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The Family You Make by Jill Shalvis
Jane is a traveling nurse, never stopping to put down roots. But every winter, she returns to Lake Tahoe for ski season, where she floats around the urgent care centers to care for the injured. Levi is the black sheep of his family, more interested in computers than the family sporting goods business. He's just visiting his home in Lake Tahoe, but is forced to stay when he sustains an injury.
The Family You Make sucks you right in from the first chapter, where Levi and Jane get stuck in a gondola lift together. At first, you'll keep flipping pages to see how they'll get themselves out of the terrifying predicament, but then you'll be flipping them to see how their relationship develops. Their journey includes fake dating, meddlesome family, and lots of laughs.
We are luck enough to get not one, but TWO romance storylines and couples to root for in this story. Jane's best friend and fellow medical professional, Charlotte, gets her own HEA as well! This book has some great commentary on what family means, and includes storylines of found family, re-kindling old relationships, and healing from loss.
CW: family abandonment, sexual assault
The Family You Make sucks you right in from the first chapter, where Levi and Jane get stuck in a gondola lift together. At first, you'll keep flipping pages to see how they'll get themselves out of the terrifying predicament, but then you'll be flipping them to see how their relationship develops. Their journey includes fake dating, meddlesome family, and lots of laughs.
We are luck enough to get not one, but TWO romance storylines and couples to root for in this story. Jane's best friend and fellow medical professional, Charlotte, gets her own HEA as well! This book has some great commentary on what family means, and includes storylines of found family, re-kindling old relationships, and healing from loss.
CW: family abandonment, sexual assault
The Mistletoe Motive by Chloe Liese
5.0
ALLLLL the stars for The Mistletoe Motive! Gosh, Chloe is just such a tremendous writer. The way she describes things is sublime, and she is the master of slow burns with high payoffs.
Gabriella and Jonathan are the enemies-to-lovers, grump/sunshine, workplace romance couple of your dreams. Gabby's the creative, idealistic dreamer and Jonathan is the cold, calculating businessman. When they are tasked with saving their beloved, but failing bookstore before Christmas, they predictably clash. But over time, they get to know each other and see the true people behind their grump and sunshine personalities, which leads to an attraction as strong as it is unexpected.
I really appreciated the autism, type 1 diabetes, and demisexual representations. They were included in the storyline without being a main focus, which I always feel helps to normalize these different conditions.
This book is the perfect read for a snowy afternoon, sitting by a blazing fire, sipping on hot cocoa. It's on the shorter side, somewhere between a novella and a novel, so curl up and get reading!
Gabriella and Jonathan are the enemies-to-lovers, grump/sunshine, workplace romance couple of your dreams. Gabby's the creative, idealistic dreamer and Jonathan is the cold, calculating businessman. When they are tasked with saving their beloved, but failing bookstore before Christmas, they predictably clash. But over time, they get to know each other and see the true people behind their grump and sunshine personalities, which leads to an attraction as strong as it is unexpected.
I really appreciated the autism, type 1 diabetes, and demisexual representations. They were included in the storyline without being a main focus, which I always feel helps to normalize these different conditions.
This book is the perfect read for a snowy afternoon, sitting by a blazing fire, sipping on hot cocoa. It's on the shorter side, somewhere between a novella and a novel, so curl up and get reading!
Fool's Gold by Jenny Bunting
4.0
Cameron is the town playboy and Annie is the good girl. Each of them has something to prove (Cam that he can be serious & Annie that she’s over her loser ex) and they wind up fake dating…which, of course, leads to real dating. I loved how absolutely gone Cam was for Annie!