Checking You Twice by Larissa Hommes: Book Review

 **ARC received for consideration. All opinions are my own. 

The Book

What if your mistletoe kiss with a stranger came with a twist you never saw coming?

Holden Prescott has only ever needed hockey. Love has no place in his world, he’s been fine on his own for as long as he can remember. But when he catches a beautiful woman from falling and ends up sharing an impulsive kiss under the mistletoe, his carefully controlled life is shaken. Good thing he’ll never see her again…

Belle Whitmore lives for Christmas. To her, nothing is more romantic than spending the holidays with someone special. Too bad her workaholic boyfriend isn’t the person she wants to be with. She’s ready to break things off when he surprises her with a trip to a mountain resort getaway with his family. Instead of walking away, she finds herself on a plane to Colorado, hoping she hasn’t made a huge mistake.

Except waiting to greet her is none other than the mystery man from beneath the mistletoe—her boyfriend’s cousin.

Neither of them expected to cross paths again, but when Belle’s boyfriend disappears for work and asks Holden to keep her company, their connection becomes impossible to ignore. With each sleigh ride, decorated cookie, built snowman, and spin on the ice, Holden’s frozen heart begins to thaw, and Belle starts to see what she’s been missing all along.

Was their mistletoe kiss holiday serendipity…or a Christmas disaster waiting to happen?

This is a multi-author series about six athletes who find love the week before Christmas. If you enjoy closed-door, small-town holiday rom-coms, this series is for you. Make sure to read them all!

The Author

Larissa Hommes has always loved reading, especially anything to do with romance. She never gets tired of meet cutes, friends to lovers, second chances, pretend relationships, and more. Since she couldn’t get enough through reading about romance, she decided to write stories of her own. She loves traveling, eating treats, and being outdoors. When she’s not caught up in make believe love lives, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two children, who are her greatest joys and biggest fans.

Book Review

This was such a cute story! Belle and Holden caught my attention right from the start with their Christmas rescue meet-cute and a mistletoe kiss with a stranger each never expected to see again... until fate steps in and they both find themselves at the same holiday resort and discover an unexpected connection: her boyfriend is actually his cousin! Talk about complications! Before you count this one out though, let me reassure you that while this might have a bit of a love triangle, it's pretty clear right from the start who Belle is meant to be with! I really enjoyed the sweet chemistry between these two and the tenderness mixed in with all the holiday festivities. Having already read the previous two books in the series, it was fun to see the connections between them. This was a cute addition to the series and perfect for adding a little hockey romance to your holiday TBR. 

Checking You Twice is a closed-door romance with kisses only and no language. It is part of the Peppermint Playbook series– a multi-author series of interconnected holiday sports novellas that can be enjoyed as standalones or in any order. 


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