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Holly Cassidy
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Holly Cassidy
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From the author of The Christmas Wager comes a charming holiday rom com about a young, recently heartbroken woman who is tasked by her sister to complete Advent calendar challenges in the lead up to Christmas to reignite her belief in herself, the holidays, and love again.
She’s given up on love and Christmas…but fate has other plans.
All Callie wants for Christmas is to hibernate. She's still reeling from being dumped by her childhood sweetheart, and under no circumstances will she go home for the holidays considering her ex will be right next door with his new, perfect partner. Callie is officially in grinch mode, but her meddling sister, Anita, won’t let her give up on life, love, and Christmas quite so easily.
Anita stages a Christmas intervention for Callie with a homemade Advent calendar challenge—cheerful tasks to push Callie out of her comfort zone and into the holiday spirit, inspired by a childhood tradition. Callie reluctantly plays along, but when she comes face-to-face with a charming baker who just might be the spoonful of sugar she needs, her strict rules on love and the holidays are tested. As they strike a deal to do the activities together, could the twenty four little doors on Callie’s Advent calendar not only open up one, but two closed-off hearts?
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One of People’s 26 Festive Romance Books to Read This Holiday Season—Whether You're Feeling Naughty or Nice!
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“Christmas magic at work.” —People
“The Christmas Countdown is everything I want in a holiday book. Sparkling with sisterly hijinks, a sizzling sexy baker and a generous sprinkling of self-discovery; I loved it all! A must read for the festive season.”
—Jenny Bayliss, author of The Twelve Dates of Christmas
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—Library Journal (starred review)
“You’ll fall in love with the holiday season all over again in Holly Cassidy’s latest romance. Heartwarming, festive, and sparkling with charm, The Christmas Countdown is pure holiday magic.”
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- lucia carr
- 12-07-24
Great Christmas Story !
Narrator did a fantastic job ‼️
Enjoyed this story that would make a fun Holiday Movie .
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- RES Jr
- 12-23-24
Cute Christmas Love Story
A simple feel good Hallmark type story- makes you feel good for the Holiday Season.
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- Doha
- 12-18-24
Heartwarming Christmas Book
I enjoy this author writing, it's usually funny, heartwarming and have a Christmas mission style plot line .. but I preferred the Christmas Wager more than this one ..
This story is about Callie, she just broke up with her 10 years boyfriend and he got engaged just after their break up !!, so she is devastated and decides to skip Christmas this year, but her sister arranged for her Christmas advent Challenge where each day she has to do a task and in the end there will be a big reward .. joining her is Marco, a guy she met on her first mission, and they both decide to complete those missions together until Christmas ..then they fall in love
The book was nice and it has that fuzzy heartwarming feel to it .. but I don't know why the ending felt a bit off to me .. specially with the whole Marco and his partner thing, I'm glad it ended fast but I didn't enjoy it as much as the first book .. but this author will be on my TBR from now on I love her writing style
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-16-24
Sweet story
This was a great short novel and perfect for the Christmas season. True love always prevails!!!
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- Gina Dutton
- 11-02-24
Very Entertaining
Holly Cassidy’s newest release is creative, entertaining and a great read for the holiday season. Advent calendars are common for the holidays and come in many forms and Cassidy adds a twist to the purpose of this calendar here. The tone of the book is light, there are plenty of funny moments and mishaps and eventually, those warm holiday feelings are there. I really enjoyed reading this book and recommend it. It’s a good book for getting into the holiday spirit and laughing at some crazy activities.
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