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    I'll Be Home for Christmas: A Twilight, Texas Novel

    By Lori Wilde

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    Christmas in Twilight, Texas, is all merriment and mistletoe. The Cookie Club is whipping up their most festive sweets, the townspeople are scrambling to get their holiday shopping done, and Joe—a hometown guy with a restless heart—is dreaming about the woman he wants to kiss most . . .

    . . . And who happens to be staying at his sister's place over the holidays, while Joe's sister is away. But Joe isn't quite sure he wants to be a living Christmas present to runaway law student Gabi Preston.

    Joe thinks the sassy sweetheart he nicknames "Trouble" won't inconvenience anything but his healthy sex drive. But when he discovers the reasons Gabi escaped from her life, he aches to give her everything she's never had. As the magic of the season draws them together, the gift of love is the only one worth giving…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 27, 2015
    ISBN9780062311429
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    Lori Wilde

    Lori Wilde is the New York Times, USA Today and Publishers’ Weekly bestselling author of 87 works of romantic fiction. She’s a three-time Romance Writers’ of America RITA finalist and has four times been nominated for Romantic Times Readers’ Choice Award. She has won numerous other awards as well. Her books have been translated into 26 languages, with more than four million copies of her books sold worldwide. Her breakout novel, The First Love Cookie Club, has been optioned for a TV movie. Lori is a registered nurse with a BSN from Texas Christian University. She holds a certificate in forensics and is also a certified yoga instructor. A fifth-generation Texan, Lori lives with her husband, Bill, in the Cutting Horse Capital of the World; where they run Epiphany Orchards, a writing/creativity retreat for the care and enrichment of the artistic soul.

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    • 4/5
      If you've never seen the movie "The Holiday", which by the way was way better than "Love, Actually", then the premise and plot of this book will be interesting and entertaining for you. It was for me, even though I've seen the movie and loved it.

      Sometimes, one is in a need of change in scenery and our heroine really needed that so she decides to swap houses for the holidays with her online friend. Well, what can possibly go wrong, right?! LOL! After I found out what "yurt" is, I seriously now want to have one and live in it!

      There was a lot of things that I loved in this story, especially Joe and Gabi. Their characters were well developed and they clicked together well.

      If you love holiday stories that are not too "sappy" and are not taking over the romance part of it, you'll be into this book.

      Melanie for b2b

      Complimentary copy provided by the publisher
    • 4/5
      This was such a charming Holiday themed story. What we have here is a bit of “exchanged student” theme…kinda. Two friends that meet through pinterest of all places, keep contact with each other through email. Our heroine wants a taste of Christmas which she has never had Her younger brother died when she was young on Christmas and ever since her parents have avoided celebrating it. But Gabi Preston wants everything that comes with the celebrating of Christmas. The caroling, finding the perfect Christmas tree, the music, and the happy celebrations, the snow and sledding and much more. Her friend wants to get away from Twilight and its small town charm and the stress of the holidays. She wants to relax in the big city. So they decide to switch places. But upon arriving, Gabi is surrounded by Joe, her friends over protective brother who wants to know where his sister is and why she isn’t in Twilight and exactly where he can find her. OH boy, these two. Things start off to a rocky start for them. They have great chemistry with each other, but they have only two weeks. So nothing can be permanenet. As they end up spending the time celebrating and connecting. I was completely won over by reading this Christmas setting with a small town charm. I love reconnecting with previous characters from the series. All the fun cute clubs of various women in town. There was quite a bit of emotion, and brought me to tears when it came to Gabi and her brother. He is the reason she craves a Christmas experience, she wants to honor him and I really liked that about this story. Having a strong family connections that come into play in the story. Joe is such a swoon worthy hero. He is protective, strong and caring. The romance was steady but didn’t take too long for some action to happen. They only have two weeks together, so when it feels right they embrace what they have together….trying to make every moment count. Emotionally provacative and a lightly sensual romance that builds into a stunning love story!! BEAUTIFULLY SPUN ROMANCE!!!
    • 5/5
      Twilight, Texas It is all merriment and mistletoe as the town of Twilight celebrates Christmas. The townspeople are scrambling to get their holiday shopping done and the Cookie Club is whipping up their most festive sweets. A hometown guy with a restless heart, Joe, is dreaming about the woman he wants to kiss more than anything. While Joe’s sister is away the woman he wants is staying at his sister’s place. Gabi Preston is a runaway law student and Joe isn’t sure if he wants to be a living Christmas present to her. Joe nicknames Gabi “Trouble” as she is a sassy sweetheart. He also thinks he won’t be inconvenienced by anything other than his healthy sex drive. Soon Joe aches to give Gabi everything she has never had when he finds out why she ran away to escape her life. With the magic of the season drawing them together they discover that the only gift worth giving is love.This is another chapter in a series that will have readers cheering that they can revisit Twilight, Texas. The story of Joe and Gabi will be pulling on readers heart strings and will put readers in the mood of the season. This is also a story that readers will want to read over and over. It is fun to watch how much Joe and Gabi change as they find what matters most to them and to see how they work to find their happily ever after. Readers also get the joy of visiting Twilight again and see how the other characters are doing.
    • 4/5
      Good book with a sweet romance and characters with real world problems. Gabi is running away from her old life by switching homes with an online friend. After years of living up to her parents' expectations, she has realized that she isn't happy, so she quits law school and comes to Twilight to find out who she really is. There she meets Joe, her friend's brother, a good looking guy who she is immediately attracted to.Joe is the family rolling stone. Diagnosed with ADHD as a kid, even now he finds himself unable to settle down for long. When his beloved grandfather has a stroke, Joe comes home to run the Christmas tree farm while his grandfather recovers. The work is physical, which helps him stay focused, and the bonus is being with family for the holidays. He's surprised to find Gabi staying in his sister's place, and can't stop thinking about her.I liked Gabi a lot. She starts out as something of a lost soul and ends up a determined woman who knows exactly what she wants. When Gabi was six years old she lost her beloved older brother to cancer on Christmas Day. She and Derrick had often talked of all the things they would do at Christmas time when he was better. She blamed herself for his death (the reason why was heartbreaking) and set about trying to fill his place in her parents' lives. When she finally realized how unhappy she was, she came to Twilight to experience a real Christmas and decide what she wants to do. I loved seeing her throw herself into all the Christmas activities and how happy they made her. Because she had spent so much of her time growing up concentrating on her studies, she hasn't done much socially. The effect Joe has on her is instant and intense, but she's not sure if she should do anything about it. She's only there for three weeks and doesn't want to distract herself from her goals. But what a distraction! Joe was a real sweetheart of a guy. He's well aware of his personal challenges, and believes that because of them he will never settle down. He tried once and it didn't end well. But as evidence of what a good guy he is, he is still on good (though frustrated) terms with his ex-wife and contributes to the care of her daughter. I loved how he was the one who stepped up to take care of the Christmas tree farm because of how much it means to him. He's also a real charmer and has no trouble using it. He's attracted to Gabi, but sees her as the settling down type, which makes getting involved with her a bad idea. However, there is something about her that he can't stay away from.I loved the development of their relationship. Joe helps her get settled in Katie's place (a yurt!) and unsuccessfully tries to stay away from her. I loved seeing him dive into helping her experience everything that Christmas in Twilight has to offer. What he doesn't expect is the way that Gabi helps to calm the restlessness that he always feels. As she helps him deal with issues involving his ex and her daughter, he starts to wonder what it would be like to settle with Gabi at his side. I also liked the way that he made Gabi see her own worth as a person instead of just the one who keeps everyone else going. I loved seeing Gabi learn so much about herself with Joe's help. She also helps him with his own issues dealing with his ex-wife, and shows him that he's not the screw-up that he thinks he is. She worries that the feelings she has for Joe aren't real. I really liked the way that Joe gives her the space she needs at the end to figure things out. The ending was really sweet and romantic.As always, one of the best things about the Twilight series is the emphasis on love and family. Joe's family is well aware of his issues, but is always there for him. I loved his grandfather's story of his own restless past and the parallels to Joe's life. I loved what Joe did when he learned the story of Gabi's life, and the effect it had on her relationship with her parents.
    • 4/5
      I'll Be Home for Christmas by Lori Wilde#6 Twilight, Texas Gabrielle Preston, daughter of two high-profile L.A. defense attorneys, has recently dropped out of law school. To gather her courage and figure out her next step before confronting her parents with the news, she has decided to swap lives with an online friend over the Christmas holiday, similar to the feel-good movie, The Holiday. She heads to Twilight, Texas to stay in Katie Cheek's yurt, while Katie takes Gabi's place in her beachfront condo. One thing Gabi wasn't prepared for, however, is Katie's handsome brother, Joe.Joe Cheek has just returned home to take over the family Christmas tree farm as his grandfather recovers from some health issues. He thinks it will only be temporary and plans on heading back out after the holiday season. He's used to moving from place to place and has a hard time settling down, especially after getting seriously burned by his ex-wife. After meeting Gabrielle, however, his plans may need to be revised.This is a great holiday romance, dealing with some heavy issues involving marital betrayals, sickness and death of loved ones, realizing the true meaning of family, etc., but ending with warmth and a glimpse into a hopeful and happy future.
    • 3/5
      This sizzling Texas romance will knock your socks off. . . and anything else you have on. Seriously, there is a good story here, it just gets lost every so often in the gratuitous make-out scenes. Well, it is a romance; it’s just that, to me, it’s not romantic. Once the couple rounds third base and heads hot-and-heavy to home plate, do I really need that description? Uh, NO! Anyway, back at the Christmas tree farm, Gramps is suffering some health issues, and grandson Joe has stepped in to run things, for now. Ahh, but Trouble looms on his horizon, in the form of Gabi, who has traded abodes with her friend, Joe’s sister, for the holiday season. Oh, you know what comes next! But interspersed in the over-done romance is really an interesting story, with well-developed characters, some in-depth issues and good dialogue. My Christmas wish? When the characters go into the bedroom and take off all their clothes, please shut the readers’ door, too. We really don’t need all the gory details!