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Make the Season Bright

By: Ashley Herring Blake
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Summary
 A brand new queer holiday romance from the author of Delilah Green Doesn't Care - perfect for fans of Alexandria Bellefleur, Casey McQuiston and Rosie Danan.

It's been five years since Charlotte Donovan was ditched at the altar by her ex-fiancée, and she's doing more than okay. Sure, her single mother never checks in, but she has her strings ensemble, the Rosalind Quartet, and her life in New York is a dream come true. As the holidays draw near, her ensemble mate Sloane persuades Charlotte and the rest of the quartet to spend Christmas with her family in Colorado - it is much cozier and quieter than Manhattan, and it would guarantee more practice time for the quartet's upcoming tour. But when Charlotte arrives, she discovers that Sloane's sister Adele also brought a friend home - and that friend is none other than her ex, Brighton.

All Brighton Fairbrook wanted was to have the holliest, jolliest Christmas - and try to forget that her band kicked her out. But instead, she's stuck pretending like she and her ex are strangers - which proves to be difficult when Sloane and Adele's mom signs them all up for a series of Christmas dating events. Charlotte and Brighton are soon entrenched in horseback riding and cookie decorating, but Charlotte still won't talk to her. Brighton can hardly blame her after what she did.

After a few days, however, things start to slip through. Memories. Music. The way they used to play together - Brighton on guitar, Charlotte on her violin - and it all feels painfully familiar. But it's all in the past and nothing can melt the ice in their hearts . . . right?

Why readers love Ashley Herring Blake . . .

'A hot, frothy romcom with a relatable heart beating at its centre' Talia Hibbert

'A truly exquisite romance . . . I'm wildly in love with this book' Rachel Lynn Solomon

'A swoon-worthy, laugh-out-loud romp of a romance' Kosoko Jackson

'Snappy banter and seriously scorching chemistry; you'll need a very cold shower after this read!' Lana Harper

'Charming and entertaining . . . Blake's masterful blend of sexual tension and growing affection will have readers swooning' Karelia Stetz-Waters

'Snarky, steamy, and swoony in equal measure, I never wanted this book to end' Meryl Wilsner©2024 Ashley Herring Blake Contemporary Romance New York Heartfelt Christmas Winter Single Parent
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I have read a few of AHB books and enjoyed them all. Not my favourite of her works it was still a great story. I did cringe a little at some of the spicy parts (which there wasn't much of tbf) but they just weren't really my style. Overall cute story and easy listen.

Lovely Story

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The book is a happily ever after and just feel good.

Really love this narrator writer combo.

Loved it

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I loved this book - I wish it was a series like Ashley's Delilah Green/Astrid Parker/Iris Kelly books as I devoured this within a couple of days, between other tasks. I couldn't get enough of the main characters their backstories, their friends. I laughed out loud at some of the one liners, and teared up at the heartbreak and lack of parental love. Definitely worth a listen!

Couldn't get enough!

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adored the wes & charlotte ‘fake-relationship’, showing how opening up to a true, handsome stranger is sometimes easier than to your own friends?

the non-stop not saying their full and complete thoughts drove me up a wall, i understand a miscommunication trope, but jesus.

a literal sapphic hallmark movie

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If you enjoyed Delilah Green Doesn’t Care you’ll probably enjoy Make the Season Bright too. Just don’t expect it to be as good as Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date.

Just okay

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