it started with christmas: a gorgeous and heartwarming christmas romance  <br><b>a beautiful, feel-good christmas story. you’ll laugh, cry, and fall in love with this wonderfully warm and magical festive romance...</b> <br> <br><b>holly mcadams</b> loves spending the christmas holidays at her family’s cozy cabin, with its little red door and twinkling lights, tucked in the snowy hills outside nashville. <b>but this year will be different. someone unexpected is joining them...</b> <br> <br>after holly and her beloved <b>nana</b> struggle through a snow storm to reach the cabin, they discover gorgeous and wealthy <b>joseph barnes,</b> who has been renting the cabin for the last few weeks, is now snowed in. and it looks like he’ll be staying for the holidays. <br> <br>determined to make the best of the surprise situation, holly tries to bring everyone together by baking delicious treats and decorating the cabin with plenty of festive sparkle. she finds herself growing close to handsome joseph, who is unlike anyone she’s ever met before, even if nana isn’t so keen on the dashing stranger with the mysterious past. <br> <br>but charming and irresistible musician <b>rhett burton</b> is also back in town. thrown into close proximity with the person who used to be her best friend and the man who broke her heart, holly realizes it’s time to face her feelings and figure out what she really wants from her life. but to complicate things, both joseph and rhett have secrets to reveal... <br> <br>will holly be able to find herself and the love she’s always dreamed of this christmas? <br> <br><b>discover the joy of christmas in this gorgeous novel, celebrating the importance of friendship, the magic of love, and finding happiness by being true to yourself. </b> <br> <br><b>what readers are saying about it started with christmas:</b> <br> <br><b>‘fantastic</b> book, <b>one of the best xmas books </b>i've read this year. a real <b>trumpet-tooting extravaganza... </b>it's really what christmas is all about family... <b>can't praise this book enough.’</b> netgalley reviewer, 5 stars <br> <br><b>‘full of christmas charm and magic</b>, this is <b>such a heart-warming story</b> that <b>had me enchanted</b> from the first few pages... <b>fabulous</b>... <b>i loved everything about this book</b>... a <b>huge bear hug feeling... </b>definitely <b>a story that kept me smiling</b>... <b>a gorgeous story</b>.’ goodreads reviewer, 5 stars <br> <br>‘fills you with <b>christmas joy</b>... <b>utterly spellbinding</b>... this storyline <b>just oozed romantic love</b>... a<b> beautiful, tender, touching novel</b> which <b>left me covered in goosebumps </b>due to the <b>sheer beauty</b>... <b>blew me away</b> and left me wanting more. <b>i adored it.</b>’ <i>the writing garnet</i> <br> <br><b>‘this book was freaking amazing!</b> jenny hale spun a story that <b>had me laughing and crying</b>... <b>i highly recommend!... feel-good</b> story of love, happiness, friendships.’ goodreads reviewer, 5 stars <br> <br><b>‘oh my gods, jenny has done it again</b>... another <b>amazing delightful and heartfelt</b> <b>story</b> that <b>i just fell in love with </b>and<b> completely got lost in</b>...<b> a delight to read </b>from start to finish... <b>everything about thi