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Review: The Mistletoe Motive by Chloe Liese

The Mistletoe Motive by Chloe Liese
Adult | Romance
Published by: Chloe Liese
Release date: 01/12/2021
Length: 179
Rating: ★★★★☆
Goodreads | Waterstones | Publisher

Synopsis:
He loathes the holidays. She loves them. She’s full of festive cheer. He’s brimming with Bah, Humbugs. Besides unreasonably seasonable names, the only thing Jonathan Frost and Gabriella Di Natale have in common is a healthy dose of mutual contempt. Well, that and the same place of employment at the city’s most beloved independent bookstore, Bailey’s Bookshop. But when the store’s owners confess its dire financial state, Jonathan and Gabby discover another unfortunate commonality: the imminent threat of unemployment.

With the Baileys’ requests to minimize expenses, win new customers, and make record sales dancing in their heads, Jonathan and Gabby conclude—barring a financial Christmas miracle—one of them will soon be cut from the payroll. Neither are willing to step down from their position, so they strike a bargain: whoever has more sales in December gets to stay on in the new year; the loser will resign. With a lifetime’s worth of festive tricks up her sleeve, Gabby should easily outsell her nemesis, except the unreadable Mr. Frost’s every move seems purely designed to throw her off her game.

As if that wasn’t bad enough, Gabby’s deceptive ex won’t quit pursuing her, and her anonymous online friend suggests they take a break. Worst of all, as the pressure mounts to save the bookshop and her job, Gabby meets a new, tender side of Jonathan. Is this the same man she’s called her cold-hearted enemy?

Maybe he’s got a motive she just can’t figure out—or maybe Jonathan Frost isn’t as chilly as she once thought. Maybe Jonathan and Gabby already know—and love—each other in ways they never thought possible.

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Top Ten Tuesday – Favorite Books of 2022

Hi friends, welcome back to another Top Ten Tuesday post. This weeks topic is Favourite Books of 2022. To be honest, I didn’t have the best reading year, I only ended up rating 3 books 5 stars (not including rereads) so I’m going to do my top 3 books of the year, and then some honourable mentions that nearly made the cut, but didn’t quite make it.

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Top Ten Tuesday – Books on My Winter 2022-2023 To-Read List

Hi friends, this week’s Top Ten Tuesday is Top Ten Books on My Winter 2022-2023 To-Read List, and I really hope that by sharing this list with you all, I actually hold myself accountable and actually read these. There are a couple of books on this list that I have been reading for months and want to finally finish, there are a couple of series that I started years ago and want to finally carry on with, and just some other books I really want to get to soon.

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December TBR

Hey friends. I thought I would share with you the books I plan to read in December. I have many reading goals I set for this year that I haven’t completed, so I’m making one last attempt to get a few more of those books read. I also have a couple of books I just really want to get to, and one book for a readalong I’d like to participate in.

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