If you’ve been reading Samantha Chase’s Montgomery Brothers series, you will recognize Carter Montgomery in A Dash of Christmas. Carter is a chef and restaurant owner which is a departure from the family business. Carter is attempting to open his fourth restaurant in Montauk, New York, but he is having trouble developing a new concept for the restaurant. His mother wants his help with a charity cookbook. He is overwhelmed and retreats to his family’s place in New York only to discover his childhood nemesis, Emery Monaghan in residence.
Emery is in hiding from the press over her fiancé’s cheating scandal. Mrs. Montgomery was kind enough to offer her a place to stay with a little matchmaking in mind. In exchange for a place to hide, Emery is helping with the charity cookbook project. Carter and Emery butt heads often until they start seeing eye-to-eye on things. All the arguing leads to a little romance.
I really enjoyed reading about Emery and Carter in this book. It put me in a holiday mood and I had thoughts of baking cookies. I choose to read more instead! I highly recommend reading the other books in the series first, but this is still a great stand-alone holiday book. A Dash of Christmas is available at your library in print or on CloudLibrary in eAudiobook format. Happy Reading!
Rating: *** Stars (I liked it)
- Dione, Branch/Reference Librarian
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GENRE: Contemporary Romances; Holiday Romances THEME: Enemies to Lovers (There is a thin line between love and hate in these stories where the characters start out as adversaries but end up romantically attached)
CHARACTER: Well-Developed
TONE: Steamy
WRITING STYLE: Engaging
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