Winter Street

Right before Christmas I decided to start reading Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand (1 out of the 3 Winter Series). Well the holidays came and went and I didn't even pick it up until last week!

Observations:
I read this entire book in two days - easy and fun read so it went quick

The entire story line is just three days - a LOT happens

The family is super dysfunctional - which I love since it reminded me of mine!

 

Book Overview:

Kelley Quinn is the owner of Nantucket's Winter Street Inn and the proud father of four, all of them grown and living in varying states of disarray. Patrick, the eldest, is a hedge fund manager with a guilty conscience. Kevin, a bartender, is secretly sleeping with a French housekeeper named Isabelle. Ava, a school teacher, is finally dating the perfect guy but can't get him to commit. And Bart, the youngest and only child of Kelley's second marriage to Mitzi, has recently shocked everyone by joining the Marines.

As Christmas approaches, Kelley is looking forward to getting the family together for some quality time at the inn. But when he walks in on Mitzi kissing Santa Claus (or the guy who's playing Santa at the inn's annual party), utter chaos descends. With the three older children each reeling in their own dramas and Bart unreachable in Afghanistan, it might be up to Kelley's ex-wife, nightly news anchor Margaret Quinn, to save Christmas at the Winter Street Inn.

Before the mulled cider is gone, the delightfully dysfunctional Quinn family will survive a love triangle, an unplanned pregnancy, a federal crime, a small house fire, many shots of whiskey, and endless rounds of Christmas caroling, in this heart-warming novel about coming home for the holidays.

I loved reading this book because it felt scandalous reading about Christmas at the end of January. If it was allowed I would talk about Christmas all year long but since I can't ... this was secretly fantastic! I am torn if I want to read the second book in the series (Winter Stroll) since that one also takes place at Christmas time or if I should hold out until December.... but even as I type that out I am pretty invested in the Quinn family so I may not be able to hold out!! 

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