Jingle Wars (Hollyridge, #1)
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Read between January 7 - January 9, 2023
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“Welcome to the past fifty years of my life, son. You do a lot of things you don’t want to do for the women that you love.” Tell me about it.
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The sexiest thing about a woman is the confidence she exudes.
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Hell, I’ll take the hallway. Finn has WSE—wall-sex energy. It’s written all over him.
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Being accepted by a donkey might be the usual to someone like Finn, but it makes tears prick my eyes. I probably look crazy, eyes glistening because I’m stroking a donkey dressed as a reindeer, but it makes warm joy pour into my heart. I think I get why the Grinch was amazed when he felt his heart grow three sizes. This feels just like that.
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“Holiday movies are the perfect movie. No matter how lonely or sad or depressed you are, they’re like a big hug. When your family is divorced and too focused on themselves year-round, they’re all you have.”
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"Nope, my girl Freya is." I grin and toss an arm around her shoulders nonchalantly. I basically just pissed on the ground in front of her, staking my claim, and I have no damn clue why.
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"Ugh, you are infuriating. You love to watch me make a fool of myself, don't you."
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lean into her, right where her dainty, diamond earrings are showing and whisper gruffly, "Maybe I just wanted to see how well you could ride, Princess."
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Typical Grams, trying to distract me with food while she gets away with murder.
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“Wow, everything is so beautiful. The lights, the trees, the snow,” Freya says in awe. I agree. “It really is.” Except I’m not looking at the scenery, I’m looking at her.
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"Wanna test how gentlemanly I'm feeling right now?" I whisper huskily into her ear.
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From thirsty bitches everywhere, thank god for sweatpants season.
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I’m in danger of hypothermia from exposure, what a way to go—with a hot man eating my pussy so good I’m making noises I’ve never made before.
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On a scale of one to ten, getting trapped in my dream cabin with Finn during a blizzard is an eleven.
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Here, in the middle of this cabin, on a goddamn bear skin rug in front of a fire, a cliché if there ever was one, changes everything.
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knowing that even if Hollyridge isn’t the place I stay, Finn Mayberry will always be the place my heart lives.
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"Love like that Finn? It only comes around once. The ones who steal your heart whenever you had it caged in so good and tight, and you never even saw it coming. Like a thief in the night," Gramps says.
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You know money isn't everything. Family is. Love is. Because when you're six feet under, none of that money will bring you any comfort."
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"Best listener in the world, son. Been sayin' that for years." He smiles. That damn donkey.
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Gramps once told me when love walks in, you never let it walk out.
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But somewhere along the way I let you inside and you changed me Freya. You make me softer. You make me love easily."