{"id":56675,"date":"2021-01-02T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=56675"},"modified":"2021-01-01T06:51:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T11:51:12","slug":"review-christmas-in-quincy-the-edens-0-5-by-devney-perry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=56675","title":{"rendered":"Review: Christmas in Quincy (The Edens, #0.5) by Devney Perry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is such a cute read! A fun, feisty and sexy enemies-to-lovers romance that left me with a huge smile on my face. This the prequel to the upcoming Edens<\/i>\u00a0<\/a>series, another small-town romance from the queen of small-town romance, and I loved it.<\/p>\n

Cleo Hillcrest is escaping her life to spend Christmas in the small town of Quincy, Montana. She just can\u2019t take another holiday with her smothering and overprotective father and her socialite step-mother, and she\u2019s excited to be hiding out in a beautiful inn in the quaint and quiet town. But her father has other ideas, and sends his security guy to Quincy to drag her back home. And not just any security guy, but beefy bodyguard, Austin.<\/p>\n

Cleo and Austin met years ago when her father hired him to protect her. Cleo didn\u2019t want a bodyguard, and it seemed like Austin didn\u2019t want to work with her either, and he was removed from her detail. But he\u2019s still been around, tormenting her with his very presence, and she wants nothing to do with him. She also has no intention of leaving her holiday retreat. So, what is a bodyguard to do, other than bunk down with her?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a great set-up and leads to lots of bickering, bantering, and fabulously snarky back-and-forth. But as they settle in together for Christmas, they relax around each other, they open up to each other, and suddenly everything starts to change.<\/p>\n

OMG, I love these two together! It\u2019s so much fun watching them constantly fight, knowing that there is so much more simmering beneath the surface. The story is written in dual POV so we know exactly what\u2019s going on with both of them, and I was so excited to watch how everything would begin to change with them. And when it does, it\u2019s sexy, swoony, and everything I was hoping for.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that I\u2019ve had you in my arms, I\u2019m not letting you go.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This novella is a great introduction to the small town of Quincy, Montana, and some of its inhabitants that I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll be reading about in the future. Rest assured it is a standalone that won\u2019t leave you hanging, Cleo and Austin\u2019s story is complete, and they are only holiday makers in town, but we get to meet a few other characters with the surname \u2018Eden\u2019, and I\u2019m really excited to learn their stories.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a quick read, but it\u2019s got the feeling of a full story with great characters, and a well-developed, believable romance. There\u2019s an epilogue which provides great closure for Cleo and Austin, and I finished this book with a huge smile on my face.<\/p>\n

4 stars!<\/p>\n

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The Edens<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Christmas in Quincy (#0.5)<\/strong>
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Indigo Ridge (#1) <\/strong>(Griffin & Winslow)
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Juniper Hill (#2) <\/strong>(Knox & Memphis)
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Garnet Flats (#3) <\/strong>(Talia & Foster)
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Jasper Vale (#4)<\/strong> (Eloise & Jasper)
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Crimson River (#5) <\/strong>(Lyla & Vance)
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Sable Peak (#6)<\/strong> (Mateo & Vera)
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\"\"The Edens:\u00a0 A Legacy Story <\/strong>(Harrison & Anne)
\nShort story about the Eden parents, can be read at any time
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Buy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0 | \u00a0Apple\u00a0 | \u00a0Nook\u00a0 | \u00a0Kobo\u00a0 |\u00a0 Paperback Review This is such a cute read! A fun, feisty and sexy enemies-to-lovers romance that left me with a huge smile on my face. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","yasr_overall_rating":4,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,25,36,9,29],"tags":[685,48,1221],"class_list":["post-56675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-enemies-to-lovers","category-friends-to-lovers","category-novella","category-romance","category-steamy","tag-devney-perry","tag-review","tag-the-edens"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Christmas-in-Quincy.jpg?fit=200%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gaNL-eK7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/55196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}