Resolutions often come true in Crystal Cove.Colby Lodge is a clumsy but sweet and sexy bartender. He’d hoped for a great holiday and a perfect New Year. After his girlfriend dumps him—for his best friend—his truck breaks down, he gets evicted, and his cat runs away, he’s just hoping to survive. Then Mia Potter—the girl who got away—saunters into The End and he thinks they might get their … their Resolutions after all.
Mia walked away once knowing she was making a huge mistake. Fast forward five years and she’s back to fix that mistake—even if Colby can’t believe she’s here to stay. A lifetime ago Colby Lodge was her New Year’s Resolution every year, even if he didn’t know. They never got to start a new year the way either of them hoped. Can they finally get their New Year right and start it together?
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RATING 3.5 STARS
New Resolutions is book five in A Crystal Cove Holiday series by Dee Ellis. I really enjoyed the first book in this series and skipped ahead to book five so I could read it for New Years. While this one was plenty sweet and very sexy, I didn’t enjoy it as much.
Colby Lodge is a bartender for a bar called The End. He feels like his life has turned into a country music song. His girlfriend left him and he found out she has been cheating on him with his best friend. His truck broke down. His cat ran away. And he’s being evicted from his house. Things couldn’t get much worse.
It’s shortly before Christmas and he’s at work when the one person he didn’t expect to ever see again walks into the bar, Mia Potter. Mia was his teenage love. The woman that still held his heart. The one that got away. Five years ago, Mia left town and took his heart with her. Now for whatever reason, she is back, but for how long this time?
“Mia is like the sun; bright and warm but fleeting. I always stare too long, too hard and get blinded by her light.”
Mia and Colby don’t waste any time in reuniting, everywhere, on every surface! They finally share their true feelings for each other but is it enough to keep Mia here this time? Or should Colby memorize every minute with her until she leaves again?
“This year, I’m making a resolution before midnight on the 31st. This time, I want to keep the girl I love.”
While this was an enjoyable book, I couldn’t connect with these two for some reason. I do enjoy the smexy times but there was some need for communication here that could have avoided some of their issues. Instead of talking, these two spent most of their time with other activities!
Still, it was a fun little book and I do plan to continue with the series when it gets closer to Valentine’s Day with book two, Stupid Cupid.
I love second chance romances, Colby and Mia’s story has me grinning ear to ear. “Just give me one day..” geezus I swear I felt Colby’s heartache as if it were my own and then learning Mia’s side of things tore me apart again. Resolutions are always made on NYE and more often then not they fail us, wouldn’t you like to see what happens when they do come true and changes are made?. I’m not giving anything anyway because I want you to experience this story for yourself. Come back to Crystal Cove and have a drink or two at The End with everyone and see what unfolds with these two. You’ll have laughs, enjoy some steamy scenes and even a few tears eyed moments. It’s a great holiday read that’s enjoyable all year round. This is my unbiased and voluntary review.
Making resolutions that last.
Colby and Mia loved each other since they were teenagers but Mia thought her past would ruin him so she left. Breaking both their hearts. Colby tried to move on but when that doesn’t work and Mia strolls back into town five years later he’s lost in her again. Now he just needs to get her to stay this time. How is it that a short story can convey so much and make you feel so much? Magic, it’s got to be steamy, romantic magic.
5 Stars to New Resolutions Crystal Cove Holiday #5 by author Dee Ellis
I loved this sexy, short book! New Resolutions is a perfect evening read, one that you want to start AND finish before bed.
Colby was a sweet hero. But as sweet as he was, Colby was a dirty-talking sexy beast. Damn!
Colby hasn’t been having the best of luck lately. One aspect about his character that I absolutely loved was his determination to keep thinking positively. I was rooting for his HEA from page one. Still, Colby has to deal with a bit more heartbreak before he gets his happily ever after.
Mia was not my favorite heroine. I’ll be honest, I didn’t like her until the end. Fortunately I was patient waiting to find out her secrets because they redeemed her character for me.
I don’t want to give you anymore details or even a summary because this book is so short and you’ll want to read Colby and Mia’s story for yourself. I will say that once again, Dee Ellis wrote a super sexy romance. The Crystal Cove Holiday series is one you should all read. Each book has it’s own charm, just like that of the city of Crystal Cove itself. I truly hope we will get more holiday romances from Crystal Cove and author Dee Ellis.