Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.After their messed up childhoods, both deserve a happy ending of their own.' I hope Mark's brothers, Sam and Alex, get their own stories at some point in the future. The Thanksgiving turkey scene was my favorite - it was so easy to visualize Sam and Mark blowing up the turkey while trying to deep fry it.

It helped that it was only about 200 pages long, but still, it was that good! There were some tearjerker moments, which I expected based on the premise, but there were also some unexpected moments of humor that made me laugh out loud. It was so good, in fact, that I read the whole book in a single sitting. 'I've never read a Lisa Kleypas book I didn't like, but this one was even better than I expected it to be. Thrust together by the vagaries of fate, three wounded people are about to share the greatest Christmas gift of all. When she meets Holly Nolan, she knows just what the quiet little girl needs. Though she doesn’t dare let herself believe in love again, the toy store owner does believe in magic-the power of imagination. Maggie Collins was barely married a year when she suddenly lost her husband. All he can do is follow his sister’s wise advice: Start by loving her. Since that tragic night, the little girl hasn’t spoken a word. When his sister, Victoria, died in a car accident, Mark Nolan became the guardian of his six-year-old niece Holly. Three people who are about to discover that Christmas is the time of year when anything is possible, and when wishes have a way of finding the path home.In the wake of tragedy, three people discover unexpected happiness and love in this heartwarming novel of magic, hope, and family, infused with the spirit of the holiday season-the first book in New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas's Friday Harbor series, and the basis of the Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie Christmas with Holly. And when she meets Holly Nolan, she sees a little girl in desperate need of a little magic. As the owner of a toy shop, she lives what she loves. But she does believe in the magic of imagination. Maggie Collins doesn't dare believe in love again, after losing her husband of one year. His sister's will gives him the instructions: There's no other choice but you. But he soon realizes that he will do everything he can to make her life whole again. The last thing Mark Nolan needs is a six-year-old girl in his life. And since that night, she has never again spoken a word. One rain-slicked night, six-year-old Holly lost the only parent she knew, her beloved mother Victoria. Now a Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie, CHRISTMAS WITH HOLLY (previously published as CHRISTMAS EVE AT FRIDAY HARBOR) is the first book in New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas's new series, which begins during the most magical time of year.

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