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In the bustling restaurants, shops, and cafés
of Portland, Oregon, things really heat up for the hard-working men behind the
scenes when the holidays come into town . . .
For a stationery store owner, the holidays are great for business. But for Hollis Alcott, Christmas reminds him of the tragic events of three years past, and the last thing he wants to do is take part in Portland’s over-abundance of festive cheer. But Sawyer Murphy, a hunky gift shop owner whose brother is married to Hollis’s sister, has made it his mission to pluck Hollis out of his holiday blues. And his plan is beginning to work. Wrapped in the warm glow of newfound passion, the former business rivals hit up Portland’s finest holiday traditions—and Hollis’s icy attitude begins to melt like snowflakes on his tongue. But he isn’t sure he can trust anyone with the only gift he has—his heart—without breaking it like an antique ornament. Unless he can find the courage to take a leap with the one lover he never expected
For a stationery store owner, the holidays are great for business. But for Hollis Alcott, Christmas reminds him of the tragic events of three years past, and the last thing he wants to do is take part in Portland’s over-abundance of festive cheer. But Sawyer Murphy, a hunky gift shop owner whose brother is married to Hollis’s sister, has made it his mission to pluck Hollis out of his holiday blues. And his plan is beginning to work. Wrapped in the warm glow of newfound passion, the former business rivals hit up Portland’s finest holiday traditions—and Hollis’s icy attitude begins to melt like snowflakes on his tongue. But he isn’t sure he can trust anyone with the only gift he has—his heart—without breaking it like an antique ornament. Unless he can find the courage to take a leap with the one lover he never expected
Review:
You guys. I have been in the
mother of all book funks. Seriously, I’ve
been in book funks before but this has been the worst ever. BUT…inevitably something pulls me out of the
funk. And almost always, that something
is a new book. Something that just grabs
me by the hand and yanks me right back to all the wonderful reasons I love to
read. This time, that book was Wrapped Together by
Annabeth Albert.
Where do I even begin? I already
love the Portland Heat series. My family
teases me over my irrepressible love of the Christmas season. The lights, the music and, if I’m lucky, the
snow. And everyone in our blog space
knows how much I adore angsty heroes and forever boys. This book was a triple threat coming in the
door.
Hollis Alcott broke my heart from the very beginning. His loneliness was palpable and I just wanted
to hug his exacting morose self. But
before my heart could shatter and force me back into my book funk, the always
happy and lover of all things fun, enters.
With Sawyer, the mood is never too somber and the festive spirit of the
story never wanes. Sawyer’s sole purpose
this holiday season is to use family and all the other things he loves to help
draw Hollis back into embracing the holidays.
And no matter how hard Hollis tries to resist he finds himself drawing
in some of that festive spirit. The
problem is that opening his heart to the holidays also means opening his heart
to the people he loves most. Which of
course leads to romantic entanglements, attachments and misunderstandings.
As you can tell, this book hit the spot.
Immediately upon finishing the last page, I returned to page one and
read it all again. I don’t think I have
EVER done that. And you can bet that
there will be another re-read before Christmas.
If you are a fan of Christmas romance, you MUST pick this one up!
Nat
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