The Christmas Wedding Guest

Susan Mallery — 2021

"Mallery is an expert at writing about strong women, their friendships, and their romances." --Booklist Susan Mallery, author of the Fool's Gold romances, cheerfully invites you to Wishing Tree, where Christmas comes to life... The Somerville sisters believe in love, but they've lost faith it will happen for them. Reggie hasn't been home since the end of the world's shortest engagement. When her parents decide to renew their vows, she buffs up her twinkle to help with the Christmas wedding. Unexpectedly, Toby, her first love, is back too, and the spark between them shines as brightly as ever. In the spirit of the season, will they let go of past hurts and greet the New Year together? Done waiting for the one, Dena is pregnant and on her own--on purpose. But then a gorgeous, sad-eyed songwriter checks in to a room at her inn. Micah, unable to write since he lost his wife, finds inspiration in Dena's determination to be a mom. One snowflake-speckled kiss and he's a goner. But Dena is afraid to believe that a rock star could fall for a cookie-cutter small-town girl like her. As the Christmas wedding draws closer, these two sisters just might unwrap the most treasured gift of all--love.

Reviews

Jess Griffin@jessgriffin

Jan 22, 2023

i would like to live in Wishing Tree x

Kristen Claiborn@kristenc

Jan 7, 2023

I love romance novels. I could lie and pretend like I'm all into the Nobel-prize winners...or whatever other book-award books are out there, because somehow reading and loving those books makes a reviewer more relevant. Romance novels will never even get nominated for those "prestigious" awards, but when we want to burrow in our cozy blankets and get lost in literature, we don't pick up Ishiguro. We pick up a book that will entertain us. ( That's not entirely fair, I really enjoyed Ishiguro's last book) We pick up a story that we can dwell on...that we can fall in love with. We read to be entertained, and Susan Mallery is the queen of entertaining me. And let's face some facts here, there isn't a human alive today that doesn't want a little love in their life. Susan Mallery writes the stories we all want to actually experience. I want to got to Wishing Tree and see the first snowfall festivities. I want to experience the advent...despite the cold (and I really hate the cold!). Susan Mallery's artful prose throws me into a community I genuinely wish to be a part of, which is no small feat. Her delicate weaving of words puts me into a story-coma, which is exactly what I want when I read a book. So five stars go The Christmas Wedding Guest. Thank you Susan Mallery for your masterful organization of those 26 tricky characters in the English language. I appreciate you.