Genre: Contemporary / Romance / Chick Lit
Book Type: Physical
Author: Elin Hilderbrand
Pages: 256
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (October 14, 2014)
Book Description:
In bestseller Elin Hilderbrand’s first Christmas novel, a family gathers on Nantucket for a holiday filled with surprises.
Kelley Quinn is the owner of Nantucket’s Winter Street Inn and the proud father of four, all of them grown and living in varying states of disarray. Patrick, the eldest, is a hedge fund manager with a guilty conscience. Kevin, a bartender, is secretly sleeping with a French housekeeper named Isabelle. Ava, a school teacher, is finally dating the perfect guy but can’t get him to commit. And Bart, the youngest and only child of Kelley’s second marriage to Mitzi, has recently shocked everyone by joining the Marines.
As Christmas approaches, Kelley is looking forward to getting the family together for some quality time at the inn. But when he walks in on Mitzi kissing Santa Claus (or the guy who’s playing Santa at the inn’s annual party), utter chaos descends. With the three older children each reeling in their own dramas and Bart unreachable in Afghanistan, it might be up to Kelley’s ex-wife, nightly news anchor Margaret Quinn, to save Christmas at the Winter Street Inn.
Before the mulled cider is gone, the delightfully dysfunctional Quinn family will survive a love triangle, an unplanned pregnancy, a federal crime, a small house fire, many shots of whiskey, and endless rounds of Christmas caroling, in this heart-warming novel about coming home for the holidays.
Thoughts:
I’m glad my friend recommended these, or I’m not sure I would have read the others. This is the first of four books, and was a bit overwhelming with the amount of characters and chaos – HOWEVER – it laid the foundation for the following books, and I’ve read enough Elin Hilderbrand to know to stick with her. This was a bit like reading a Christmas Soap Opera, but overall I enjoyed it. I read this in December, and if you’re looking for a lighter holiday read / series – I’d recommend this. This was my least favorite of the series because it was a lot to keep track of, but they get better!!!
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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