The Wedding Dress Christmas ⭐⭐⭐💫

The Wedding Dress Christmas by Rachel Hauck

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December comes to quaint Hearts Bend, Tennessee, with a blanket of white and the glitter of Christmas lights.

For JoJo Castle there is no place like home. Her onetime love of adventure ended when her life in the big city came crashing down. Now that she’s home, she never wants to leave again.

Country music sensation Buck Mathews has charmed the world with his smile and his music. However, news of his mother’s illness brought him home to Hearts Bend for the holiday season.

Working with her cousin Haley in The Wedding Shop, JoJo has no aspirations of love. But when her high school crush returns to town, her buried feelings surface.

Busy with his career, Buck hasn’t had time for family and friends, much less love. Seeing JoJo in The Wedding Shop reminds him there are things more important than his career.

But JoJo and Buck have opposing life goals, and there’s no middle ground. Can love, especially the kind that touches hearts at Christmas, overcome her fears and his quest for greatness?

With the help of a very special wedding dress, there just might a Christmas miracle.

Genre: Fiction, Romance, Christmas, Holiday, Novella

Still chipping away the my Christmas TBR list. I think I've ditched as many as I've finished!

This one was in a HF book recommendation group. It's not HF. The OP said it's the author's first in The Wedding Collection Series that doesn't go back in time. The About sounds like a Hallmark movie but I'm game to give it a shot. I'm not opposed to Hallmark HEAs, just not what I was expecting when I queued it up. Who knows, it might be a nice little surprise in a holiday bow.  

⭐⭐⭐💫 3.5

🎉 Overall Enjoyment? 🎉🎉🎉🎊

🎣 Did it grab and keep my attention? 🎣🎣🎣🎏

🗣️Would I recommend it to anyone? Maybe 🤷 If you enjoy a Hallmark holiday movie with a HEA. 

🕮 Would I want a sequel? No ➖ This is part of a series but I'm going to skip the others. 

📚 Would I want to read more books by this author?  Yes ➕

💣💥 📢Trigger Warnings? Past Trauma 💥

🌶 Spice? No

🌪 Plot Twist? No

👟 Pace? Okay, seemed to drag on a little. I don't mean to sound insensitive, but her past trauma was exhausting. 

💻 Tidbits ~ The genres didn't label magic or is it the Miracle of Christmas and Faith that makes it magical? Yes, the 100 year old perfect wedding dress carries the Magic of Christmas Miracles. 
JoJo's past trauma is ruling her life. Her teenage crush, now super country star, rides into town and is magically madly in love with her and finally confesses he always was.  
His race is on to open her heart to love again and her fear fights it every step of the way.
Definite Hallmark Christmas Movie vibes.
Favorite Characters - Her super supportive cousin Haley and Haley's husband Cole. 
This novella was only a four hour listen but strangely seemed long. 
Spoiler Alert at the end. 

🎧Lisa Larsen

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**SPOILER** - The Wedding Dress finds the bride. When her cousin convinces her to put on the dress at the very end, the Christmas Magic releases her of the trauma she's been carrying for five years and opens her heart to love. 
And they lived happily every after...

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