The Plight Before Christmas by Kate Stewart

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Whitney can’t catch a break, one bad thing after another but she’s hoping to have a nice Christmas with her family at the cabin. But of course her bad luck continues when her brother walks through the door and behind him is her college ex-boyfriend who shattered her heart, Eli.

“𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐞 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬.”

This book doesn’t just surround Whitney and Eli. The cabin is filled with her family who I fell in love with! Her parents, her brother and his wife, her sister and her husband and of course her adorable nieces and nephews. Three couples that all seem perfect at the beginning but you soon find out all have their issues as do all couples, I loved hearing their stories and watching them become better couples.

“𝐅𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭, 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧.”

Like any romantic comedy you first start out with the couple hating each other which was almost the case here, Whitney wants nothing to do with Eli but he came here on a mission to win her back. Slowly you get to learn what happened during their college relationship, sometimes steamy and sometimes heartbreaking. You'll love their ups and downs over the holiday but in the end finally understanding each other and why they couldn’t work out in college.

“𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫.”

This book surprised me by how much I loved it! I fell in love with every single character and the ending blew me away! This book made me laugh, swoon, cry and smile. I recommend this book with all my heart! First skip to the end make some snowman soup, grab a blanket and read this in front of the fireplace!