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Snowed in with the reluctant tycoon
The spirit of Christmas…
Justin Hammond might be heir to a family business that thrives on Christmas, but for him the festive season holds only bad memories. Being drafted to make some tough financial decisions should be straightforward—until he meets feisty executive Carli Tynan.
With her zest for Christmas and determination to save her favorite Hammond’s store, Carli vows to remind brooding Justin of the holiday’s magic—starting with a kiss in the snow! Can Carli show this reluctant tycoon just how special Christmas can be?
Justin Hammond might be heir to a family business that thrives on Christmas, but for him the festive season holds only bad memories. Being drafted to make some tough financial decisions should be straightforward—until he meets feisty executive Carli Tynan.
With her zest for Christmas and determination to save her favorite Hammond’s store, Carli vows to remind brooding Justin of the holiday’s magic—starting with a kiss in the snow! Can Carli show this reluctant tycoon just how special Christmas can be?
256 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 1, 2017
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Nina Singh
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December 29, 2017
This is the second book in The Men Who Make Christmas series and although I didn’t read the first one (although it is on my list now) I loved it the setting, Christmas time lots of snow and lots of feel good emotions. Of course both our hero and heroine have a few things to overcome to get to their HEA and what a well-deserved one.
Carli Tynan comes from a big family all girls and it is a loving family but Carli is the middle child and has always felt a bit left out not that she isn’t loved but when she has a boyfriend that ends up with someone else feelings are hurt but Carli has moved on and is working hard for Hammond Toys and it is Christmas time Carli’s favourite time of the year. So when Justin Hammond arrives to look at the companies figures the sparks fly between them and a few misunderstandings add to that spark.
Justin Hammond has had a hard childhood after his parents spilt he lived with his mother and his brother James with their father, and close they are not but he is back in his hometown and childhood home at Christmas time of all times, the time of the year he dislikes most for good reasons, then he meets Carli and things start to change for Justin and there is a warmth spreading throughout him and when they get stuck in a snowstorm together the heat gets hotter.
Truly this is a beautiful story Carli and Justin are both beautiful gorgeous people even if Justin is a little reluctant at first but then Carli is unsure if she wants more from Justin as well, I highly recommend this one, MS Singh has written a story that ticks all of the boxes for a true romance that is sure to warm your heart and leave you smiling, thank you for a fabulous story.
Carli Tynan comes from a big family all girls and it is a loving family but Carli is the middle child and has always felt a bit left out not that she isn’t loved but when she has a boyfriend that ends up with someone else feelings are hurt but Carli has moved on and is working hard for Hammond Toys and it is Christmas time Carli’s favourite time of the year. So when Justin Hammond arrives to look at the companies figures the sparks fly between them and a few misunderstandings add to that spark.
Justin Hammond has had a hard childhood after his parents spilt he lived with his mother and his brother James with their father, and close they are not but he is back in his hometown and childhood home at Christmas time of all times, the time of the year he dislikes most for good reasons, then he meets Carli and things start to change for Justin and there is a warmth spreading throughout him and when they get stuck in a snowstorm together the heat gets hotter.
Truly this is a beautiful story Carli and Justin are both beautiful gorgeous people even if Justin is a little reluctant at first but then Carli is unsure if she wants more from Justin as well, I highly recommend this one, MS Singh has written a story that ticks all of the boxes for a true romance that is sure to warm your heart and leave you smiling, thank you for a fabulous story.
May 4, 2023
I very rarely write reviews and I very rarely mark books as two stars, because if I don't enjoy it, I don't finish it. However this book as atmospheric and easy to read, even if wholly disappointing. The premise was simple, something I was sold on by just the title alone. And this being my second one of these kinds of books, I was very openminded, especially because the first one I read was five stars. However, that was to change eventually.
First off, the premise started from the title was only utilized for one chapter. The whole "forced to be together" thing is overplayed, but I was expecting it based off the title. Hell, it's what I wanted. Pages upon pages, chapters upon chapters of the two of them, alone in a place of some sorts with no one else. I did not get that. Instead, over 75% of the way there, there is a singular chapter where the weather is bad and she has to stay at the bed and breakfast he's at, before the main plot can get into going.
And, what do you ask is the main plot? Carli and Justin having to go to Carli's hometown in order to decide if the toy store there is worth saving. It's a decent plot, with all of the predictable actions you can expect from it. But it takes away from what the title offered, almost as if Nina had the title before any plotting was done. I would have personally called this "Heading Home with the Reluctant Tycoon", but that's just me.
The characters are fine. Carli is your business savvy person who's left home because of relationship strife and is making it do in the big city at her big city corporate job. She's the middle of five siblings who live in this wonderful wintertime town from every hallmark movie ever. And Justin is actually a really good character, being the CEO's son who is competent and capable, not being a relentless fuckboy like I would expect. They're nice people. Good, realized characters. I just wished we saw more of the extended characters, like Carli's siblings, as she was home for the holidays for the first time in a while.
Though, all of this was predictable and what you would read for a nice time, I was left disappointed by the fact that I expected smut. I grab a mass market paperback romance book, styled in the same way the others are, and they don't screw. It's titled "Snowed In With the Reluctant Tycoon" and they don't sleep together?! Thoroughly missed opportunity, as it is a Harlequin Romance book. Maybe this line doesn't have smut, as I'm fairly new to the genre, but it's weird.
Other complaints are the fact that this is a contemporary from 2017 and there is like no mention of most modern technology? Sure, you may not be able to name drop things (or it isn't really classy), but this feels timeless in a boring way. Maybe that's because the target audience these are for don't use those often? Also, I would be fucking livid if my sister was engaged/with my ex-boyfriend who cheated on me with her and the rest of the family was just okay with it. I also wouldn't have wanted to go back into town.
Things that would've made this better? Making Carli explicitly plus sized, since she's described as curvy. The woman on my front cover isn't curvy at all, and it's shorthand for making her have an attractive figure, I know, but it would've been refreshing to have some diversity in this story, even if it's only regarding the size of the character, since most of these characters are milquetoast, cishet white people.
I don't hate this book. It was enjoyable at times, but with its predictability and failure to achieve the premise in a satisfying manner, I'm giving it two stars.
First off, the premise started from the title was only utilized for one chapter. The whole "forced to be together" thing is overplayed, but I was expecting it based off the title. Hell, it's what I wanted. Pages upon pages, chapters upon chapters of the two of them, alone in a place of some sorts with no one else. I did not get that. Instead, over 75% of the way there, there is a singular chapter where the weather is bad and she has to stay at the bed and breakfast he's at, before the main plot can get into going.
And, what do you ask is the main plot? Carli and Justin having to go to Carli's hometown in order to decide if the toy store there is worth saving. It's a decent plot, with all of the predictable actions you can expect from it. But it takes away from what the title offered, almost as if Nina had the title before any plotting was done. I would have personally called this "Heading Home with the Reluctant Tycoon", but that's just me.
The characters are fine. Carli is your business savvy person who's left home because of relationship strife and is making it do in the big city at her big city corporate job. She's the middle of five siblings who live in this wonderful wintertime town from every hallmark movie ever. And Justin is actually a really good character, being the CEO's son who is competent and capable, not being a relentless fuckboy like I would expect. They're nice people. Good, realized characters. I just wished we saw more of the extended characters, like Carli's siblings, as she was home for the holidays for the first time in a while.
Though, all of this was predictable and what you would read for a nice time, I was left disappointed by the fact that I expected smut. I grab a mass market paperback romance book, styled in the same way the others are, and they don't screw. It's titled "Snowed In With the Reluctant Tycoon" and they don't sleep together?! Thoroughly missed opportunity, as it is a Harlequin Romance book. Maybe this line doesn't have smut, as I'm fairly new to the genre, but it's weird.
Other complaints are the fact that this is a contemporary from 2017 and there is like no mention of most modern technology? Sure, you may not be able to name drop things (or it isn't really classy), but this feels timeless in a boring way. Maybe that's because the target audience these are for don't use those often? Also, I would be fucking livid if my sister was engaged/with my ex-boyfriend who cheated on me with her and the rest of the family was just okay with it. I also wouldn't have wanted to go back into town.
Things that would've made this better? Making Carli explicitly plus sized, since she's described as curvy. The woman on my front cover isn't curvy at all, and it's shorthand for making her have an attractive figure, I know, but it would've been refreshing to have some diversity in this story, even if it's only regarding the size of the character, since most of these characters are milquetoast, cishet white people.
I don't hate this book. It was enjoyable at times, but with its predictability and failure to achieve the premise in a satisfying manner, I'm giving it two stars.
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December 28, 2017
4 1/2 STARS!
A holiday to remember! With the second book starring the family surrounding Hammond's Toy Store, Nina Singh brings us Justin's story. We met his brother and learned a bit about their childhood trauma in the first book in this duet, but in this one we get to hear Justin's take on it. The characters are really fun to get to know and the plot of the story is heartwarming. We get to see more of the past settled for the family in general, but the one surprising thing to me was that we didn't get to see the brother's meet up and reconnect as part of either book ... that was disappointing, but overall the story was really easy to connect with and very enjoyable ... and the future tidbits we got to see in the epilogue was sweet!
Justin Hammond finds himself being finagled by his long lost father into getting his foot into the family business, Hammond's Toy Store by doing some consulting. When he suggests closing a severely underperforming store in the company fold, he finds himself meeting resistance in an unlikely place!
Project Manager Carli Tynan has been thriving working under his father, Jackson Hammond, and she dearly loves her job. When she hears the store in her hometown and the one she herself worked in as a teenager is under threat of being closed, she's heartbroken! She has to find a way to prove to Justin how meaningful that location is ... even if it means taking him along on a trip home to let him see it in action himself!
A holiday to remember! With the second book starring the family surrounding Hammond's Toy Store, Nina Singh brings us Justin's story. We met his brother and learned a bit about their childhood trauma in the first book in this duet, but in this one we get to hear Justin's take on it. The characters are really fun to get to know and the plot of the story is heartwarming. We get to see more of the past settled for the family in general, but the one surprising thing to me was that we didn't get to see the brother's meet up and reconnect as part of either book ... that was disappointing, but overall the story was really easy to connect with and very enjoyable ... and the future tidbits we got to see in the epilogue was sweet!
Justin Hammond finds himself being finagled by his long lost father into getting his foot into the family business, Hammond's Toy Store by doing some consulting. When he suggests closing a severely underperforming store in the company fold, he finds himself meeting resistance in an unlikely place!
Project Manager Carli Tynan has been thriving working under his father, Jackson Hammond, and she dearly loves her job. When she hears the store in her hometown and the one she herself worked in as a teenager is under threat of being closed, she's heartbroken! She has to find a way to prove to Justin how meaningful that location is ... even if it means taking him along on a trip home to let him see it in action himself!
January 4, 2019
I really enjoyed this book. I wasn't sure I would like the Hero at the start but really grew to understand and love both characters. The book was beautifully written and is a great Christmas read - lots of festive references, so lovely to read at Christmastime to get in the spirit!
My only slight negative point is that the title of the book is a bit misleading - I expected it to be a classic "snowed-in" novel, with the Hero and Heroine being throw together for an extended time, but in fact they were only snowed-in for one night!! It doesn't really matter though and certainly doesn't take anything away from how good the book is, it is just a bit of an odd title! Anyway, I would recommend this for some cosy winter reading and look forward to reading more books by Nina Singh.
My only slight negative point is that the title of the book is a bit misleading - I expected it to be a classic "snowed-in" novel, with the Hero and Heroine being throw together for an extended time, but in fact they were only snowed-in for one night!! It doesn't really matter though and certainly doesn't take anything away from how good the book is, it is just a bit of an odd title! Anyway, I would recommend this for some cosy winter reading and look forward to reading more books by Nina Singh.
February 7, 2018
Very good I loved this story,
Justin Hammond might be heir to a family business that thrives on Christmas, but for him the festive season holds only bad memories. Being drafted to make some tough financial decisions should be straightforward—until he meets feisty executive Carli Tynan.
With her zest for Christmas and determination to save her favorite Hammond’s store, Carli vows to remind brooding Justin of the holiday’s magic—starting with a kiss in the snow! Can Carli show this reluctant tycoon just how special Christmas can be?
Justin Hammond might be heir to a family business that thrives on Christmas, but for him the festive season holds only bad memories. Being drafted to make some tough financial decisions should be straightforward—until he meets feisty executive Carli Tynan.
With her zest for Christmas and determination to save her favorite Hammond’s store, Carli vows to remind brooding Justin of the holiday’s magic—starting with a kiss in the snow! Can Carli show this reluctant tycoon just how special Christmas can be?
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July 18, 2018Emotional but always grounded in the characters, both of whom were quite down-to-earth. I really enjoyed the family scenes in particular. Also, it was enjoyably Christmas-y, even if the "snowed in" part was fairly brief (it's my favorite trope, I was impatient for it!).
October 28, 2018
Very good story
January 5, 2021
A fun little Christmas romance.
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December 2, 2017Miniseries: The Men Who Make Christmas
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