Not Christmas Without You

Love! Love! Love! Words fail to describe how much I truly loved reading Charity Wright and Quinn Douglas’ story in Not Christmas Without You by Jane Porter, the fourth book in her Love on Chance Avenue series. This Christmas story gives Ms. Wright a chance to find her Mr. Right and a lonely man trying to find a missing piece of his life a chance to locate it. Charity is struggling after another breakup with the wrong guy when her friend Tricia, a travel agent convinces her to pretend to be her and attend a Wyoming resort’s presentation. There Charity meets Seattle Sportswriter Douglas Quincy looking into investing in the resort. These two hit it out of the park, agreeing to be friends as the event ends. The problem is Douglas Quincy was actually Marietta’s famous Quinn Douglas survivor, baseball player and brother to McKenna and Rory. Clearing up their identities was the first thing they had to remedy, which Quinn accomplished with a visit to Marietta and his family. Quinn was such a gentleman and down to earth person wanting to be known for the person he is, not what happened to him, what he does, or the amount of money in his bank account. Charity did not recognize him, which was a first for him and actually endeared her to him. Charity had baggage from previous relationships, leaving her with little self-confidence. Yet, Charity was kind, caring, loving, and fiercely protective of her loved ones. She needed to learn how to love and accept herself before she and Quinn could find their Happy Ever After. When an ex-girlfriend of Quinn’s appears, threatening her, Charity must find the inner strength to prove her love to Quinn. Quinn and Charity were perfect for each other. They were both caring and compassionate people. Charity saves a lost dog, giving it a home. Quinn steps in, staying longer in Marietta, to help out an injured friend who is unable to operate his Christmas Tree farm. Ms. Porter, an amazing story teller in her own right, wrote a wonderfully sweet, emotional and moving story that is definitely not to be missed. This story is filled with sexual attraction, fun dialogue, and endearing characters. I highly recommend this book to other readers. I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.

I'm going to head to Marietta for the Holidays. I know if I hear that Jane Porter has written a Christmas book than it is going to be good. Add in some of the favorite families from my favorite fictional town and all i really want to do i sit and drink a mug of hot chocolate and read. This is the 4th book in this series but of course each book can be read as a stand alone...but who would want to do that when you can read the others and enjoy the town so much, right? In this book we get to know Charity Wright and Pro Baseball player Quinn Douglas. While they meet outside of Marietta,at a resort in Wyoming, both are from Marietta. Charity is there acting as her friend who had to back out of going on the business trip and well frankly she needed to get away after walking in on a back situation with her skunk of an ex-boyfriend. Quinn is there to decide if he wants to invest in the resort. He knows the owners from his semi-pro ball days. Only issue is Charity is there under her friend's name and her friend's job which is not what she does at all. And Charity tends to forget a times. This book was so wonderful to read. It is always nice to read a book and see some of your favorite characters from past books show up in the storyline. It's like they are coming by the say hi and waving at you. Well just know it is like that in this book. This book is going to be another one of repeat Christmas reads year after year.

I loved this story so much. It was a fantastic heartwarming holiday story. The characters were all great, and relatable. Charity and Quinn were both from Marietta, and both had pasts they wanted to leave behind. Charity because of growing up disadvantaged, and Quinn because of the tragedy that struck his family when he was younger. They run into each other at a resort in Wyoming, both using fake names for different reasons, and they didn't recognize each other either. So when Quinn goes to find Charity (under her fake name) the reunion goes less than smoothly. I just loved how down to earth and caring both Charity and Quinn were.