Sean O'Riley is stressed out because he's his brother
Finn's best man, and a wedding is a scary thing, indeed.
Finn and his bride to be Pru booked the Hartford Bed &
Breakfast for the bachelor and bachelorette parties, while
the wedding itself will take place nearby in Napa Valley in
two days' time. But Sean is stunned speechless when he sees
Lotti Hartford manning the reception desk. Ten years ago,
Sean messed up when Lotti told him she loved him, and he
didn't reply. With everything that had happened in his
life, Sean just couldn't commit to anything. They were both
sixteen, and he was irresponsible and wild, and sadly, Lotti
moved away and they drifted apart. But now, how can she not
recognize him? Or is she purposely pretending not to? But
the weather has gotten worse, it's raining cats and dogs,
and the wedding party is stuck at the B&B. Can Sean make up
for the time lost?
What a treat: a Jill Shalvis novella for the Holidays!
HOLIDAY WISHES has our favorite characters from the
author's Heartbreaker Bay series, and for those who
haven't read those books, no worry, this novella stands
perfectly on its own, but better yet, in those few pages,
Ms. Shalvis gives us Lotti and Sean's complete backstories
and I felt I knew them, then and now. What was very nice is
that I really got the feeling that Sean had changed, that he
had matured; it was not just being told he had, and I
believed in their making things right the second time
around. HOLIDAY WISHES is sweet, sexy, and bittersweet at
times, and it was very well done, because even though it's
a short read, it has everything you expect from Ms. Shalvis:
hilarious and snarky dialogues; Peaches, Lotti's pet
parrot; a little Christmas ambiance, as the story takes
place two weeks before the Holidays; family and friends; and
a happy ending that was not rushed, but felt just right. And
there's even a bonus excerpt of the next Heartbreaker
Bay novel! Would Christmas feel the same without a
Jill Shalvis book? I don't think so!
When Sean O’Riley shows up at the Hartford Bed &
Breakfast for his older brother’s bachelor weekend, he’s
just hoping to make it through the weekend. What he’s not
expecting is to come face to face with the woman he lost his
virginity to a decade ago—a woman he’s never really forgotten.
The last time Lotti Hartford saw Sean, she told him she
loved him while he said nothing. Now, ten years later, she’s
just looking for a good time. For once, she wants to be the
wild and free one, and Sean – the good time guy – is the
perfect candidate.
But as the weekend continues, Sean realizes that after a
lifetime of being the hook-up king, he’s ready to find
happily-ever-after, and he wants it with Lotti. But will she
open her heart to him again? As Christmas sweeps through the
little B&B, he can only hope love and magic are in the air.
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