NEW HOLIDAY ROMANCE Did someone say small town romance with her brother's best friend?! Carrie Aarons just released Winter Break Up, a spicy holiday rom com featuring a college soccer star, coworkers on a tree farm, and festive hi jinx that will have you laughing and swooning on every page.
Going home for my last winter break of college had the same feel as the year my parents told me Santa was fictional; the daunting real world loomed too close without a childish safety net.
Working on our family Christmas tree farm is supposed to be a final, blissful reprieve before adulthood. Or it would have been, if my brother’s best friend didn’t return for his first festive season in our hometown in almost four years.
Why did Mercer Russell stay away in the first place? Oh, well that would be because I broke his heart. High school sweethearts never last, or so they say, so I destroyed us before long distance and university drama ever could.
Now that the soccer star destined for one of the best professional teams in the country is home for one last holiday hoorah, it’s clear I’m still on his naughty list … and not in the good way. Between hauling Douglas firs, helping families select their perfect tree, and assisting my mom on the register, Mercer hasn’t lost any love for those he grew up with. Except I might as well be a lump of coal with the way he glowers at me.
With the past lurking around every corner and our futures uncertain, giving into the burning attraction that could torch a row of spruces would be the worst idea ever. Then again, a fling under the mistletoe might be just the closure we need to extinguish this spark for good.
After all, it would take flying sleigh-level magic to turn a cuffing season hookup into a healing happily ever after … right?
My Review
I received an advanced copy of this book with the promise of an honest review.
Mercer and Emily were high school sweethearts and Emily thought it best that they break up when it was time for college. Now it's four years later and they find themselves working together after not having even seen each other since they broke up.
While it's a bit awkward at first, they both realize that if they are going to be working together, they may as well be friends. But the whole "being around each other" only makes them remember how good they were together and of course the solution to that is to have a holiday fling. And we all know how that usually turn out.
This was fun, easy holiday read. The drama was kept to a minimum, but this book definitely had some dramatic moments, especially at the end. There are some really sweet moments that had me swooning and it was clear that Mercer and Emily belonged together and I was definitely rooting for them to realize it.
About the Author
Author of romance novels such as Fool Me Twice and Love at First Fight, Carrie Aarons writes books that are just as swoon-worthy as they are sarcastic. A former journalist, she prefers the love stories of her imagination, and the athleisure dress code, much better.
When she isn't writing, Carrie is busy binging reality TV, having a love/hate relationship with cardio, and trying not to burn dinner. She lives in the suburbs of New Jersey with her husband, two children and ninety-pound rescue pup.
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