“Morgan’s gently humorous aesthetic will leave readers feeling optimistic and satisfied.” –Publishers Weekly on A Wedding in December In the snowy perfection of Aspen, the White family gathers for youngest daughter Rosie’s whirlwind Christmas wedding. First to arrive are the bride’s parents, Maggie and Nick. Their daughter’s marriage is a milestone they are determined to celebrate … celebrate wholeheartedly, but they are hiding a huge secret of their own: they are on the brink of divorce. After living apart for the last six months, the last thing they need is to be trapped together in an irresistibly romantic winter wonderland.
Rosie’s older sister, Katie, is also dreading the wedding. Worried that impulsive, sweet-hearted Rosie is making a mistake, Katie is determined to save her sister from herself! If only the irritatingly good-looking best man, Jordan, would stop interfering with her plans…
Bride-to-be Rosie loves her fiancé but is having serious second thoughts. Except everyone has arrived–how can she tell them she’s not sure? As the big day gets closer, and emotions run even higher, this is one White family Christmas none of them will ever forget!
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If you want a holiday book that is basically a luxurious winter getaway in paper form, grab this book. The story centers around a Christmas wedding at a luxury resort in Aspen and if you’re anything like me, you’ll fall for the descriptions of the accommodations, the food, the shopping trips and the scenery as much as the multi-generational stories of romance, second chances and family.
This was such a beautiful book I was hooked right away. The descriptive writing made you feel like you could be there with them in a winter wonderland. Some of the situations depicted are so amusing it made me laugh out loud at times.Rosie is getting married to Dan after only a few months into the relationship. Her parents and sister are concerned she’s making a mistake. Maggie and Nick are estranged unbeknownst to their daughters. They decide to pretend to be a happily married couple so as not to ruin the festivities. Katie is an overworked doctor in a busy London hospital . She has suffered a trauma at work and is having anxiety attacks as a result. Her life is unravelling around her.
Caroline , Dan’s mother, Is excited about the wedding and revels in the arrangements. Rosie is feeling swept up in it all and is suffering self doubt as a result. Katie is doing everything she can to keep Rosie and Dan separated but Jordan thwarts her at every turn. The simmering attraction between the two is obvious and their verbal sparring a pleasure to read. This is a heartwarming ,festive treat and I thoroughly recommend it
This was a great book. I enjoyed reading about Maggie, Rosie and Katie. My favorite story line was Katie. Great Christmas story. I cant wait to read more from Sarah Morgan.
I love Christmas stories and this one is easily a favorite. Well woven family tale with plenty of drama, heat and sweet.
I was sad when it ended, wish it had gone on forever. The beauty of the Colorado Mountains at Christmas time
is well portrayed. The difficulty of life is also so we’ll written that I felt myself involved.
Truly a Christmas treat.
The White family Christmas is unlike any they have experienced. Rosie, the younger daughter, is getting married in Aspen, Colorado, after a whirlwind courtship. Her parents, Maggie and Nick, and sister Katie flyover from England to join the wedding celebration. However, they are all keeping secrets. Maggie and Nick have been separated for six months and are planning to divorce. They don’t want to spoil the wedding with this news so they decide to pretend they are still happily married. Katie, an emergency room doctor, has kept secret a traumatic attack and her second thoughts about her career and is focused on stopping what she sees is an impulsive wedding. And Rosie herself is beginning to have doubts about how well Dan and she know each other. I really enjoyed how author Sarah Morgan tied all these family threads together into a wonderful story.
A White Christmas and a wedding, perfection! Then the older sister arrives and Mom and Dad are pretending to be happily married, what can go wrong? Loved this story, set in Aspen it is the perfect spot for a white Christmas, it like a fairy tale come true.
Maggie is the mother of two charming, smart daughters whom she misses terribly. She spends all year looking forward to spending Christmas at the family’s cottage in the UK, especially this year when life has kept them apart and has Maggie and her husband keeping a secret. Her youngest, Rosie, is known to be impulsive, but to request the entire to family to come to Colorado for her wedding with two weeks notice is more than Maggie can handle. Terrified of flying and the truth, Maggie’s husband manages to get her aboard a plane for the holidays, where they’ll join their eldest, Katie. Katie, too, is harboring a secret, and even worse, isn’t really there to attend the wedding, but to ruin it. This Christmas isn’t turning out like a White Family Christmas at all, but at least there will be snow.
Funny, heartwarming, and romantic, A Wedding in December is a truly wonderful family-focused read by Sarah Morgan. Christmas is just the backdrop to this cozy read, featuring snowmobile trips, sled dogs, family bickering, and three women who just don’t know how to handle their secrets or their emotions. I loved the entire White family, I could relate with Maggie, Katie, and Rosie as they tried to tackle the trip. There’s also some fantastic secondary characters that brought the story to life, I could hear the characters unique voices in the dialogue. Each of the women’s perspectives told their own story, each tied together perfectly to make a cohesive entertaining book.
A Wedding in December was just the read I needed and I am sure it will be one I revisit as the holidays draw closer. Sarah Morgan gives readers a Hallmark Movie-like read, without the unbelievable plot lines and the overwhelming amount of cheer. I absolutely adored this family-themed novel.
A beautifully crafted story as are all of Sarah Morgan’s books. It is a love story. It is about family. Ups and downs in relationships. Learning to trust and give up control. Learning to listen and live life. Being happy. Accepting that life changes and nothing stays the same. The author takes you through all of those emotions as the White family sorts through the emotions of their family history and comes to realize what lays ahead just might be better.
I received this copy free from the author and am under no obligation to leave a review. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am freely sharing my opinion.
Wonderful story.
Ms. Morgan once again gives her readers a book filled with wonderful characters, and through her storytelling skills demonstrates her understandings of family dynamics. She especially writes with a sympathy for the challenges of the emotional lives of women.
I’ve read several Christmas romances this year, and some have hit it out of the park while others, well, not so much. Out of all of them, I have to say that A Wedding in December is my favorite so far. This is a romance, and it takes place during the week leading up to Christmas, but it’s so much more than just another Christmas romance. This is the story of a family and all that it entails. We have three women, a mother and her two grown daughters, each dealing with something and worried about stressing the other two. Of course, there were a few things that were a little over the top. This is fiction after all, but for the most part, this whole story just felt real, like something we’d hear about from a family member or experience ourselves. Maggie’s marital problems certainly rang true, especially to someone who has been married for years. I know all too well how easy it is to get caught up in work, kids, life in general and get complacent in the relationship. Sometimes it takes something big to shock us out of our everyday existence, and a wedding at Christmas is one such event. In the end, we have three romances, with Maggie and Nick being prevalent, at least for me, and a family that I couldn’t help but get caught up in. This one is certainly not the usual Christmas romance fluff, so there is angst, but the author wonderfully tempers that angst with wit and fun, and it all worked to be thoroughly charming. This is my first read by Sarah Morgan, and I must say that the writing style combined with characters so real they practically leap off the page drew me in from the beginning and didn’t let go.
Rosie is about to be married…but she is having second thoughts…BIG TIME! Katie, her sister, is determined Rosie is making a mistake…and boy is she planning on proving it. Maggie, their mom, is hiding her own big secret.
Sarah Morgan always creates the best characters with the best quips and funny interactions. This book made me laugh out loud in places. Not only is it funny…it is heartfelt and inspiring. And the setting of the beautiful mountains of Colorado is amazing. I felt like I was right there enjoying the scenery.
This is a perfect, fun romance for any season. But, the setting of Christmas and family wedding just puts the perfect spin on a great story.
I received this novel from the publisher for a honest review.
Sarah writes beautifully! Very easy syllable, nice to read from the first to the last line. I love books that make the world a better, kinder place. And this is just such a book. Perfectly! I recommend reading it for sure, especially on Christmas Eve.
I think we are similar in style in my new book Alina Kryvenets
A Wedding In December by Sarah Morgan is a most delightful contemporary novel about love and family.
Families are complicated affairs with interactions that are constantly changing. The novel focuses on a family that is coming apart at the seams as everyone tries to cope alone, keeping secrets from others. A change of scenery brings more than just a new location.
The novel explores identity. Too often our identity is tied up in what we do instead of who we are. “Did her mother even have dreams?” has to be one of the saddest utterances… a character is more than just a mother. She has hopes and dreams too. We are never too old to dream.
Where our heart is, there lies our fortune. “Not all people were motivated by money and status. Some were motivated by love.” The richest people are those who love and are loved.
Snow covered Aspen is the setting for the novel. It comes alive with Sarah Morgan’s comprehensive descriptions. The reader catches the festive atmosphere.
Sibling love is a strong bond. The love and care for her sister had motivated a career choice.
Walling up a heart to prevent hurt never works. “Every time you love someone you risk getting your heart beaten to a pulp.”… but isn’t it better to risk love than to live in isolation?
Sarah Morgan has created a delightful set of characters. We experience life through the alternating eyes of a mother and her daughters. All are wonderfully drawn and easy to empathise with.
A Wedding In December is a perfectly charming novel with realistic characters battling realistic problems. The backdrop of snow and log cabins gives a wonderful ambiance. It is a perfect read to get you in the festive mood.
I received this book for free. A favourable review was not required and all views expressed are my own.
Oh my goodness, this was wonderful!
A Wedding in December is told from the POV of the three White family women: mother Maggie and her two daughters Katie and Rosie. Rosie, the baby of the family who spent much of her childhood very sick and may have moved across the Atlantic partially to escape the eternal smother-style mothering Maggie and Katie tend to employ toward her, surprises everyone when she calls them in late November to say she’s getting married. In Colorado. To a man they haven’t yet met. On Christmas Eve. Yes, THIS Christmas Eve.
Any family would probably be a bit surprised, even concerned perhaps. Is it too soon? Will everything be ready on time? How can they help from so many miles away?
And yes, some of those concerns are what the elder White women are thinking. But this is a Sarah Morgan book, so you know it’s going to be more complicated than that! Maggie hasn’t yet told her children that their father moved out months ago and they’re planning on divorcing. (And of course *now* isn’t the time to tell them, right? Just pause a moment and consider the hoops she might start jumping through to keep them in the dark–and then multiply by at least ten, because Sarah Morgan novel.) Katie, and ER doctor who was running on empty about ten months ago, had a hellish day at work several weeks past and just got through with a different kind of on-the-job difficulty minutes before taking her sister’s call, is sure Rosie is moving too fast and buys her ticket to the States with the intention of stopping the wedding altogether. (Yes, she even admits this out loud to her flatmate. And amazingly, hearing it out loud doesn’t make her reconsider. Yikes.)
Throw in one of the world’s best (if slightly bossy and full of her own issues) future mothers-in-law, the (hopefully) future groom, his frustratingly loyal and gorgeous best friend (who knew the hefting-great-tree-trunks workout was so effective?) and of course, Mr. White himself, and you’ve got the makings of one heck of a story.
Add in a curious mountain lion, a blizzard, ONLY ONE BED (of course–I mean, you knew that already, didn’t you?) and somebody’s midmorning delight getting interrupted by–well, almost everybody in the book–and you know this is one book you’re not going to be able to put down anytime soon.
I know I wasn’t! And I haven’t even mentioned the text message at about 94% that nearly had me in tears…
Verdict? A Wedding in December is one holiday book I am so glad I had the chance to read! I’ll be counting the days until Ms Morgan gives us her next…
Rating: 4 1/2 stars / A
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
I really don’t know where to start with this review. This was a stunning story, the writing, the plot, the characters. I fell in love with it and prolonged my reading because I didn’t want it to end.
This is actually three love stories in one. You’ve got the main story line, Rosie, the youngest daughter is getting married. Not only is she getting married, but it’s happening in one month, and in Colorado of all places. Now her sister, Katie, a doctor in London, and they’re parents Nick and Maggie who live in Oxford are flying in for the event.
But that’s not the only romance in the story. Nick and Maggie have been split up for a few months now, but Maggie’s afraid to tell her daughters. She’s asked Nick for time to tell their girls and he agreed. But, now with the wedding and the long flight from England to Colorado, they’ve decided to pretend to still be married, and pretend that they’re on a second honeymoon. I mean, what can go wrong?
Then we have overworked Katie, she’s still recovering from an event at the hospital that she hasn’t told her family about. An overachiever, she’d decided at a young age that she wanted to be a doctor so that she could take care of Rosie and her asthma. But now she’s having second thoughts about her career. Given sick time to recover, she uses her time in Colorado to think about her future. It doesn’t help when Jordan, the best man, is just what she needs. But Katie’s not there for just reflection and healing, she’s there to stop her sister from making the biggest mistake of her life. Seriously, who meets, falls in love, and gets married so quickly. At least that’s Katie’s thoughts.
I truly enjoyed the weaving of the three stories. You learn so much about each one, but at the same time, the story line doesn’t drag. When Katie succeeds in her mission, you feel all the emotions that everyone’s feeling. By the end, I was so invested in these fictional characters and their stories that I had a few tears falling. This is the perfect book if you’re looking for a Christmas romance.
**I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley and Harlequin Romance and this is my honest and voluntary review.
Three beautiful love stories revolving around the marriage of Maggie’s youngest daughter, Rosie, who decides to marry in less than a month to a young man she knows little about, causing great family confusion.
Maggie, Rosie and Katie are living different times in life. Between crises and doubts, they will need to make decisions that can change the course of their lives.
The men are fantastic, I just hoped for a better dialogue in solving Rosie’s drama.
Narrated in the third person and with each chapter of one of the women, Sarah Morgah created a great Christmas story. Talking about second chances, resilience and love.
A lovely feel good Christmassy read set in snowy Colorado. The White family congregate in Aspen for the whirlwind wedding of younger daughter Rosie. Both parents Maggie and Nick, and eldest daughter Katie bring along secrets that they are trying to hide from each other and Katie is determined that the marriage will not go ahead if the groom is not worthy of her sister (which causes all sorts of tension). A delightful way to spend a couple of hours, with both laughter and tears.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
A Wedding In December by Sarah Morgan a four-star read that will make you want to celebrate. I enjoyed this story, but there is a lot going on, lots of plots running over and under each other and just all a little much, but as always Sarah Morgan writes a good story and that makes it easier to keep track of. The White family are all different, but family always know the ways to push each other. This was a good story and if you like the genre then you won’t want to miss this story.
This is a heartwarming and touching Christmas story set in the beautiful Rocky Mountains (I may be biased as I live in Colorado). I enjoyed that it is told from alternating POV’s of the Mother, Maggie, and two daughters, Rosie and Katie. They are each facing different major milestones in their lives and learning to be the person they really want to be. It has humor, real life family drama and of course, romance. I loved the detail of the scenery and the winter wonderland setting it had me envisioning. I highly recommend this book to put you in the Christmas Spirit.
Not going to post a spoiler, but I would really love a continuation of Katie’s story in the future.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader copy of this book.