As assistant buyer for the world’s second-largest Christmas store, Kelsey Parker feels like a holiday harlot. She’s contractually obligated to promote the yuletide season. All. Year. Long. And it’s taking a toll on her spirit. But when her clueless, self-absorbed boyfriend goes on their long-anticipated romantic vacation — without her! — Kelsey is beyond disappointed to find herself tromping … through the Bell Harbor snow instead of lounging on a tropical beach.
Drew Hampton is considered quite a catch among the Bell Harbor bachelorettes, but when his high school dream girl, Kelsey Parker, shows up at his grandfather’s Christmas tree lot complaining about her love life, he decides it’s long past time to get her under the mistletoe himself.
As things heat up between the two, a surprise visitor arrives, making Kelsey an offer she can’t quite believe. Now she must decide what matters most, and she just may discover the key to her happiness.
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Jingle Bell Harbor is a fantastic holiday romance by Tracy Brogan. This is a fairly quick read, perfect for those with limited reading time. Ms. Brogan has produced a book that is well-written and furnished it with an outstanding cast of characters. Kelsey is supposed to be in Hawaii with her boyfriend for Christmas but when her grandmother broke her hip, she was needed in Bell Harbor. Drew was helping at the family tree farm when Kelsey hit him. Kelsey and Drew’s story is packed with drama, humor, spice and all things Christmas. I enjoyed reading Jingle Bell Harbor and look forward to reading more from Tracy Brogan in the future. Jingle Bell Harbor is book 3.5 of the Bell Harbor Series but can easily be read as a standalone. This is a complete book, not a cliff-hanger.
This one was so freaking cute! We are back in Bell Harbor so you know all the crazy is let loose but it is a good kind of crazy…and it is Christmas time! Kelsey has come home to take care of her grandma when what she had planned on doing was going on a tropical vacation with her boyfriend. She is tired of all things Christmas since she works for the biggest Christmas store around but she is sick and tired of Christmas. Then she runs into Drew who was working at his grandfather’s tree farm and the sparks ignite. Will there be smoke with this chemistry or will it spark out? This one is a keeper and definitely recommend!
I enjoyed this well-written, holiday novella. It kept me interested and entertained and it was a quick and perfect read for Christmas time.
It was a Read & Listen for Free with my KU subscription, so I thought I would give this new-to-me author a try. And I’m glad I did!
Kelsey is supposed to be going on a trip to Hawaii with her boyfriend, but her Grandmother’s fall/broken hip requires her to stay and take care of her instead. Yet her BF goes to Hawaii without her.
It takes a trip home, a run-in with a hunky classmate from high school, and her sister talking some sense into her to see that her relationship with her BF wasn’t a healthy relationship at all. It was one-sided and selfish – all on his part.
So it was no surprise when all-grown-up-and-filled-out-nicely Drew from high school ran into her, flirted with her, treated her with respect, and showed her exactly what she was missing.
This story was low on the angst, high on the charm, and I’m glad I squeezed it in. It was my first read/listen by this author and I look forward to more.
**I started with the audiobook and got about halfway through. Then finished by reading it. I thought the narrators did a good job.
Jingle Bell Harbor is an oh my lanta, laugh out loud Christmas romance filled with twists and turns you cannot put down.