It’s definitely worth a read before the year is up though, so grab yourself some hot chocolate (preferably with a ridiculous amount of marshmallows and a candy-cane or four) and settle in. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoyed this book immensely, but maybe there just wasn’t quite as much tension, depth, or undefinable ‘magic sparkle’ as I’ve come to expect from this author. I might have put it down to being a novella, where there isn’t as much time to really get to know them and their backstory, but I recently read Hibbert’s Halloween novella Mating the Huntress and I fell completely in love with both characters in a short amount of time so I don’t think that was necessarily it. However, I didn’t find myself as invested in what happened to them as I usually am when reading her books. I loved both of the characters, and adore the way the author creates such likable and real people in her books. Throw in Abbie’s grandma, a huge snow-storm, a clowder of cats and nothing can possibly go wrong…. They’ve both suffered heartache before, and Abbie went through a divorce that left her feeling hurt and cautious. They’re spending Christmas together at Grandma Farrell’s house in Scotland, but as much as Will wants to tell Abbie that he’s actually in love with her, she’s trying to deny her own feelings and keep them as friends. Our leading lady is Abbie Farrell, who is in love with her best friend (and sexy movie star) William Reid.

It was such a cozy, sweet holiday romance to curl up with in front of the fire. If you’ve been here before you know what a big fan of Talia Hibbert I am, so I read her latest holiday novella Wrapped Up in You the day it came out.

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