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Snow Kissed by RaeAnne Thayne Published by Harlequin Enterprises ULC on October 7, 2025
Genres: Fiction / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, Fiction / Family Life / Siblings, Fiction / Friendship, Fiction / Holidays, Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / Holiday, Fiction / Small Town & Rural, Fiction / Women
Pages: 320
Format: ARC, eBook
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"RaeAnne Thayne will capture your heart with her beautiful, touching stories." --Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Virgin River series
'Tis the season for a little white lie...
Christmas has always been single mom Holly Goodwin Moore's favorite time of year. The twinkly lights on the tree, the cookies in the oven, the snow on the ground. But she's just not feeling it this year. The wedding in her ex's family is almost here, her daughter, Lydia, is bursting at the seams to be a flower girl...and Holly couldn't be dreading it more. She told a little white lie about having a new boyfriend as her plus-one, hoping to save face. She needs a date for the wedding...and she needs it now.
Ryan Caldwell wants to be free this holiday season. So even he isn't sure how he landed in Shelter Springs, looking after his niece, Audrey, with his estranged father down the road. But when he meets Holly, she makes him want to belong for the very first time. So they make a deal: he'll be her date if she'll help him give Audrey a true Christmas to remember while her mom is away.
More heartwarming stories by RaeAnne Thayne:
- The Lost Book Of First Loves
- The December Market
- 15 Summers Later
- Christmas at the Shelter Inn
- The Café at Beach End
Snow Kissed gives you all the good vibes that just surrounds you like a warm hug. ~ Amanda – Simply Love Books
Snow Kissed is a heartwarming story that will pull you into the holiday spirit of love and family. Holly Moore isn’t feeling the holiday spirit with so much work to do as a florist. She’s doing the flowers for her ex-sister-in-law and her special needs daughter Lydia is in the wedding. Having to attend the wedding isn’t something she wants to do but she will because of her daughter. Enter Ryan Caldwell who is here in Shelter Springs to take care of his niece Audrey while her mom is in rehab. Audrey babysits Lydia and has been staying with Holly until Uncle Ryan showed up. Things get very interesting when they agree to a deal of helping each other out. I love it when the unexpected love story happens because both of them weren’t looking for love but it found them anyway. Snow Kissed gives you all the good vibes that just surrounds you like a warm hug. The story deals with lots of issues from being honorable and doing the right thing and not the easy thing, and forgiveness and letting go of the hurt of past resentments. Both Ryan and Holly are dealing with their family’s issues and the author deals with them nicely and not in a rushed manner. Also, you get some old characters popping in from her other stories. I loved Snow Kissed because it brings together all the best in a holiday story. Warmth, family, love and the holiday spirit makes Snow Kissed a great story for this holiday season.