{"id":48205,"date":"2019-11-30T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=48205"},"modified":"2019-11-30T23:14:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T04:14:29","slug":"release-all-wrapped-up-for-the-holidays-anthology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=48205","title":{"rendered":"Release & Review: All Wrapped Up for the Holidays Anthology"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s the season for gift giving!
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\nSix FREE standalone holiday short stories!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Grab your free copy today via Bookfunnel before it goes away!<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Available for only a limited time!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Cover designer: Sommer Stein, Perfect Pear Creative<\/p>\n

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The Merry Mistake <\/em><\/strong>by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Note to self: Ask Santa for glasses this year. When I accidentally mistook a gorgeous man resting outside my building for a homeless person in need of lunch, we got into it. I\u2019d only been trying to do a good deed around the holidays, but he called me righteous. I called him something far worse. If only I didn\u2019t have to see him again. But fate had other plans.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vi and Pene can do no wrong, and they\u2019ve managed to deliver a brand new, fantastically fun little romance in only a few short chapters!<\/p>\n

Piper and Mason don\u2019t get off to the best start when she mistakes him for a homeless man outside of her apartment and he takes great offence.\u00a0 They both leave the encounter with a bad taste in their mouths, but it\u2019s seriously funny.\u00a0 Surprise, surprise, they run into each other again only a few weeks later and end up talking, and things are a bit different the second time around.<\/p>\n

Featuring a surprising amount of depth, this little romance is a really great read with fantastic characters, great banter and chemistry, and a sweet love story, and I loved it!<\/p>\n

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Finding Perfect<\/em><\/strong> by Colleen Hoover<\/strong><\/h4>\n

A short story that brings back several of Colleen\u2019s most beloved characters. Told from the point of view of Daniel from Finding Cinderella<\/em>, readers will finally get the story they\u2019ve been begging for more of. For the best reading experience, make sure you\u2019ve read all three books that come together to make up this heartwarming and fun Holiday short story; Finding Cinderella<\/a>, Hopeless<\/a><\/em> and All Your Perfects<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Review<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh, I loved this story!\u00a0 Finding Cinderella<\/a>\u00a0is still a favourite read of mine, and this book hooks us back up with Daniel and Six, providing us with incredible closure for this fantastic couple.<\/p>\n

The novella is written entirely from Daniel\u2019s POV, and I was thrilled to see him and Six still going strong, but also still struggling with all they\u2019ve been through.\u00a0 Daniel will do anything for his girl, and he manages to pull off the almost impossible to help her heal.<\/p>\n

It’s romantic, beautiful, and so, so emotional.\u00a0 I admit I shed a few tears in this one.\u00a0 We get to see the rest of the Hopeless<\/a> crew and, tying into Colleen\u2019s standalone, All Your Perfects<\/a>, it\u2019s the story I didn\u2019t even know I wanted and I absolutely loved it!<\/p>\n

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A Rock Chick Christmas <\/em><\/strong>by Kristen Ashley<\/strong><\/h4>\n

What’s Christmas with the Starks like? Get a peek into the Rock Chick world and how Luke (Rock Chick Revenge<\/a>) copes with Ava going Christmas gaga and just what he will, and won’t, do for his girls during the holidays.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a great little bonus for Rock Chick fans featuring series favourites, Luke and Ava from Rock Chick Revenge<\/a>.\u00a0 It’s also the first story in this collection that I jumped to, so excited was I.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Christmas, and Luke is commiserating with the rest of the Hot Bunch over their holiday-mad women.\u00a0 Luke is a manly man and doesn\u2019t go down for all of the party planning, but he adores his wife and children and he has his own ways of showing that.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo not drag me with you because you think I\u2019m missing something and you\u2019re hell-bent to give it to me.\u00a0 I\u2019m not.\u00a0 I come home to my wife and girls every night.\u00a0 You\u2019re with me, I got all I need until I die.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Funny and cute with a little bit of steam, I loved catching up with these two!<\/p>\n

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Just Say When<\/em><\/strong> by Jill Shalvis<\/strong><\/h4>\n

When the one you want \u2026<\/p>\n

Is the one you can\u2019t seem to have\u2026<\/p>\n

Can love conquer all?<\/p>\n

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The Pact <\/em><\/strong>by Elle Kennedy<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Thanks to my hectic schedule as a pro hockey player, my girl and I are spending more time apart than together. Luckily, I have a solution — a romantic New
\nYear\u2019s Eve getaway in the mountains, just me and Grace and plenty of sexy times. Except this blizzard has other ideas…<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a fun and sexy little quickie featuring Logan and Grace from The Mistake (Off Campus series, #2)<\/a>.\u00a0 Logan is now in the NHL and he and Grace are still blissfully happy together, but having trouble finding time to connect.\u00a0 When Logan plans a romantic weekend away for New Year\u2019s, he didn\u2019t factor a blizzard into their trip.\u00a0 But fun can still be had in the back seat of a car in the middle of a snowstorm!<\/p>\n

I loved catching up with these two, and seeing them happy, living their lives and figuring out their future together.<\/p>\n

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The Package<\/em><\/strong> by K. Bromberg<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Christmas week can\u2019t get any worse for Jules Jilliland. Dumped by her boyfriend, rear-ended on the freeway, and fired from her job, she finds herself stuck in an elevator with a handsome stranger. When their packages are accidentally swapped, will it end up being a misfortunate accident that suddenly brightens her
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Check out our Author Spotlights for more great reads from some of our fave authors!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Colleen Hoover<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Kristen Ashley<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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