Summary

I never saw this Christmas gift coming…

When my ex-wife lands in rehab, I get a surprise for the holidays. A 7-year-old girl who’s got no place to go. I love my former stepdaughter like she’s my own, but I have no idea how to give her everything she needs.

In a holiday-crazed town like Christmas Falls, it seems inevitable I’ll let her down.

Unless I finally let go of my pride an accept help from the new director of the Holiday Hope Foundation. Mason West is eager to lend support however he can. And when I let him, he goes above and beyond.

For Charlie’s sake. Not mine. Even if I maybe, kind of, wish that it was for me.

I’ve never been into men before, but Mason is so sweet, so giving, so…perfectly sized to snuggle in against my holiday sweater. Maybe if I can figure out what all this means, I can gain more than a daughter for the holidays.

Maybe I can keep the gift I’ve always wanted most—a family of my own.

Christmas Season 2 revisits a small town that thrives on enough holiday charm to rival any Hallmark movie. It’s a multi-author M/M romance series.

Review

What a wonderful way to kick off the return to Christmas Falls! Ford is a long-time Christmas Falls resident who is a little down on his luck, and his ex’s daughter is suddenly staying with him for the holidays. Meanwhile Mason is new to Christmas Falls, come to be the head of their charity organization (which I’m sorry, my ADHD brain just cannot remember the name of).

I don’t normally like the “single dad” trope very much, but GOSH, Charlie is just too cute, and the way she brings Ford and Mason together is so natural and believable. Also, I absolutely melt at how proud Ford is so willing to humble himself to do what’s best for his girl. *swoon* And Mason is so sweet and sensitive, careful to help people the best way he knows how while minding how hard asking for help can be.

The Snuggle is Real deals with some heavy issues like drug abuse and recovery (not the main characters), and themes of poverty and food insecurity, but at the same time is a very warm and light-hearted read. The small town of Christmas Falls is such a tight knit community – and I really hope the “Secret Santa” plotline is revealed further alone in the series! (Much like the holiday graffiti in season 1 of Christmas falls.)

This is the first book in the Christmas Falls: Season 2 multi-author series. It can be read as a stand-alone (but come on, you know you’re going to want to read them all!) There’s some overlap with D.J. Jamison’s Swallow Cove series, as Mason is Sawyer’s brother, and there are some minor spoilers for Swallow Cove book 3, Knockin’ Boats.

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book. All opinions are unbiased and my own.