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title: Yule Be Mineauthor: Piper Rayne
series: Holiday Romances #4
published: 11.13.2025
publisher: self-published
Source: Kindle Unlimited
genre(s): holiday/seasonal, romance
pages: 185
format: eBook
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the blurb
When workaholic best man Carter arrives in Mistletoe Falls for his best friends’ Christmas wedding, a town-wide Santa Festival and a misplaced motel reservation leave him with one option—beg the woman he once rejected for a room at her bed-and-breakfast. Unfortunately, that woman also happens to be the bride’s sister…and the maid of honor.
To make matters worse, the bride and groom are delayed, turning Ashley and Carter into last-minute wedding planners, forced into a truce neither of them wants. But late-night checklists, a blizzard of holiday activities, and a charming small town turn their snark into sparks.
When they get snowed in and every near-kiss feels dangerously close to something real, Carter realizes there’s more to December than year-end deadlines.
As their truce melts, one question remains—is this a holiday fling, or the start of forever?
a few notes
POV: 1st person; dual
setting: Mistletoe Falls, Vermont
keywords/phrases: holidays, friendship, weddings
tropes: second chances, forced proximity, enemies to lovers
spice: 5/5
language: 2/5
mood reading: in the mood for wintry romance with some spice and a happy ending.
my review
I’ve enjoyed the other holiday romances in this series, but this one just didn’t do it for me. The cozy winter vibes, the small town vibes… all of that was perfect. It was truly just one thing that was the deal breaker for me. The instalove of it all. It all happened so fast, too fast for it to be believable, at least for me. They had one failed date, after the MMC couldn’t get past the fact that the FMC looked so much like his best friend, who happened to be the FMCs twin sister. They meet again just months later, and it goes from 0 to in love in literally just a few days. Their dynamic just felt odd to me, so the instalove just didn’t work for me.
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Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2025 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge
- 2025 Christmas Reading Challenge
- 2025 Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge
- 2025 PopSugar Reading Challenge
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