"Holding Holly" (Julie Brannagh) ★★★.5 with GIVEAWAY!!!

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Holding Holly
Love and Football # 4.5

By: Julie Brannagh

Releasing December 2^nd, 2014

Avon

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BOOK SUMMARY

Holly Reynolds has a secret. Make that two. The first involves upholding her grandmother’s hobby answering Dear Santa letters from dozens of local school children. The second...well, he just came strolling in the door.

For the last two years, Holly has not been able to stop thinking about gorgeous Seattle Shark Derrick Collins. His on-field exploits induce nightmares in quarterbacks across the NFL, but she knows he has a heart of gold.

Derrick has never met a woman he wants to bring home to meet his family, mostly because he keeps picking the wrong ones-until he runs into sweet, shy Holly Reynolds. Different than anyone he’s ever known, Derrick realizes she might just be everything he needs.

When he discovers her holiday letter writing, he is determined to play Santa too. And as the pair team up to bring joy to one little boy very much in need, they discover the most precious Christmas gift of all: love.

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He’d dated Jada for three years. It wasn’t working, but he didn’t want to be alone. She started hinting around about a ring, and he finally summoned the guts to break it off. He should never have asked her for a second date. She didn’t like his mama or his grandma, and the feeling was mutual. She thought his money was hers to spend.
She was more interested in the fact that she was welcomed into the most exclusive nightclubs with him than she was in actually being with him. She was the latest in a long line of women who had no interest in who he was. All they wanted was what he—and his money—could do for them. He realized he was not alone with this problem; it happened to most professional athletes. He seemed to be having trouble figuring out how to fix it, however.

Cat's Review

"Holding Holly" is a sweet, Christmas tale that embodies the true spirit and meaning of the holiday.  Holly and Derrick work together to help make a family, down on their luck, have a wonderful Christmas and year ahead.   I really wanted to give this story more stars but, being this it is an extremely short tale, I didn't feel the connections between the characters.  I really liked Holly and I really liked Derrick but for me, the connection seemed distant - there wasn't enough of them getting to know each other.  It was only touched upon but not witnessed.  Even the "good deed" of playing Santa was really only touched upon.  I was hoping with each page turned to see a more in-depth telling of the characters and/or Santa story.  Despite that fact, it is still a nice holiday story that shows the goodness in people's hearts, and like, I said, a super fast read if you only have a few minutes at lunch - nice tale to awaken the holiday feelings.  (received copy from Edelweiss for honest review)

★★★.5

AUTHOR BIO

Julie Brannagh has been writing since she was old enough to hold a pencil. She lives in a small town near Seattle, where she once served as a city council member and owned a yarn shop. She shares her home with a wonderful husband, two uncivilized Maine Coons and a rambunctious chocolate Lab.

When she’s not writing, she’s reading, or armchair-quarterbacking her favorite NFL team from the comfort of the family room couch. Julie is a Golden Heart finalist and the author of contemporary sports romances.

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