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Holiday Star - Spicy by Melissa Dymond
4.25
emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Fun read that has a few Christmas days in it. Gwen is a doctor going through residency and her mom just got remarried. While house sitting for her mom; Caleb, her new stepdad's nephew, one early morning enters without warning saying he needs a place to hide out-he's an in demand actor.

At first they just float around each other but then start to become friends a bit. Then they fall for each other but is Caleb's life something that Gwen can actually handle?

I liked that though Caleb is a celebrity, he also goes through some very real things like alcoholism, burnout, wanting more than what he's got but afraid to go after it because of anxiety and fear. Also Gwen, who lost her father too soon to cancer and having to grow up faster at a young age to step up and help care for her family, who has a great idea for a therapy program at the hospital but is rejected because she's a woman.

I thought that this was a great debut and I can't wait for