I’m always amazed when an author writes a complete story with a beginning, middle, and end, within the confines of a short novella. In this case, 73 pages. It helps that our two main protagonists, Jamie and Marc, already know each other, but the fact that Ali Hazelwood write what felt like a complete story is pretty amazing- after all she did have to fill us in on their backstories, build tension, create conflict and resolve it!

Marc is Jamie’s best friend’s little brother. Jamie was essentially raised in their family and when Marc was born they had a special connection, until their teen years when they didn’t connect at all. Now, Jamie is a brand new pediatrician and Marc is a tech billionaire. They are both in their hometown for the holidays, Jamie to spend time with her father and Marc to watch his parents house while they are out of town. Jamie planned to avoid him but her father needs a pan big enough to fit their turkey and that pan is in the house Marc is watching. When she shows up at his door you feel the immediate tension and when she gets snowed in with him you know that the conflict and resolution is going to happen and it will happen that night. Ali Hazelwood did a great job telling their story and as I always do when a novella is written well… I want a full size novel!

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