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Merry Christmas
283 pages
A high-angst, trope-heavy holiday romance where forgotten memories and a secret child pave the way to a passionate second chance.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like wrapping yourself in the comforting, high-stakes melodrama of a classic vintage romance. It moves at a brisk, breathless pace, plunging the reader straight into a web of beloved tropes from tragic amnesia and secret babies to maternal sacrifice and holiday reunions. The mood is heavily nostalgic and emotionally charged, steeped in the yearning of a woman who gave up everything and a man chasing the ghost of a forgotten love. The prose is earnest and intensely focused on the characters internal angst, amplifying every stolen glance and simmering tension. It is a perfect, cozy escape for readers who delight in the sweeping, unapologetic passion and guaranteed happily-ever-afters of old-school category romance.
- Mood
- yearning
- emotionally charged
- wintry
- nostalgic
- Tone
- earnest
- melodramatic
- passionate
- angsty
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- second chances · maternal sacrifice · forgotten memories · found family · holiday miracles
- The writing
- Emotionally heightened and breathless, leaning into the intense internal monologues and dramatic tension characteristic of vintage category romance.
- The arc
- Moves from the heavy burden of past heartbreak and guarded secrets to the overwhelming warmth of a reunited family.
- Who it's for
- Readers who devour classic, high-drama romance tropes like secret babies and amnesia, wrapped in a festive, emotional package.
Content notes
- teen pregnancy (past)
- adoption relinquishment
- off-page death of a sibling
- amnesia
About the book
A daughter she doesn't know and the lover who doesn't know her!
As a pregnant teenager, Meredith Palmer had been devastated to discover from Nick Hamilton's sister that he'd had an accident and had no memory of their golden summer romance. Bereft, Meredith had brokenly accepted Denise's offer to adopt Kimberly. But now, twelve years later, Denise is dead and Nick has become the girl's guardian.
Kimberly's eagerness to meet her real mother has brought Nick to Meredith's doorstep this Christmas. He can't remember having seen this intensely alluring woman before, but there is something about her...some tantalizing glimmer of a dream, a memory...that he must pursue.
Description from Open Library.
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