The Mistletoe Bet by Maren Moore

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I was hooked before the book even started and this is why “𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐲 𝐇𝐨 𝐇𝐨 𝐇𝐨’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐗𝐎, 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚.”⁠

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I love me a good corny Hallmark movie but I hate that there isn’t any spice! There’s always one kiss and it happens at the end of the movie right before the credits roll. This book has LOTS of spice and I loved every bit of it.⁠

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When Quinn is forced to spend the holidays at home with her family in Strawberry Hollow, she has no idea how she’s going to survive the week, let alone make it through her least favorite holiday…Christmas. That is until she runs into her childhood crush, and her brother’s best friend, Parker Grant. He bets her that in the next seven days he can change her mind about Christmas.⁠

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“𝐎𝐡, 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞.”⁠

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Let’s start out with Parker, the charming playboy, handsome doctor and the most sought-after bachelor in Strawberry Hollow. Everything that came out of his mouth had me blushing! He cares about Quinn so much and has their whole lives.⁠

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Quinn, I could really relate to her, she’s a curvy girl and is very self-conscious about her body but Parker loves her body and boy does he show her how much! She really let her guards down with him. They’re so cute together, I loved their banter and their heartwarming happily ever after!⁠

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“𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭. 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐞?”⁠

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I was looking for a cute holiday book to read over thanksgiving book and I got just that! I didn’t realize it was a novella but it was cute, quick and just like a hallmark movie but with lots of spice that I thoroughly enjoyed. If you’re looking for a short holiday read than you’ll want to add this to your TBR!