In a Holidaze

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Maelyn "Mae" Jones looks forward to spending Christmas every year in a rustic cabin with her parents' blended, chosen family. But when she makes a stupid decision one Christmas, fate gives her a way to correct it -- by repeating the holiday until she gets it right.

Mae has a life a lot like many twenty-somethings -- she's moved back in with her parents, has a job she hates, and is harboring a love she's been too scared to say anything about for years. One drunken night, she makes out with the guy's brother and regrets that it ever happened. Her wish to undo it and truly be happy comes in the form or re-living her Christmas holiday until she gets it right.

At first, Mae focuses on fixing the wrong issues; she wants to fix everyone's problems and not just her own. But once she learns to let go a little, she begins to go after what she really wants.

This is a binge-worthy romance that can be read in a day, and I almost (but not quite) got through it in 24 hours. Mae's story is relatable and her romance is both cute and sexy. The journey is a roller coaster ride filled with fizzy highs and heartwrenching lows.

Highly recommended for fans of lighter women's fiction or "chick lit," especially those who enjoy the holidays. Fans of Hallmark Christmas movies will eat this book up!

Christina Lauren is the pen name of co-authors Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. They write both YA and adult novels. Hobbs is a former school counselor who lives in Utah. Billings holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience and is a former researcher.

Publisher: Gallery Books

Length: 336 pages

Release Date: October 6, 2020

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