Snow, a hunting lodge, and a flight—both to and from—love.Music composer Jesse Parrish has a dream contract! He’s been signed to write the soundtrack for a film with award potential. This one job could make his whole career. Twelve themes, all due to the producer at Christmas—but he’s completely blocked. He doesn’t have a single theme, let alone twelve. He needs to get out of Vancouver and … to get out of Vancouver and somewhere he can think.
Aspiring private pilot Mattie Daines has been crushing on Jesse since before he started dating Mattie’s older sister. His music makes her heart sing—but what kind of creep-o falls in love with her sister’s boyfriend? That’s half the reason she’s been working as an outdoors guide anywhere but Vancouver for the past couple of years.
When Mattie hears that Jesse is desperate for a private plane to take him to a friend’s mountain lodge, she leaps at the chance, if only to prove that she can be around him without her knees going weak.
Mattie whisks Jesse off to the mountains in her plane, but when bad weather threatens the flight, will this dangerous plane ride also threaten Mattie’s firm resolve not to let feelings for Jesse back into her life?
The Holiday Hunting Lodge is Book 3 in the Christmas House Romances series by award-winning author Jennifer Griffith. Other books in the series include The Christmas Cookie House and The Sleigh Bells Chalet. Read all three for a sweet holiday treat.
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The Holiday Hunting Lodge is the third book in the delightful Christmas House Romance series but can also be read as a stand-alone. We first met Mattie in The Sleigh Bells Inn and this is her story a year later. Jesse, a music composer is desperate to get away to compose before he loses his film score contract and Mattie is the only person who can help him. Their chemistry is undeniable but it means something different to each of them. Needless to say things do not go smoothly. The characters are great, the location stunning and the end delightful. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and have no hesitation in recommending it to all romance fans.
This book definitely held my attention throughout!
Misunderstandings can be the pits, but when things become clear it can end in an HEA like this one.
Good book!
I just loved this Christmas romance story. Mattie has been in love with Jesse. Only problem is her sister Naomi swooped in. Two years later they are no longer an item. Mattie gets roped into flying Jesse to a remote cabin for him to write music which he was never able to do while dating Naomi. Turns out Mattie is his muse and getting stuck together could be really bad or good if Mattie can get over him choosing her sister before. Lots of fun stuff in there. I received a complimentary copy and I am voluntarily reviewing.
The Holiday Hunting Lodge by Jennifer Griffith (5 stars)
(Warning: This review has spoilers)
Such a great addition to the series! I loved how Jesse and Mattie inspired one another’s art. Jesse’s need to touch her in order to hear some of his themes was a great touch (no pun intended)!
Mattie’s love of nature, innate sense of direction and skills at creating art made her a very likable character. Her insecurities about not being as smart as her other siblings kept her real, otherwise she’d have been too perfect, which brings me to my one and only complaint.
The end scene where Mattie’s siblings are complaining about how, as the baby and because of her ability to do almost anything, her parents lavished their attention on her and sent her to amazing camps, etc. was a scene that opened up new hornets nests rather than resolved much, at least in my opinion.
It did help Mattie realize that she had been off-base in her self assessment for most of her life, so that was good. But it opened up the ‘our parents doted on you more’ and her sister’s ‘I’m so uninspiring that’s the man whose kisses I loved lost his ability to compose music’ hornets nests. Mattie doesn’t even seem to worry that her sister might be in pain from her relationship with Jesse and that the fact that he’s composing again could be salt in the wound for her sister.
Other than that admittedly small blip in context of the whole book, I loved it and am hoping for another in the series!
Super cute holiday read!!
*poor, **ok, ***good, ****very good, *****something special
Great characters with interesting strengths and weaknesses.
Interesting dynamics between the family and friends.
And, also the link between trust and creativity.
Yes, The Holiday Hunting Lodge is set at Christmas but the story is not really about Christmas. This wonderful, magical romance has very artistic main characters, a great story, a little suspense and an HEA! I was thoroughly captivated and read straight through. This may just be my favorite story of the three books in this series.