4⭐
Genre ~ contemporary romance
Setting ~ Aspen Lake
Publication date ~ book ~ October 6, 2023, audio ~ December 5, 2023
Est page Count ~ 271 (36 chapters +e & bonus content)
Audio length ~ 9 hours 27 minutes
Narrator ~ Wayne Mitchell, Kim Churchill
POV ~ single 1st & 3rd
Featuring ~ enemies to lovers, second chance, slow burn, no steamage
My review:
Calista & Tristan are brought together again by the grief their 15 year old niece, Quinn, is feeling over the loss of her father, who is Calista’s brother in law and Tristan’s brother. He was a known cheater, so not many people were sad about his death.
Only a handful of people are thrilled that Calista is back in town. She’s from the wrong side of the lake, but she proved them wrong by becoming a doctor. She was really sweet and strong and I liked her friendship with Jules.
Quinn was great with her sneaky ways of trying to get them together. Her mom needed to get her act together sooner though. Tristan’s parents were awful.
If you like a one sided enemies to lovers second chance romance I bet you’d enjoy this one. Calista had every right to be mad at Tristan for why he broke up with her. What a waste of 13 years apart and I’m so glad she didn’t forgive him right away, which means there was no 3rd act breakup. Overall, a cute Christmasy read.
Calista’s POV was in the 1st and Tristan in the 3rd. I think I would’ve preferred 1st for both, but was it this way because it’s one sided enemies? Also, I like both of their names.
Narration notes:
Kim did a great job. I wish Wayne would’ve stuck to his regular voice. His lady voices were absolutely AWFUL. Seriously the worst. I didn’t even like him doing his father’s voice either.
*Thanks to the author, Dreamscape Media and NetGalley for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*
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Book blurb:
Very few in Aspen Lake expected that I, Calista Monroe, their most notorious wild child, would ever amount to anything besides being a model prisoner. So imagine their surprise when I returned as the hospital’s newest ER doctor. Believe me, no one is more surprised than I am. I had vowed to never return, even if it was the last safe haven during the zombie apocalypse. But when my niece, Quinn, begged me to come home, I couldn’t say no. My plan is to stay out of trouble this time, and above all, avoid Quinn’s uncle Tristan—the man I love to hate and the reason I left Aspen Lake. But trouble starts to brew when my niece gets it into her pretty head that her uncle and I need to reconcile. The devious little thing insists we deck the halls together all season long. And since I’ll do anything to make Quinn happy, I agree, believing I’m completely immune to Tristan’s charm. Except the joke’s on me. Who knew that Tristan’s biggest regret was letting me go? And the infuriating man seems willing to do everything possible to win me back. Well, it’s going to take a Christmas miracle for me to give him a second chance. Unfortunately for my plan, our chemistry could set a blizzard on fire. Now I have a major ex emergency on my hands. Do I give my niece her Christmas wish, or do I let the love between Tristan and me flatline once and for all? USA Today best-selling author Jennifer Peel presents a sweet and swoony holiday rom-com that will leave you feeling oh so merry and bright.
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