Cruel Winter with You by Ali Hazelwood [Review]

Cruel Winter with You (Under the Mistletoe #1) by Ali Hazelwood
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: December 23, 2024

Under the Mistletoe
1. Cruel Winter with You - Kindle
2. Merry Ever After
3. All By My Elf
4. Merriment and Mayhem
5. Only Santas in the Building

Ali Hazelwood
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

All newly minted pediatrician Jamie Malek wants is to borrow a roasting pan for Christmas dinner. Unfortunately, that requires her to interact with Marc—her best friend’s troublemaking brother, who’s now a tech billionaire. He’s the one who got away. She’s the one who broke his heart. Outside, a howling blizzard. Inside, a crackling fire. Suddenly, being snowbound with the man she never expected to see again might not be such a bad way to spend a winter’s night.

Thoughts on Cruel Winter with You: A journey to her childhood neighbor's home for a copper roasting pan gives Jamie...well, I want to say it gives her the chance to set things right, but Jamie's deep enough in her own head that she doesn't think things CAN be put right. So she grudgingly heads over to Marc's house to get the pan with absolutely zero plans for anything more than that.

Unfortunately for her plans, a wicked storm keeps her at Marc's house and gives them a chance to hash things out. Let's just say that Marc has feelings he's not afraid to share and Jamie is practically drowning in feelings of inadequacy. It takes some time and a little straight shooting before these two are in the same place mentally.

A wintery night, a blackout, a little game of Truth or Drink, a man who is very sure of what he wants, and a lady who needs a little nudge to get herself out of her head. Good stuff!