In bestseller Elin Hilderbrand’s first Christmas novel, a family gathers on Nantucket for a holiday filled with surprises. Kelley Quinn is the owner of Nantucket’s Winter Street Inn and the proud father of four, all of them grown and living in varying states of disarray. Patrick, the eldest, is a hedge fund manager with a guilty conscience. Kevin, a bartender, is secretly sleeping with a French … French housekeeper named Isabelle. Ava, a school teacher, is finally dating the perfect guy but can’t get him to commit. And Bart, the youngest and only child of Kelley’s second marriage to Mitzi, has recently shocked everyone by joining the Marines. As Christmas approaches, Kelley is looking forward to getting the family together for some quality time at the inn. But when he walks in on Mitzi kissing Santa Claus (or the guy who’s playing Santa at the inn’s annual party), utter chaos descends. With the three older children each reeling in their own dramas and Bart unreachable in Afghanistan, it might be up to Kelley’s ex-wife, nightly news anchor Margaret Quinn, to save Christmas at the Winter Street Inn. Before the mulled cider is gone, the delightfully dysfunctional Quinn family will survive a love triangle, an unplanned pregnancy, a federal crime, a small house fire, many shots of whiskey, and endless rounds of Christmas caroling, in this heart-warming novel about coming home for the holidays.
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I love all her books
Loved the series, felt like I knew these people
This month I re-read this book by Elin Hilderbrand. Nantucket at the holidays sounds so magical both from stories I have read and pictures I have seen. In this book, the Quinn family come together at their inn, Winter Street. As many family holidays go there is some drama and shenanigans, all a reminder that we each have our own unique families …
This is my second book by Elin and I loved it so much more. I think in large part this is because I now know what to expect from her writing style. Oh, the drama! If I were to try to describe a typical American family these days, I’d be better off just handing them this book.
The family dynamics – particularly with how siblings can grow up in the …
I have finally read my first Elin Hilderbrand novel! And what a better way to start than with Winter Street, the first book of the Winter series. I’ve had this series on my shelf for a while and since it is December, I thought it would be the perfect time to get to them. Winter Street has a dash of romance, some holiday cheer, and a whole lot of …
Though the ending isn’t my preferred HEA, the story was engrossing and the characters pulled me in.
I hate to say it, but this is NOT my favorite Elin Hilderbrand novel. I think one of the main reasons why I felt indifferent to this one is because there were so many points of view and a ton of DRAMA packed into only 3 days! It was really strange and for me it just didn’t work. I also hated how this one ended. Had I known this was going to have a …
Winter on the Island finds the Quinn family , during Christmas week, embroiled in several dramas: a cheating spouse, a self absorbed boyfriend, insider trading, and the youngest boy is missing in Iraq. It may not be a Christmas of their dreams but the family is working through their issues in Hilderbrand’s special way. I liked the characters and …
This series would be a great movie!
Great story!!!!
WINTER STREET takes place in author Elin Hilderbrand’s beloved Nantucket, where the Quinn family owns and manages the Winter Street Inn. She creates great detail about each family member’s ups and downs, sadness and dysfunction.
Margaret Quinn’s career takes off as a news anchor for CBS. Her celebrity and position take her around the world, and …
Love all of her books
The writing style was a little different than I typically read. Good story, good characters. At points it made me laugh. A little disappointed at the cliff hangerish ending
I couldn’t wait to read the next in the series. . .
This was exactly the sort of easy-to-read, somewhat fluffy chick lit I was needed to read. The pages turned easily. Even when the story wasn’t light, it didn’t weigh me down. I enjoyed the whole host of characters and had no issue telling them apart (and not just because each time we were getting the perspective of another person, their name was …
Love the Quinn family!