The Christmas Bride by Christy McKee | Book Review & $25 Giveaway | Heartwarming Holiday Romance
A book blog tour from Goddess Fish Promotions.
Thank you to the author, publisher, and Marianne & Judy at Goddess Fish for providing me with the information for this tour.
Book Details
The Christmas Bride by Christy McKee Published by Champagne Book Group on November 7, 2022
Genres: Fiction, Holiday Fiction, Romance
Format: eBook, Paperback
Pages: 211
Source: Goddess Fish Promotions, Received from the author or publisher for review.She’s ruled by her emotions. He’s determined to prove his feelings are real. Is snow-covered Vermont a perfect place for a second chance at forever?
Emma Kimball is struggling to keep tradition alive. Drowning in debt from her late mother’s medical bills, she escapes to spend the holiday in her childhood’s beloved small-town inn. The last complication she needs is for her handsome ex to crash her wintery wonderland.
Dr. Jake Cutter almost has it all. Nine years after their painful breakup, he’s bent on chasing a Yuletide miracle to win back the woman he loves. Even knowing she’s skittish to reconnect, he's willing to do the work to thaw her heart.
Scared she'll wreck her future and end up with someone just like her overly controlling father, a trait she learned years ago is a part of Jake, a wary Emma resists the allure of her old flame’s attempts to reconcile. But as he worries about once again messing up the best thing ever, he refuses to stop hoping he's been good enough to earn a kiss underneath the mistletoe.
Can an unexpected holiday reunion turn out to be the greatest gift of all?
The Christmas Bride is a heartwarming contemporary romance. If you like complex characters, idyllic seasonal settings, and jingle-bell charm, then you’ll adore Christy McKee’s tale of forgiveness and fate.
Buy The Christmas Bride to unwrap happily ever after today!
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Excerpt from The Christmas Bride
He’d been looking for close to thirty minutes—his throat was raw from yelling. The feeling in his fingers was gone. Adrenalin powered through his body. He punched redial for the hundredth time. There. He strained to hear. Was it his imagination? No. Finally… “Jingle Bells,” off to his left. Even though he could hear the ring, the visibility was poor.
His eyes teared constantly from the frigid cold, and he repeatedly blinked to clear his vision. Then he saw her, utterly still, beneath a white blanket of snow covering her like a shroud. The hair lifted from the back of his neck. Terror grabbed him by the throat.
Barely remembering to put the car in park, he bailed out of the car. He pounded across the snow, each breath scorching his lungs. He tore off his gloves, dropped to a crouch beside her, and brushed the snow from her face. Placing two fingers on her slender neck, he held his breath. Then, his chin sagged to his chest in relief. Emma’s pulse beat below his fingertips. Weak, yet it was still there.
“Emmie, Emmie, stay with me, baby.” Crouched beside her, without moving her head or neck, he turned on his phone light to examine her.
His gut turned to jelly. A puddle of red soaked the snow beneath the back of her head. The wound was probably superficial, he told himself, even though those could gush like a son of a gun.
Excerpt provided by the author/publisher for use in this post.
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Purchase Links for The Christmas Bride
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My thoughts on The Christmas Bride
The Christmas Bride by Christy McKee
This holiday romance is perfect to read while nestled by the fire. With its heart-warming themes of second chance love and found family, the story is made for those with the light of romance in their hearts.
The storyline setup and character development are steady but not too slow. Like falling petals from a rose, the layers of the story develop as tidbits from the past are revealed. You know with a book in this genre that love will win in the end, but the journey to overcome past hurt and scars make this story worth the read.
Emma and Jake seem destined to be together, so they are easy to root for and quickly endear themselves to the reader. Do they both make foolish assumptions and mistakes on their journey? Of course, that’s what makes them so relatable.
The richly-described settings of the inn, kitchen, and even the food help draw the reader into the story. The dialogue between the characters provide all you need to keep reading.
I recommend The Christmas Bride to anyone who loves romance and believes in second chances.
I received a copy of the book for the tour. This review is my honest, unbiased opinion.
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About Christy McKee
From Christy McKee:
People always ask me why I became a writer. I think a writer was always inside me. When I was ten, I started a neighborhood newspaper with a kid's printing press my parents got for my birthday. It was my first gig as a news reporter. After college, as a broadcast major, I was primed and ready for TV news, which satisfied me for a few years, but it wasn't enough.
Sometimes what you are looking for is right in front of you, but you're so busy trying to find yourself you walk right past it. Growing up, I devoured historicals, but contemporary romance became my sweet spot when I started writing. Second-chance romances and enemies to lovers are my favorite tropes.
I live with my husband and black Lab, Brody, in coastal North Carolina. We love to go to the beach in all seasons. Brody delights in chasing waves, and our three little grandchildren enjoy shell collecting. I love movies, reading, and exploring seaside villages, and am always up for a travel adventure.
Several years later, during a summer break from Stephens College, I was hired as an intern at The Associated Press–a real prize for a broadcast major. Yes, I was in the big leagues now and though I warned myself to keep my "creativity" under wraps– some things you just can't control. This time I got into really hot water by mis-quoting a source. What I'd done was simply re-arrange a few words in a direct quote to make it flow better. Evidently my "re-arranging" altered the source's meaning and he was furious and out for blood; someone's head had to roll. The red-faced bureau chief fired me on the spot, muttering something about me trying my hand at fiction. Lesson finally learned: don't screw with the facts!
After working in TV news for a few years, I moved into commercial production, then freelance writing. Fewer and fewer facts and more creativity. Finally, I was on to something; working my way towards fiction where I could whip up my own batch of facts and no one could call me out.
Four years ticked by and I finally landed—where I should have started, years ago—on the green square clearly marked "fiction writer." What was I thinking all those years? Now, with my feet firmly planted—we are NOT moving again—I'm a full time writer of contemporary romance. With the support of my family and my two office assistants—Gracie, a black Lab and Lambeau, a yellow Lab named after Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers—I spend my days in a world of my own creation where the only facts that matter are the ones I invent. Hopefully, my readers will enjoy my stories as much as I love writing them!
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Easy Amazon Info Link
Amazon – OneLink for every country
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Giveaway!
Christy McKee will award a $25 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
Visit more stops on this Goddess Fish tour for extra chances to win!
Official Tour Page for The Christmas Bride
Full Tour Schedule:
December 8: Hope. Dreams. Life… Love
December 8: Gina Rae Mitchell
December 15: Sandra’s Book Club
December 15: Enchanting Reviews
December 29: Fabulous and Brunette
December 29: Iron Canuck Reviews & More
January 5: Paws.Read.Repeat
January 5: Haney Hayes PR
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The book sounds like a wonderful read. Great cover!
Christy McKee is a new author to me, but I want to thank this blog for the introduction. I look forward to reading this book and the other books I just saw on Goodreads. I’m excited to get started.
This sounds like a great story, Gina. I love Christmas books. Nice review.
Congratulations on your release of The Christmas Bride, Christy, I enjoyed the excerpt and your book sounds like my kind of holiday read and I love the cover! Good luck with your book and the tour! Thanks for sharing it with me!
Thanks, Gina, for sharing your thoughts!
Have a magical holiday season!
Thanks. Eva. That cover is just magical. I think you would enjoy the book.
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts on The Christmas Bride, this sounds like a wonderful holiday romance and I am looking forward to reading it myself
The blurb sounds really interesting.
Great excerpt and giveaway. 🙂
I liked the review. Sounds like a good book.
Thanks for hosting!