I adored this fast paced, steamy, holiday romance. If it had been a weekend day, or during a break from school, it would have been devoured in one day. As it was I might have sneaked in finishing it at my desk on the Friday before our Thanksgiving break at school. Like the little image above, I do really wish I could get my own Nick for Christmas. I mean, he was perfection. And the way the author told the story, I almost wondered for a bit if he was supposed to be THE Nick we all think about for the holidays. Especially when he kept saying things but being cagey about who his family was.

I had a tiny bit of irritation with how Holliday kept pushing Nick away, even as I understood it based on what she’d dealt with her ex-husband. But oh my gosh was Nick really just perfect. While the story itself took place during the holiday season, we got a quick look back at when Holliday and her kids had first moved in and what the interactions between her and her new hot firefighter neighbor since that time. I loved how all of it, included one of the very first interactions, led up to a perfect connection between the two. This book made me smile, laugh, swoon, and fan myself at several points. The perfect holiday read that I needed this year!