Deck The Hills by Michelle Angus: Book Review

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

The Book

A grumpy pro snowboarder. A sunshiny mountain man. One peppermint-fueled charity event that delivers more than either bargained for…

Pro snowboarder Aspen Sterling doesn’t do jingle bells, gingerbread, or glittery holiday galas—but she needs to keep her sponsorship. Fresh off a brutal ACL injury, she heads to Mynt’s holiday resort determined to prove she’s back and at her best. What she didn’t expect was her neighbor Cole Rivers—a flannel-wearing, cocoa-making, holiday-obsessed mountain guide who makes joy look effortless. He’s exactly the kind of distraction that she can’t afford—yet can’t seem to avoid.

Cole loves his town, his job, and everything about the Christmas season. Which is why he’s determined to remind a certain snowboarder that this time of year still means something. Surrounded by twinkling lights and peppermint-scented chaos, Cole helps Aspen rediscover what joy really feels like—and perhaps what it means to fall for someone who sees through the tough-girl armor she’s worn for far too long.

Just as Aspen’s Christmas spirit begins to rekindle, a ghost from her past threatens to unravel it all. Now she must decide whether to keep her heart guarded or take a leap of faith with the one person who's slowly reminding her what Christmas magic truly feels like.

Because sometimes the bravest thing you can do is fall… right into love.

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

Michelle Angus has been keeping her adventures and her stories trapped in her mind for way too long. Michelle loves to write romcom, regency, adventure romance, and whatever else her mind takes her to. The few things that all of these different genres have in common for her are; they all end in a HEA, they are all sweet and clean, and they will all make you laugh.

She grew up in Arizona, but when asked, she will usually resort to telling people she grew up in Hell. She has been married to her hubby for 22 years, has three amazing teenagers and lives all over the place (Currently Kentucky).

When Michelle isn’t writing… or editing her books. You can usually find her reading and reviewing other awesome books, gardening, or going on adventures with her family.

If you like books that make you feel all of the feels, and leave you happy in the end, keep reading her books!

Book Review

We've come to the final book in the Peppermint Playbook series... and what a fun ending this one was! Right from their first meeting, I found myself enjoying the dynamic between Cole and Aspen. Aspen is a professional snowboarder who doesn't care for the holidays and Cole is a mountain guide who loves them. But as we learn more about her past, we get to understand the reasoning, which only makes Cole's helping her to embrace Christmas again all the sweeter. Beyond Christmas though, I also loved how he helped her to grow throughout the story in general as well. Their story was surprisingly tender but blended perfectly with the holiday cheers and laughs. And that epilogue!? Ooh, it was so good! Truly, a great ending to this fun series! 

Deck the Hills is a closed-door romance with kisses only and no language. It is part of the Peppermint Playbook series, an interconnected multi-author series with each book being able to be enjoyed as standalones as well (though they're definitely more fun together). 


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