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The Christmas Blanket
A Second Chance Holiday Romance
From bestselling author Kandi Steiner comes a cozy second-chance romance about love, loss, and adventure...
When I decided to surprise my family in Wellhaven, Vermont for Christmas, I never could have known that I'd get a surprise of my own -- in the form of an unexpected blizzard.
I haven't been home in four years, not since I left this town with my eyes set on adventure.
And my heart set on forgetting the only man I’ve ever loved.
River Jensen -- my ex-husband.
I don't plan on seeing him during my visit. I definitely don't plan on him saving me when my little rental car slides off the icy road. And the last thing I could have ever prepared for is being stuck in a tiny cabin with him, waiting out the storm.
Four years have passed since I've seen him -- the boy I loved, now a man I don't know at all.
But being stuck inside with him leaves us nothing but time together.
Everything about him has changed, and yet, he still has the same forest green eyes that have haunted me since I left. Back then, we were at an impasse. Back then, there was nothing left to talk about, nothing left to fix. Back then, the only choice I had was to leave and start anew.
But the more I re-discover the man I left behind, the more I question why I ever left at all.
And if I’m too late to find my way back home.
The Christmas Blanket is a stand-alone holiday novella set in a snowy small town in Vermont.
From bestselling author Kandi Steiner comes a cozy second-chance romance about love, loss, and adventure...
When I decided to surprise my family in Wellhaven, Vermont for Christmas, I never could have known that I'd get a surprise of my own -- in the form of an unexpected blizzard.
I haven't been home in four years, not since I left this town with my eyes set on adventure.
And my heart set on forgetting the only man I’ve ever loved.
River Jensen -- my ex-husband.
I don't plan on seeing him during my visit. I definitely don't plan on him saving me when my little rental car slides off the icy road. And the last thing I could have ever prepared for is being stuck in a tiny cabin with him, waiting out the storm.
Four years have passed since I've seen him -- the boy I loved, now a man I don't know at all.
But being stuck inside with him leaves us nothing but time together.
Everything about him has changed, and yet, he still has the same forest green eyes that have haunted me since I left. Back then, we were at an impasse. Back then, there was nothing left to talk about, nothing left to fix. Back then, the only choice I had was to leave and start anew.
But the more I re-discover the man I left behind, the more I question why I ever left at all.
And if I’m too late to find my way back home.
The Christmas Blanket is a stand-alone holiday novella set in a snowy small town in Vermont.
173 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 23, 2020
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About the author
Kandi Steiner
79 books14.8k followersKandi Steiner is a USA Today and #1 Amazon Bestselling Author living in Tennessee. Best known for writing “emotional rollercoaster” stories, she loves bringing flawed characters to life and writing about real, raw romance — in all its forms. No two Kandi Steiner books are the same, and if you’re a lover of angsty, emotional, and inspirational reads, she’s your gal.
An alumna of the University of Central Florida, Kandi graduated with a double major in Creative Writing and Advertising/PR with a minor in Women’s Studies. Her love for writing started at the ripe age of 10, and in 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her “freedom of press.”
She took particular interest in writing romance after college, as she has always been a hopeless romantic and found herself bursting at the seams with love stories she was eager to tell.
When Kandi isn’t writing, you can find her reading books of all kinds, planning her next adventure, or pole dancing (yes, you read that right). She enjoys live music, traveling, hiking, yoga, spending quality time with her family (fur babies included) and soaking up the sweetness of life.
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An alumna of the University of Central Florida, Kandi graduated with a double major in Creative Writing and Advertising/PR with a minor in Women’s Studies. Her love for writing started at the ripe age of 10, and in 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her “freedom of press.”
She took particular interest in writing romance after college, as she has always been a hopeless romantic and found herself bursting at the seams with love stories she was eager to tell.
When Kandi isn’t writing, you can find her reading books of all kinds, planning her next adventure, or pole dancing (yes, you read that right). She enjoys live music, traveling, hiking, yoga, spending quality time with her family (fur babies included) and soaking up the sweetness of life.
CONNECT WITH KANDI:
➜ NEWSLETTER: kandisteiner.com/newsletter
➜ FACEBOOK: facebook.com/kandisteiner
➜ FACEBOOK READER GROUP (Kandiland): facebook.com/groups/kandilandks
➜ INSTAGRAM: Instagram.com/kandisteiner
➜ TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@authorkandisteiner
➜ PINTEREST: pinterest.com/authorkandisteiner
➜ WEBSITE: www.kandisteiner.com
Kandi Steiner may be coming to a city near you! Check out her “events” tab to see all the signings she’s attending in the near future:
➜ www.kandisteiner.com/events
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November 5, 2020
4 stars
I love a feel good Christmas romance and a second chance romance. Kandi Steiner’s The Christmas Blanket was a perfect holiday feel good read.
Eliza is home for the holiday for the first time in years. She’s had wanderlust and traveled the world for the last few years, but she wanted to surprise her parents for Christmas. Sadly, she didn’t check the weather and gets stuck in a storm miles from their house. She’s rescued from none other than her ex-husband, River.
I loved River and Eliza and enjoyed the build up of finding why they’d gotten divorced and what they had done with that time apart. I loved their truth or dare game and the fact that they both realized they still belonged together… and of course seeing what they would do with that information!
The Christmas Blanket is a stand-alone novella and a must read for the holiday season! If you’re looking for a sweet and emotional story with just a bit of angst and one that will give you the best kind of warm and fuzzy feels, pick this up!
“I think I went looking for adventure, but what I didn’t realize was that I left the best one behind.”
I love a feel good Christmas romance and a second chance romance. Kandi Steiner’s The Christmas Blanket was a perfect holiday feel good read.
Eliza is home for the holiday for the first time in years. She’s had wanderlust and traveled the world for the last few years, but she wanted to surprise her parents for Christmas. Sadly, she didn’t check the weather and gets stuck in a storm miles from their house. She’s rescued from none other than her ex-husband, River.
I loved River and Eliza and enjoyed the build up of finding why they’d gotten divorced and what they had done with that time apart. I loved their truth or dare game and the fact that they both realized they still belonged together… and of course seeing what they would do with that information!
The Christmas Blanket is a stand-alone novella and a must read for the holiday season! If you’re looking for a sweet and emotional story with just a bit of angst and one that will give you the best kind of warm and fuzzy feels, pick this up!
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December 31, 2021
R A T I N G: 4.25 stars to The Christmas Blanket! ★★★★
God, those eyes. How they’d haunted me since the last time I saw them, watching me leave in my rearview mirror. They watched me the same way now — like I was all River had ever known, all he’d ever needed, and also the only thing to ever break him.
"But, take this blanket as a promise. This is my promise that I will work hard, all my life, to give you everything I can. I will do everything in my power to get you that house, to shower you in gifts, to make all your dreams come true.” He leaned in to press a kiss to my lips, long and slow. “And I will never stop fighting for us.”
Four years apart from her hometown, without an ounce of regret for choosing to dream, flying high and wide on the fuel of wanderlust and the zest of adventure, Eliza is finally down to earth on the soil that made her for a surprise visit in Vermont before she takes to the wind yet again, hoping to see a family she hasn't seen since she sped off into the horizon like a woman with something to see. Not even a respectable twenty four hours later does she happen upon the only man she ever loved. But her broody ex husband, an unsmiling man with a small cabin on the edge Wellhaven isn't best pleased to see the woman who left this town like leftovers on her plate. And just like that, mother nature's intervention becomes the cause of a second chance as history becomes a living thing between them.
There’s plenty to toast in the name of a Steiner romance, but if there's anything I can say about Kandi Steiner it's that she artfully writes more than just a romance, she writes a salt-of-the-earth love story native to the heart. I had so much curiosity about these two high school sweethearts who loved only each other as deeply as two people who shared their youth together could. I wondered if I'd feel the history and the strength of the past, and though this is packaged as a short-length novella, the author brilliantly laces in the emotional upheaval, the love lost and found, the very angst born from both and a tender intimacy that snowballs from the silence of an entire history shared, with little to do but face the hidden depths between them.
Once upon a time her life with River was all Eliza needed. They were once everything the other wanted. They were young, out of pocket with modest lodgings and I was especially pleased to have some of that history open to us with one chapter that throws back to their first Christmas as a married couple. I wanted to see who they were, how they were when things were hard - but good - in the throes of young love, such a comparison to the yards of distance and familiarity spread taut between them at this unwelcome reunion. They eventually came to a crossroads and had a relationship breakdown when Eliza wanted to journey the world and River dug his heels in the very earth where he wanted to stay.
In the present day and in the span of a two day unwanted stopover, Eliza and River have little choice but to face what pulled them apart and reminisce over times long gone. Some of my favourite tropes play into this; a second chance that’s really more of a love that never left but lost its way, and forced proximity in a small cabin without modern conveniences and nowhere to hide. I loved observing the transition from reluctant cabin dwellers to upturning the strangeness of braving something so foreign yet familiar. It was lonely, wondrous, tender, loving, intense, trimmed with nostalgia but always packed with estranged affinity and a love that I wanted to soar. I rooted for them, I believed in them and I knew they’d get there.
You’ll find no great turns (it didn’t take very long for me to accurately guess at River’s reason for letting Eliza go) but I wasn’t expecting that, I didn’t desire a grand twist. I also wasn’t expecting a hurting, healing hero who made my heart bawl. Apart from the fact that I like his indigenous-sounding name, I loved Steiner’s cabin man hero (and his canine companion because Moose brought some joy to the scene!). It made my heart break to think about the Christmases he must have spent alone. I wanted to know that he, at the very least, had Eliza’s parents as a support system, but as this isn’t a fully fleshed out read, I didn’t get that level of reassurance.
All I know is, if a man was made and materialised like River Jensen, and crossed that ethereal boundary from fictional to in-the-flesh, I’d wish upon my lucky stars for him to save me from a frigid blizzard just to share that loving - albeit remote - heart with me. It was just a joy to read The Christmas Blanket. Very early on into the story, I found myself instead wishing for River and Eliza to have had a full-length love story. I wanted to keep reading and I could have easily read about them for days longer. Apart from thinking that this needed an epilogue to give us a window into a new future together, to see where they’d settled or ventured to after that open-ended hint of adventure, I’m really without any real objections. It just was wonderful.
A beautiful message cocoons this romance where curiosity and wonder turned into something a young woman wanted with no exceptions: you can lose even those you love, you can lose them even if you loved them, you can love them still, and even though love might not feel like enough, it sometimes is. A passing visit turns into an eye-opening pit stop for Eliza in this snowed in Christmas novella where home really is where the River runs. A story that’ll resonate with lovers estranged. There’s some eggnog, a Christmas blanket, a cabin, a game of truth and dare, some tender history, nocturnal confessions and a hopeful second chance.
“I never stopped thinking of you,” I said softly. “I always wished you were with me, and all along, I knew that something was missing.” River swallowed, nose flaring as he turned another page. “I think I went looking for adventure, but what I didn’t realize was that I left the best one behind.”
C O N T E N T_W A R N I N G: Some swearing, mentions a battle with drugs/drug addiction. Detailed sex scene.
F A V O U R I T E_Q U O T E S!
It felt like only yesterday that I’d driven on this same road the opposite way, hightailing my ass out of this town and swearing I wouldn’t be back. I needed adventure. I needed to explore, to travel, to be free of the crushing reality of the small town I’d grown up in. I needed to be free of him.
My mom used to always quote Woody Allen. If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans. I thought I understood that when I was a little girl. I thought even more so when I was a young woman, a young wife. But now, thinking about the plans I’d made, the way those plans had fallen apart, the path life had led me on that I never would have imagined… I think I finally truly understood it. I must have been God’s favorite joke.
“Truth or dare?” I asked, voice cracking with the question. “Truth.” “Did you ever miss me, after I left?” He shook his head, the muscles of his jaw ticking, nose flaring, hands still pulling me in, closer, closer. “Only every day, Eliza,” he whispered, his brows bending together. “Every hour. Every minute. Every second you’ve been gone."
It was a kiss we’d shared a hundred times before. It was a kiss I’d never experienced, never even dreamed of, not until the moment his lips were on mine. It was years of love and passion. It was years of heartache and pain. It was everything I hated, everything I desired, everything I’d forgotten and everything I would always remember, too.
This is my husband, my heart screamed. This is the love of my life.
This is a stranger, my brain combatted. This is the man who let you go.'
“And I regret that mistake,” he said firmly, his feet carrying him toward me. I wanted to move. God, how I wanted to back away, but I was rooted in place. “I have every minute since the one where I lost you. But I loved you, Eliza,” River croaked when he was just inches from me. “I loved you. So I let you go.” His hands reached out, framing my face, his eyes searching mine as he shook his head like every word was the most horrible truth. “And damn it if I don’t love you still.”
I shook my head, looking at Beth. “I left him. Again.” A sniff. “I am so, so stupid.” “You’re not,” she insisted, squeezing my leg. “You were just lost, Eliza. And sometimes that can be easier than being found.”
“You are my adventure, River,” I whispered helplessly, two tears streaming simultaneously down each of my cheeks at the admission. “Just as much as you are my home.”
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God, those eyes. How they’d haunted me since the last time I saw them, watching me leave in my rearview mirror. They watched me the same way now — like I was all River had ever known, all he’d ever needed, and also the only thing to ever break him.
"But, take this blanket as a promise. This is my promise that I will work hard, all my life, to give you everything I can. I will do everything in my power to get you that house, to shower you in gifts, to make all your dreams come true.” He leaned in to press a kiss to my lips, long and slow. “And I will never stop fighting for us.”
Four years apart from her hometown, without an ounce of regret for choosing to dream, flying high and wide on the fuel of wanderlust and the zest of adventure, Eliza is finally down to earth on the soil that made her for a surprise visit in Vermont before she takes to the wind yet again, hoping to see a family she hasn't seen since she sped off into the horizon like a woman with something to see. Not even a respectable twenty four hours later does she happen upon the only man she ever loved. But her broody ex husband, an unsmiling man with a small cabin on the edge Wellhaven isn't best pleased to see the woman who left this town like leftovers on her plate. And just like that, mother nature's intervention becomes the cause of a second chance as history becomes a living thing between them.
There’s plenty to toast in the name of a Steiner romance, but if there's anything I can say about Kandi Steiner it's that she artfully writes more than just a romance, she writes a salt-of-the-earth love story native to the heart. I had so much curiosity about these two high school sweethearts who loved only each other as deeply as two people who shared their youth together could. I wondered if I'd feel the history and the strength of the past, and though this is packaged as a short-length novella, the author brilliantly laces in the emotional upheaval, the love lost and found, the very angst born from both and a tender intimacy that snowballs from the silence of an entire history shared, with little to do but face the hidden depths between them.
Once upon a time her life with River was all Eliza needed. They were once everything the other wanted. They were young, out of pocket with modest lodgings and I was especially pleased to have some of that history open to us with one chapter that throws back to their first Christmas as a married couple. I wanted to see who they were, how they were when things were hard - but good - in the throes of young love, such a comparison to the yards of distance and familiarity spread taut between them at this unwelcome reunion. They eventually came to a crossroads and had a relationship breakdown when Eliza wanted to journey the world and River dug his heels in the very earth where he wanted to stay.
In the present day and in the span of a two day unwanted stopover, Eliza and River have little choice but to face what pulled them apart and reminisce over times long gone. Some of my favourite tropes play into this; a second chance that’s really more of a love that never left but lost its way, and forced proximity in a small cabin without modern conveniences and nowhere to hide. I loved observing the transition from reluctant cabin dwellers to upturning the strangeness of braving something so foreign yet familiar. It was lonely, wondrous, tender, loving, intense, trimmed with nostalgia but always packed with estranged affinity and a love that I wanted to soar. I rooted for them, I believed in them and I knew they’d get there.
You’ll find no great turns (it didn’t take very long for me to accurately guess at River’s reason for letting Eliza go) but I wasn’t expecting that, I didn’t desire a grand twist. I also wasn’t expecting a hurting, healing hero who made my heart bawl. Apart from the fact that I like his indigenous-sounding name, I loved Steiner’s cabin man hero (and his canine companion because Moose brought some joy to the scene!). It made my heart break to think about the Christmases he must have spent alone. I wanted to know that he, at the very least, had Eliza’s parents as a support system, but as this isn’t a fully fleshed out read, I didn’t get that level of reassurance.
All I know is, if a man was made and materialised like River Jensen, and crossed that ethereal boundary from fictional to in-the-flesh, I’d wish upon my lucky stars for him to save me from a frigid blizzard just to share that loving - albeit remote - heart with me. It was just a joy to read The Christmas Blanket. Very early on into the story, I found myself instead wishing for River and Eliza to have had a full-length love story. I wanted to keep reading and I could have easily read about them for days longer. Apart from thinking that this needed an epilogue to give us a window into a new future together, to see where they’d settled or ventured to after that open-ended hint of adventure, I’m really without any real objections. It just was wonderful.
A beautiful message cocoons this romance where curiosity and wonder turned into something a young woman wanted with no exceptions: you can lose even those you love, you can lose them even if you loved them, you can love them still, and even though love might not feel like enough, it sometimes is. A passing visit turns into an eye-opening pit stop for Eliza in this snowed in Christmas novella where home really is where the River runs. A story that’ll resonate with lovers estranged. There’s some eggnog, a Christmas blanket, a cabin, a game of truth and dare, some tender history, nocturnal confessions and a hopeful second chance.
“I never stopped thinking of you,” I said softly. “I always wished you were with me, and all along, I knew that something was missing.” River swallowed, nose flaring as he turned another page. “I think I went looking for adventure, but what I didn’t realize was that I left the best one behind.”
C O N T E N T_W A R N I N G: Some swearing, mentions a battle with drugs/drug addiction. Detailed sex scene.
F A V O U R I T E_Q U O T E S!
It felt like only yesterday that I’d driven on this same road the opposite way, hightailing my ass out of this town and swearing I wouldn’t be back. I needed adventure. I needed to explore, to travel, to be free of the crushing reality of the small town I’d grown up in. I needed to be free of him.
My mom used to always quote Woody Allen. If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans. I thought I understood that when I was a little girl. I thought even more so when I was a young woman, a young wife. But now, thinking about the plans I’d made, the way those plans had fallen apart, the path life had led me on that I never would have imagined… I think I finally truly understood it. I must have been God’s favorite joke.
“Truth or dare?” I asked, voice cracking with the question. “Truth.” “Did you ever miss me, after I left?” He shook his head, the muscles of his jaw ticking, nose flaring, hands still pulling me in, closer, closer. “Only every day, Eliza,” he whispered, his brows bending together. “Every hour. Every minute. Every second you’ve been gone."
It was a kiss we’d shared a hundred times before. It was a kiss I’d never experienced, never even dreamed of, not until the moment his lips were on mine. It was years of love and passion. It was years of heartache and pain. It was everything I hated, everything I desired, everything I’d forgotten and everything I would always remember, too.
This is my husband, my heart screamed. This is the love of my life.
This is a stranger, my brain combatted. This is the man who let you go.'
“And I regret that mistake,” he said firmly, his feet carrying him toward me. I wanted to move. God, how I wanted to back away, but I was rooted in place. “I have every minute since the one where I lost you. But I loved you, Eliza,” River croaked when he was just inches from me. “I loved you. So I let you go.” His hands reached out, framing my face, his eyes searching mine as he shook his head like every word was the most horrible truth. “And damn it if I don’t love you still.”
I shook my head, looking at Beth. “I left him. Again.” A sniff. “I am so, so stupid.” “You’re not,” she insisted, squeezing my leg. “You were just lost, Eliza. And sometimes that can be easier than being found.”
“You are my adventure, River,” I whispered helplessly, two tears streaming simultaneously down each of my cheeks at the admission. “Just as much as you are my home.”
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December 7, 2023
2.5 ⭐️
This is a second chance romance Christmas novella 🎄
Summary: Eliza is returning to her small town in Vermont for Christmas to visit her family after 4 years of traveling. She gets in a car accident and is saved by her ex husband River. Due to the blizzard they must go to his cabin(of course right). During this time they discuss reason for separation and decided they are meant to be together 🥹
Tropes
-childhood sweethearts
-second chance romance(divorced couple)
-Forced proximity
I didn’t really like this despite the christmasy and snowed in cabin vibes. The FMC seems selfish, ungrateful and annoying. The MMC is no saint either but I liked him slightly more. He is the typical emotionally challenged man and doesn’t express his feelings/thoughts. I felt if they communicated from the beginning they would never have divorced.
There are some sweet moments and a spicy moment towards the end but this was not my favorite by this author. One thing I love about Kandi Steiner is whatever she writes it will make you feel the emotions of the characters. It feels raw, authentic and the characters are real people with flaws.
However, It’s fiction I’m not trying to be stressed out reading 😩😂
This is a second chance romance Christmas novella 🎄
Summary: Eliza is returning to her small town in Vermont for Christmas to visit her family after 4 years of traveling. She gets in a car accident and is saved by her ex husband River. Due to the blizzard they must go to his cabin(of course right). During this time they discuss reason for separation and decided they are meant to be together 🥹
Tropes
-childhood sweethearts
-second chance romance(divorced couple)
-Forced proximity
I didn’t really like this despite the christmasy and snowed in cabin vibes. The FMC seems selfish, ungrateful and annoying. The MMC is no saint either but I liked him slightly more. He is the typical emotionally challenged man and doesn’t express his feelings/thoughts. I felt if they communicated from the beginning they would never have divorced.
There are some sweet moments and a spicy moment towards the end but this was not my favorite by this author. One thing I love about Kandi Steiner is whatever she writes it will make you feel the emotions of the characters. It feels raw, authentic and the characters are real people with flaws.
However, It’s fiction I’m not trying to be stressed out reading 😩😂
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Y'all. This was the book my soul needed to write. I needed some angst, some emotional turmoil, some cozy holiday feels... sigh. ❤
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From bestselling author Kandi Steiner comes a cozy second-chance romance about love, loss, and adventure...
When I decided to surprise my family in Wellhaven, Vermont for Christmas, I never could have known that I'd get a surprise of my own -- in the form of an unexpected blizzard.
I haven't been home in four years, not since I left this town with my eyes set on adventure.
And my heart set on forgetting the only man I’ve ever loved.
River Jensen -- my ex-husband.
I don't plan on seeing him during my visit. I definitely don't plan on him saving me when my little rental car slides off the icy road. And the last thing I could have ever prepared for is being stuck in a tiny cabin with him, waiting out the storm.
Four years have passed since I've seen him -- the boy I loved, now a man I don't know at all.
But being stuck inside with him leaves us nothing but time together.
Everything about him has changed, and yet, he still has the same forest green eyes that have haunted me since I left. Back then, we were at an impasse. Back then, there was nothing left to talk about, nothing left to fix. Back then, the only choice I had was to leave and start anew.
But the more I re-discover the man I left behind, the more I question why I ever left at all.
And if I’m too late to find my way back home.
The Christmas Blanket is a stand-alone holiday novella set in a snowy small town in Vermont.
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This was not good.
I used the flashlight on the back of my phone, looking at the ditch and the woods behind it. Surely there would be some piece of scrap wood I could use for traction. I headed in that direction, squinting against the fluffy white flakes falling from the sky. One step, and my boot was covered in snow. A second step, and the snow hit my calf.
There was no option but to just go through the ditch, but I knew it wasn’t safe to be outside in this weather for too long.
I steeled a breath, preparing myself to be waist deep in the snow, but before I could take another step, a loud, deep voice called from behind me.
“Hey! You alright?!”
The voice was muffled by the wind, and I turned, hopeful, knowing whoever it was could help me. This was the beauty of Small Town America that I missed — there was always someone around to extend a neighborly hand.
The fear that had been niggling at my belly subsided, and I found my first breath since the car slid off the road.
I waved my hands in the air. “I need help! My car’s stuck!”
My savior was just a shadow in the dusk as he approached me, a big bundle of fabric behind the bright light of his flashlight. I climbed my way back to the side of the road, turning off my own flashlight that wasn’t doing much anyway. There was no other car or truck around, so I assumed the man had joined me from the end of the dirt driveway he was walking away from now.
Oh, thank God, I thought. Just some wood and a quick push and I’ll be on my way. Or maybe this guy’s got a big truck and a tow hitch and he can just pull me out.
I was already smiling when the man reached me, and I shook my head, thumbing over my shoulder to the car. “Guess these rental cars aren’t made for driving on these roads in the snow, huh?” I joked.
But when the flashlight lowered and my eyes adjusted, all semblance of humor left me in a whoosh.
Because the man wasn’t my savior at all.
He was my ex-husband.
Y'all. This was the book my soul needed to write. I needed some angst, some emotional turmoil, some cozy holiday feels... sigh. ❤
These are completely brand new characters who you've never met before. And this novella is a complete stand-alone!
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From bestselling author Kandi Steiner comes a cozy second-chance romance about love, loss, and adventure...
When I decided to surprise my family in Wellhaven, Vermont for Christmas, I never could have known that I'd get a surprise of my own -- in the form of an unexpected blizzard.
I haven't been home in four years, not since I left this town with my eyes set on adventure.
And my heart set on forgetting the only man I’ve ever loved.
River Jensen -- my ex-husband.
I don't plan on seeing him during my visit. I definitely don't plan on him saving me when my little rental car slides off the icy road. And the last thing I could have ever prepared for is being stuck in a tiny cabin with him, waiting out the storm.
Four years have passed since I've seen him -- the boy I loved, now a man I don't know at all.
But being stuck inside with him leaves us nothing but time together.
Everything about him has changed, and yet, he still has the same forest green eyes that have haunted me since I left. Back then, we were at an impasse. Back then, there was nothing left to talk about, nothing left to fix. Back then, the only choice I had was to leave and start anew.
But the more I re-discover the man I left behind, the more I question why I ever left at all.
And if I’m too late to find my way back home.
The Christmas Blanket is a stand-alone holiday novella set in a snowy small town in Vermont.
And now, a Goodreads exclusive sneak peek!
This was not good.
I used the flashlight on the back of my phone, looking at the ditch and the woods behind it. Surely there would be some piece of scrap wood I could use for traction. I headed in that direction, squinting against the fluffy white flakes falling from the sky. One step, and my boot was covered in snow. A second step, and the snow hit my calf.
There was no option but to just go through the ditch, but I knew it wasn’t safe to be outside in this weather for too long.
I steeled a breath, preparing myself to be waist deep in the snow, but before I could take another step, a loud, deep voice called from behind me.
“Hey! You alright?!”
The voice was muffled by the wind, and I turned, hopeful, knowing whoever it was could help me. This was the beauty of Small Town America that I missed — there was always someone around to extend a neighborly hand.
The fear that had been niggling at my belly subsided, and I found my first breath since the car slid off the road.
I waved my hands in the air. “I need help! My car’s stuck!”
My savior was just a shadow in the dusk as he approached me, a big bundle of fabric behind the bright light of his flashlight. I climbed my way back to the side of the road, turning off my own flashlight that wasn’t doing much anyway. There was no other car or truck around, so I assumed the man had joined me from the end of the dirt driveway he was walking away from now.
Oh, thank God, I thought. Just some wood and a quick push and I’ll be on my way. Or maybe this guy’s got a big truck and a tow hitch and he can just pull me out.
I was already smiling when the man reached me, and I shook my head, thumbing over my shoulder to the car. “Guess these rental cars aren’t made for driving on these roads in the snow, huh?” I joked.
But when the flashlight lowered and my eyes adjusted, all semblance of humor left me in a whoosh.
Because the man wasn’t my savior at all.
He was my ex-husband.
December 17, 2023
I loved this one! 😭
Warmed my heart right up.
Second chance, Christmas themed, snowed in, forced proximity and a divorced couple getting back together again. All the green flags.
4.5 ⭐️
Warmed my heart right up.
Second chance, Christmas themed, snowed in, forced proximity and a divorced couple getting back together again. All the green flags.
4.5 ⭐️
December 10, 2021
4.25 stars
This is a new to me author and without a doubt, I will be reading more of Ms. Steiner. I really enjoyed the writing, and it was a quick read that packed a big punch. Lots of feels and angst wrapped up in beautiful blanket.
This is a new to me author and without a doubt, I will be reading more of Ms. Steiner. I really enjoyed the writing, and it was a quick read that packed a big punch. Lots of feels and angst wrapped up in beautiful blanket.
December 22, 2020
For such depressing Christmas on 2020 (pandemic and lockdown), The Christmas Blanket provides... well... comfort. A short novella from Miss Steiner hits every lonely spot for this year holiday.
The story of second chance romance is so sweet and honest. I can not help sniffling and smilling at the same time. River and Eliza certainly touching and heart felt.
4 stars
The story of second chance romance is so sweet and honest. I can not help sniffling and smilling at the same time. River and Eliza certainly touching and heart felt.
4 stars
January 4, 2023
Novella natalizia con tutti gli elementi giusti!
Due protagonisti legati da un grande amore che riescono a ritrovarsi nonostante le difficoltà. Un lieto fine abbastanza scontato ma che mi ha fatto commuovere.
Due protagonisti legati da un grande amore che riescono a ritrovarsi nonostante le difficoltà. Un lieto fine abbastanza scontato ma che mi ha fatto commuovere.
December 1, 2024
My fave things all wrapped together — Kandi Steiner, second chance romance & festive books 🥰
It didn't quite hit the mark for me, mainly because I think it needed to be a little longer to do the plot justice, however I still enjoyed it! The snowed-in vibes put me in the festive mood 🎄
It didn't quite hit the mark for me, mainly because I think it needed to be a little longer to do the plot justice, however I still enjoyed it! The snowed-in vibes put me in the festive mood 🎄
September 27, 2022
Heartwarming, cozy, and sweet little read, about second chance, A frame cabins, and a cute dog.
You’ll just need a blanket, a big cup of tea and a candle (or two) to read this.
You’ll just need a blanket, a big cup of tea and a candle (or two) to read this.
November 16, 2020
As someone who grew up in a small town and miss her entire family but is unable to go home this year because of the pandemic... this hit me hard.
But anyway.
The main characters, Eliza and River, married young. They went through some tough times in their marriage and the disagreements eventually led to a divorce. Since then Eliza was able to travel in order to seek out the adventures she craved after living in a small town her entire life. Fast forward to the present, she’s surprising her family with a visit for the holidays. But she gets stuck in a blizzard and her ex-husband, River offers his place to stay while waiting for the bad weather to pass. They spend the next two days together, first minding their own business and eventually reminiscing about their past and talking about what they've been up to in the time they spent apart.
This is such a good holiday read. It’s got cozy vibes, family aspect (even if it was a short chapter), romance, but also a little angst. Since this is just a novella we’re not able to fully get into the depth of their relationship but it was enough for me to be immersed in Eliza and River’s love story. I found the ending perfect, too. It’s exactly what I wanted for the couple and I love how they ended on that note.
But anyway.
The main characters, Eliza and River, married young. They went through some tough times in their marriage and the disagreements eventually led to a divorce. Since then Eliza was able to travel in order to seek out the adventures she craved after living in a small town her entire life. Fast forward to the present, she’s surprising her family with a visit for the holidays. But she gets stuck in a blizzard and her ex-husband, River offers his place to stay while waiting for the bad weather to pass. They spend the next two days together, first minding their own business and eventually reminiscing about their past and talking about what they've been up to in the time they spent apart.
This is such a good holiday read. It’s got cozy vibes, family aspect (even if it was a short chapter), romance, but also a little angst. Since this is just a novella we’re not able to fully get into the depth of their relationship but it was enough for me to be immersed in Eliza and River’s love story. I found the ending perfect, too. It’s exactly what I wanted for the couple and I love how they ended on that note.
December 26, 2023
quick read but just very… bland? idk i enjoy this author so i guess i expected more from her
January 10, 2023
"I am lost without you."
I chose this as my last book of 2022, and there was a point where I felt like that was a mistake, because it had me sobbing—and that’s not what you want to be doing on the last day of the year. But then I figured I needed it somehow, and it’s going to be one of my favorite Christmas books from now on.
It’s a short story, but it packs a lot of feeling, and is everything a second-chance romance should be, and then some.
"I’d loved that boy. I’d loved him since I was twelve years old, before I could even truly understand what love was at all."
Eliza and River were high-school sweethearts, and in love. So much so, that they got married right after school, and moved in together. Money was short, and they had odd jobs to keep them afloat, but they had love.
Sounds naïve, but it was perfect.
"But, take this blanket as a promise. This is my promise that I will work hard, all my life, to give you everything I can. I will do everything in my power to get you that house, to shower you in gifts, to make all your dreams come true."
If you’re wondering about the blanket, it’s a symbol. A small thing that symbolizes love and what being in love is like, of how much you want to make someone’s dreams come true. Even if it’s hard, even if it seems like everyone’s living an easier life than you are.
"I loved you. So I let you go."
Until… that wasn’t enough. Eliza left to pursue her dreams, and River stayed behind. The reasons? I’ll let you read the book for them, but they both broke my heart in different ways.
Years later, Eliza is back to surprise her parents for Christmas, and she runs into her ex in the middle of a snowstorm.
"How had we lost a love that was so true? And who were we now, on the other side of that loss?"
He takes her to his cabin to ride out the blizzard. Neither of them wants to be there; they’re each holding their own grudges, and it seems like their second chance is doomed from the start. Except all the love is still there.
"Did you ever miss me, after I left?"
"Only every day, Eliza," he whispered, his brows bending together. "Every hour. Every minute. Every second you’ve been gone."
Their reconnecting felt special to me. It starts with small smiles, small memories they thought were forgotten, and a game of truth and dare that finally leads them to talk to each other. And when they do, it made me feel everything, and I cried, because, well, that’s me.
Damn it, Kandi Steiner, why do you do this to me?
"I thought I lost you again,"
"Oh, baby. You never lost me at all."
I know it may be late, and you may have had your fill of Christmas. But if you haven’t, and if you believe in second chances, go get this book. All I can say is that this Christmas blanket absolutely warmed up my heart, and I’ll be thinking about these two for a while.
I chose this as my last book of 2022, and there was a point where I felt like that was a mistake, because it had me sobbing—and that’s not what you want to be doing on the last day of the year. But then I figured I needed it somehow, and it’s going to be one of my favorite Christmas books from now on.
It’s a short story, but it packs a lot of feeling, and is everything a second-chance romance should be, and then some.
"I’d loved that boy. I’d loved him since I was twelve years old, before I could even truly understand what love was at all."
Eliza and River were high-school sweethearts, and in love. So much so, that they got married right after school, and moved in together. Money was short, and they had odd jobs to keep them afloat, but they had love.
Sounds naïve, but it was perfect.
"But, take this blanket as a promise. This is my promise that I will work hard, all my life, to give you everything I can. I will do everything in my power to get you that house, to shower you in gifts, to make all your dreams come true."
If you’re wondering about the blanket, it’s a symbol. A small thing that symbolizes love and what being in love is like, of how much you want to make someone’s dreams come true. Even if it’s hard, even if it seems like everyone’s living an easier life than you are.
"I loved you. So I let you go."
Until… that wasn’t enough. Eliza left to pursue her dreams, and River stayed behind. The reasons? I’ll let you read the book for them, but they both broke my heart in different ways.
Years later, Eliza is back to surprise her parents for Christmas, and she runs into her ex in the middle of a snowstorm.
"How had we lost a love that was so true? And who were we now, on the other side of that loss?"
He takes her to his cabin to ride out the blizzard. Neither of them wants to be there; they’re each holding their own grudges, and it seems like their second chance is doomed from the start. Except all the love is still there.
"Did you ever miss me, after I left?"
"Only every day, Eliza," he whispered, his brows bending together. "Every hour. Every minute. Every second you’ve been gone."
Their reconnecting felt special to me. It starts with small smiles, small memories they thought were forgotten, and a game of truth and dare that finally leads them to talk to each other. And when they do, it made me feel everything, and I cried, because, well, that’s me.
Damn it, Kandi Steiner, why do you do this to me?
"I thought I lost you again,"
"Oh, baby. You never lost me at all."
I know it may be late, and you may have had your fill of Christmas. But if you haven’t, and if you believe in second chances, go get this book. All I can say is that this Christmas blanket absolutely warmed up my heart, and I’ll be thinking about these two for a while.
November 28, 2022
4.25⭐️ This was such a wholesome book. I adored this story so much and the tropes (marriage reconciliation and second chance) were executed perfectly in this novella. Also the significance of the Christmas blanket made me tear up a bit, it was so cute. Read this now! 💛
January 11, 2021
a second chance romance Christmas
pretty short
River, was the best thing in the story
pretty short
River, was the best thing in the story
November 11, 2020
2 ⭐⭐ - Meh!
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I really disliked heroine! She was selfish and never took other people's feelings into account. Our hero deserved better. Aff!
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I really disliked heroine! She was selfish and never took other people's feelings into account. Our hero deserved better. Aff!
December 2, 2021
Warm Christmas feels. Second chance romance between a divorced couple = catnip! Wish it was a little longer with more grit for lack of a better word. It was just what I needed to kick off my December though!!
December 20, 2022
all the cozy christmas vibes ✨
December 2, 2020
4 ⭐'s
“You are my adventure, River, just as much as you are my home.”
I really enjoy Kandi Steiner's stories, especially her angsty ones; however, every now and then it's good to get something short and sweet.
Eliza's been gone from her hometown for four years...off adventuring and seeing the world. She comes home for Christmas to surprise her family. Unfortunately, she's waylaid by a blizzard and who comes to her rescue but her ex-husband.
There is no phone service and River doesn't have a landline so she's stuck until the storm blows over. At first, things are a bit awkward but on day two and with some help of a little bit of eggnog and a lot of rum, things turn around.
Both River and Eliza get some answers and it was obvious how River felt. My heart broke for him the next morning but thank goodness for Eliza's sister setting her straight.
The Christmas blanket was sooo sweet and Moose was hilarious.
My only complaint was that I wished it was longer...and angsty, of course!
“You are my adventure, River, just as much as you are my home.”
I really enjoy Kandi Steiner's stories, especially her angsty ones; however, every now and then it's good to get something short and sweet.
Eliza's been gone from her hometown for four years...off adventuring and seeing the world. She comes home for Christmas to surprise her family. Unfortunately, she's waylaid by a blizzard and who comes to her rescue but her ex-husband.
There is no phone service and River doesn't have a landline so she's stuck until the storm blows over. At first, things are a bit awkward but on day two and with some help of a little bit of eggnog and a lot of rum, things turn around.
Both River and Eliza get some answers and it was obvious how River felt. My heart broke for him the next morning but thank goodness for Eliza's sister setting her straight.
The Christmas blanket was sooo sweet and Moose was hilarious.
My only complaint was that I wished it was longer...and angsty, of course!
October 22, 2021
Eliza hasn’t been home to Wellhaven, Vermont in 4 years, but she decides to take a break from her travels and visit her family for Christmas. Instead of seeing her family, she gets caught in a snowstorm and is forced to bunk with her high school sweetheart, who also happens to be her ex-husband, River. He’s the reason she hasn’t been home in so long and it’s just her luck to be stuck with him over Christmas. What started out as an awkward, unwanted encounter turns into a heartfelt second chance at love neither of them ever could’ve imagined.
When I saw Kandi Steiner released a holiday-themed novella, I knew I had to get my hands on it. I’m not always a fan of novellas, as I prefer full-length novels, but I will read every and anything Kandi writes. This is no exception to her other stories; it hit me right in the feels. I do feel like the conflict wrapped up too easily/quickly, but that’s an issue I have with most novellas, so it didn’t keep me from falling in love with this one. I’m happy I picked this one up right in time for the holidays! 5/5 stars.
When I saw Kandi Steiner released a holiday-themed novella, I knew I had to get my hands on it. I’m not always a fan of novellas, as I prefer full-length novels, but I will read every and anything Kandi writes. This is no exception to her other stories; it hit me right in the feels. I do feel like the conflict wrapped up too easily/quickly, but that’s an issue I have with most novellas, so it didn’t keep me from falling in love with this one. I’m happy I picked this one up right in time for the holidays! 5/5 stars.
December 5, 2023
Short and sweet Christmas novella about second chances and love. Eliza left her small hometown behind, along with her ex-husband, when she realized that she wanted more out of life…and her husband didn’t. Now, four years later, she’s back to surprise her family at Christmas, only the weather has other plans. Namely, a blizzard, and when she gets stuck, none other than her ex husband rescues her. Now they’re stuck in his tiny cabin for days with nothing to do. Whatever could go wrong? I loved it!
December 18, 2021
How can such a short novella still make me shed a tear! I felt so bad for River, especially when Eliza left the second time. Stuck in a cabin during a snow storm was the perfect set up for a cozy holiday story.
December 15, 2022
This is my 1st Kandi Steiner read, and I don't really know why! Even though it was just a short and sweet Christmas novella, I really enjoyed it. I LOVED the stuck inside a cabin during a blizzard vibes.
January 29, 2021
4.75 stars.
This was a sweet, cozy, and comforting novella which honestly made me smile with love for the characters.
Kandi Steiner has a wonderful writing stile that will never get me bored.
I really enjoyed it.
"Then, River reached behind me, where the Christmas Blanket was hanging over the back of the couch. He smiled at me as he unfolded it, spreading it across the three of us, and then he took me and Moose both into his arms, holding us there by the fire.
When he gave me that blanket, he made a promise — that he would never stop fighting for us.
I knew as I held him in front of that fire, as he ran his hands through my hair and kissed my forehead softly, that his promise was true.
And that I would never stop fighting for us, either.
My heart fluttered, a smile spreading on my lips as I wrapped us up tighter in the blanket that brought me back to who I’d always been. I wished I’d never lost sight of that girl in the first place, but perhaps it made it sweeter now, knowing she was always there all along, knowing that River knew that, too, and that he believed I’d come back to him, just as I believed he’d never leave me, no matter how far away I went.
“Merry Christmas, baby,” River whispered.
And I smiled, and held him closer, and thanked God for blizzards. “Merry Christmas.”"
This was a sweet, cozy, and comforting novella which honestly made me smile with love for the characters.
Kandi Steiner has a wonderful writing stile that will never get me bored.
I really enjoyed it.
"Then, River reached behind me, where the Christmas Blanket was hanging over the back of the couch. He smiled at me as he unfolded it, spreading it across the three of us, and then he took me and Moose both into his arms, holding us there by the fire.
When he gave me that blanket, he made a promise — that he would never stop fighting for us.
I knew as I held him in front of that fire, as he ran his hands through my hair and kissed my forehead softly, that his promise was true.
And that I would never stop fighting for us, either.
My heart fluttered, a smile spreading on my lips as I wrapped us up tighter in the blanket that brought me back to who I’d always been. I wished I’d never lost sight of that girl in the first place, but perhaps it made it sweeter now, knowing she was always there all along, knowing that River knew that, too, and that he believed I’d come back to him, just as I believed he’d never leave me, no matter how far away I went.
“Merry Christmas, baby,” River whispered.
And I smiled, and held him closer, and thanked God for blizzards. “Merry Christmas.”"
December 8, 2023
Окей, я очікувала більшого))
Не дуже зрозуміла фразу в книжці "ніколи не перестане боротися за нас", бо шо він, шо вона кинули одне одного
Не дуже зрозуміла фразу в книжці "ніколи не перестане боротися за нас", бо шо він, шо вона кинули одне одного
November 29, 2020
My Rating: 3 Stars
Genre Second Chance Romance
The Christmas Blanket is a second chance novella from Kandi Steiner. I’ve read quite a few books of hers and have really enjoyed them, but I have to admit, this wasn’t my favorite. I think one of the reasons is because it’s a novella and there wasn’t enough buildup in terms of their love story. It was very quick and seemingly easy despite the years of heartbreak each of them faced after their divorce. With books like that I think it would be better to have a longer story to make it seem realistic. That wasn’t the case here though. Now, just because I gave this one 3 stars doesn’t mean it’s a total bust. There were some breathtaking things about this short romance. You can see those below.
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞
🌲 Second chance romances (when done right) are beautiful stories. While this one was problematic in some instances for me, I did love how everything turned around and their second chance was one they both wanted from the minute they said goodbye. It felt very heartwarming to me.
🌲 I love the idea that these two get stuck together during a blizzard and have to come to terms with their feelings despite the years that have passed since they last saw each other. There’s nothing like forced proximity to get people talking!
🌲 The whole idea surround the Christmas blanket is extremely sweet. I loved this the most!
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞
🌲 It wasn’t realistic to me. These two basically fell back in love in a matter of hours when they were separated for years! It shouldn’t have been THAT easy. I get it, this is a short story that’s supposed to bring us joy for the holiday season but since it got on my nerves, I couldn’t connect with it like I should have.
🌲 Even though she goes home to her small town I found it very silly that she got stuck in the storm after her car goes off road and HE is the one to find her. Again, realism is just not there. Some may love this and say its serendipitous, but I couldn’t get passed it.
🌲 It wasn’t as Chrismtasy as I hoped it would be. This seems to be a major issue with many of the Christmas books I pick up!
𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗧 𝗨𝗣
The Christmas Blanket is a sweet, second chance novella. Readers can easily read this short in one sitting and feel all the heartwarming vibes it gives off. While it’s not a favorite of mine that doesn’t mean it won’t be a favorite of yours so take my review with a grain of salt and read it for yourself. Who knows, you may absolutely love it!
𝗠𝗬 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: ⭐⭐⭐
Genre Second Chance Romance
The Christmas Blanket is a second chance novella from Kandi Steiner. I’ve read quite a few books of hers and have really enjoyed them, but I have to admit, this wasn’t my favorite. I think one of the reasons is because it’s a novella and there wasn’t enough buildup in terms of their love story. It was very quick and seemingly easy despite the years of heartbreak each of them faced after their divorce. With books like that I think it would be better to have a longer story to make it seem realistic. That wasn’t the case here though. Now, just because I gave this one 3 stars doesn’t mean it’s a total bust. There were some breathtaking things about this short romance. You can see those below.
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞
🌲 Second chance romances (when done right) are beautiful stories. While this one was problematic in some instances for me, I did love how everything turned around and their second chance was one they both wanted from the minute they said goodbye. It felt very heartwarming to me.
🌲 I love the idea that these two get stuck together during a blizzard and have to come to terms with their feelings despite the years that have passed since they last saw each other. There’s nothing like forced proximity to get people talking!
🌲 The whole idea surround the Christmas blanket is extremely sweet. I loved this the most!
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞
🌲 It wasn’t realistic to me. These two basically fell back in love in a matter of hours when they were separated for years! It shouldn’t have been THAT easy. I get it, this is a short story that’s supposed to bring us joy for the holiday season but since it got on my nerves, I couldn’t connect with it like I should have.
🌲 Even though she goes home to her small town I found it very silly that she got stuck in the storm after her car goes off road and HE is the one to find her. Again, realism is just not there. Some may love this and say its serendipitous, but I couldn’t get passed it.
🌲 It wasn’t as Chrismtasy as I hoped it would be. This seems to be a major issue with many of the Christmas books I pick up!
𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗧 𝗨𝗣
The Christmas Blanket is a sweet, second chance novella. Readers can easily read this short in one sitting and feel all the heartwarming vibes it gives off. While it’s not a favorite of mine that doesn’t mean it won’t be a favorite of yours so take my review with a grain of salt and read it for yourself. Who knows, you may absolutely love it!
𝗠𝗬 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: ⭐⭐⭐
December 29, 2022
4,5 novella natalizia con tutte le carte in regola.
December 27, 2022
A lovely romance for Christmas
I believe in second chances. Although this romance had some angst the happiness found in both characters realizing their love was worth making compromises made for a very HEA.
I believe in second chances. Although this romance had some angst the happiness found in both characters realizing their love was worth making compromises made for a very HEA.
February 25, 2024
Це дуже мила і новорічна історія, від неї аж віяло оцією атмосферою Різдва та новорічного дива. Обоє героїв настільки кохали одне одного, що змогли залишити їхнє кохання позаду, щоб інший був щасливий.
Такий поворот подій з їхньою зустріччю на сніговій дорозі не назвеш інакше як доля, адже через стільки років, вони майже випадково зустрілись.
Їхнє кохання подолало розлуку, і проросло ще з більшою силою ❤️
Такий поворот подій з їхньою зустріччю на сніговій дорозі не назвеш інакше як доля, адже через стільки років, вони майже випадково зустрілись.
Їхнє кохання подолало розлуку, і проросло ще з більшою силою ❤️
December 9, 2022
4 Stars
Cute second chance romance around Christmas
Cute second chance romance around Christmas
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