’s a girl supposed to do when she’s secretly in love with her best friend?

I’ll you a hint. It’s not accompany him home for the holidays and pretend to be his girlfriend. How did I even end up here?

I’ll tell you how. I got lost in Justin Morrison’s baby blues, that’s how. Ever since Justin rescued me from my no good cheating ex – I’ve had a thing for him. I’ve done my best to keep it under wraps. Hell, I intended to take this truth to the grave. I’ve never had someone protect me the way he does and I’ve never wanted to ruin our friendship.

The problem is, to give his ailing grandma, possibly the best last Christmas, and cover a teensy teensy little white lie he told her, now I’m having to pretend to to be in love with him. Sleeping in the same bed…kissing him!

All for show of course.

But I can do this right? I can hide my real feelings? Even when he takes our public kisses behind closed doors and there’s no mistletoe in sight?

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REVIEW: MISTLETOE HEARTS by Nana Malone is a contemporary, adult, stand alone, erotic, romance novella focusing on hotelier Justin Morrison, and artist Alex Winters.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Justin and Alex) MISTLETOE HEARTS follows the friends to best friends to lovers relationship between our leading couple. Approximately five years earlier, university student Alex Winters discovered her boyfriend had been cheating with two other women. Having witnessed the confrontation, Justin Morrison stepped in, claiming to be waiting for Alex to make up her mind. Fast forward five years, Justin and Alex consider themselves best friends but have never crossed the line into something sexual. When Justin’s grandmother demands he return home for Christmas, Justin is desperate for a ‘pretend girlfriend’ and Alex is the perfect girl for the ruse but unbeknownst to Justin, Alex is desperately in love with her best friend, and she is struggling with the fake relationship that will quickly turn into something more. What ensues is the best friends to lovers relationship between Justin and Alex, and the potential fall-out as their ruse begins to crumble, leaving Alex picking upon the pieces of her broken heart.

The relationship between Alex and Justin begins accidentally but our couple quickly become best friends going forward. Boyfriends and girlfriends will come and go but Justin has always depended upon the woman he calls his best friend. As Alex continues to battle between head and heart, she suspects when the holidays are over, she may lose her best friend along with her heart. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters included an assortment of exes, as well as Alex’s assistant Cassie, Justin’s scheming uncle Martin, and Grandma Lucy.

MISTLETOE HEARTS is a story of family and friendships, acceptance and love. The fast paced, character driven premise is predictable but sweet and captivating; the romance is seductive; the characters are energetic and determined.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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USA Today bestseller Nana Malone’s love of all things romance and adventure started with a tattered romantic suspense she “borrowed” from her cousin.

It was a sultry summer afternoon in Ghana, and Nana was a precocious thirteen. She’s been in love with kick butt heroines ever since. With her overactive imagination, and channeling her inner Buffy, it was only a matter a time before she started creating her own characters.

While she waits for her chance at a job as a ninja assassin, in the meantime Nana works out her drama, passion, and sass with fictional characters every bit as sassy and kick butt as she thinks she is.

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Christmas in River’s Edge by Nan Reinhardt – a Review

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Christmas in River’s Edge by Nan Reinhardt – a Review

 

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You can go home again…

After a painful divorce from her high school sweetheart, triplet Jenny Weaver returns to River’s Edge with her young son. While happy to be reunited with her sisters and working at the family’s marina, she has no intention of jumping into the dating pool, especially going into the holidays. Then Gabe Dawson, once a shy nerd who tutored her in history classes, arrives home transformed into a handsome hunk who makes her pulse race.

Archeologist and history professor Gabe Dawson thought he’d long ago outgrown his teen crush on Jenny. Back in town for a few months to help his mom post surgery, he can’t resist reaching out to Jenny. She’s as beautiful, warm, and funny as he remembered and soon Gabe is reconsidering his future.

Gabe is determined to seize this second chance, but can he convince a very wary Jenny that a globe-trotter is ready to come home for good this Christmas?

 

 

Review:

Christmas in River’s Edge by Nan Reinhardt is the 3rd book in her wonderful Weaver Sisters series. Christmas in River’s Edge, revolves around the third Weaver sister, Jenny (they are triplets). River’s Edge is a small town that has a wonderful community. It was great to see the Weaver sisters again, as they are such a wonderful close-knit family.  

Jenny Weaver, our heroine, is a divorcee, with a young 8-year-old son, Luke.  Jenny works for her family’s marina, and is happy to have her sisters around for the holidays; though Jo is moving to be with her boyfriend, Alex.  Jenny is not happy though when her ex, Tuff decides to return to River’s Edge, and wants to spend more time with Luke. She is happy to see Gabe, arriving to help take care of his mother and work on a rig in town.  Gabe and Jenny always had a crush on each other during their high school days.

Archeologist and history professor Gabe Dawson always thought he got over his crush on the beautiful Jenny Weaver, but one look at her has him totally enamored with her. Gabe started spending more time with Jenny, and he finds himself very attracted to her, as she was warm, friendly and funny to be with.  In a short time, they both become very close, especially with the wonderful chemistry between them.  Gabe also becomes close to Luke, and is not thrilled with Jenny’s ex’s attitude, as well as his overall behavior.  Things will blow up when Tuff takes Luke to visit family, and Jenny gets a call from her son, crying that he is alone.  When Gabe and Jenny go to where the boy is, it is Gabe who will find Tuff, but Jenny is the one confronts him to change his ways or else.  I loved Jenny and Gabe together, as they made a perfect couple.   

Christmas in River’s Edge was a wonderful, fun, sweet romance and heartwarming story. It was great to see the Weaver family together for the Holidays.  I love the sisters, who were so close. 

Nan Reinhardt gives us a wonderful couple, as well great secondary characters that were so likable, with a terrific atmosphere in this small town. Christmas in River’s Edge was so very well written by Nan Reinhardt, which is no surprise, as I loved her last book, as well as her previous series.  If you enjoy a sweet romance, wonderful couple, great secondary characters, and pure fun, I suggest you read this book. I look forward to the next book in this series.

Reviewed by Barb

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