Married by Thanksgiving
by Melinda Curtis
Series: A Heartwarming Thanksgiving: An Anthology #13
Series Rating:
Published by Harlequin Special Releases on November 1, 2016
Genres: Sweet Holiday Romance
Pages: 66
Format: Kindle
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Also in this series: Snow Day Baby, Wedding at Turkey Run, Her Thanksgiving Soldier, Mr. Right All Along, Falling for the Cowboy, The Marriage Gift, Heart of a Hero, Thankful for You, Autumn at Jasper Lake, The Firefighter’s Promise, Wedding of His Dreams, The Sweetheart Tree
A marriage of convenience—or not!
Football star Clinton Hadley has been in trouble with the law once too often recently. When a night out with friends turns into a night in jail the week before Thanksgiving, Clinton knows the judge will throw the book at him if he doesn't think of something. Fast.
Brenda Thomas has only started working in the law offices of Wilson, Wilson & Wyatt when she's asked to cover for her boss while he takes a Thanksgiving vacation in the Bahamas. She's not thrilled with the clientele, as she's called in to defend the handsome, irksome Clinton Hadley so he won't miss Sunday's big game. She shouldn't be surprised that Clinton tries to pull a fast one with the judge. But she's speechless when he announces he'll be staying out of trouble because he and Brenda have had a whirlwind romance and plan to marry right away. With her reputation and job at stake, and Thanksgiving plans with—coincidentally—the judge only days away, Brenda sees no other play, but to accept Clinton's proposal.
Found in: A Heartwarming Thanksgiving
Will a football star and a lawyer make a good couple?
Married by Thanksgiving by Melinda Curtis is the perfect beautiful short to end this anthology. This book is super cute. It makes me think of back home since I am from Santa Rosa.
We follow Clinton Hadley, a quarterback for a football team who ends up marrying Brenda Thomas, his lawyer.
Clinton Hadley
What I like about Clinton is that he’s a very charming young man, that wants the best in life. Clinton also wants to keep his personal life private from the prying eyes of the media. What I don’t like about Clinton is he runs head first into issues, and he doesn’t thoroughly think things through.
Brenda Thomas
What I like about Brenda is that she wants to be the best attorney. She also wants to make her family proud of her, even though she is different than the rest of her family. What I don’t like about Brenda is that she allows her family to tell her that she isn’t enough, they don’t appreciate her as they should.
Five Stars
Married by Thanksgiving by Melinda Curtis is a fantastic book and I loved it. Ms. Curtis can certainly create characters that make me root for them to win. And this book is not an exception to that. I can’t express how much I adored this story.
I am giving this book five stars and recommending it to anyone that loves romances, lawyers, and football stars.
This story is part of A Heartwarming Thanksgiving: An Anthology, from Thanksgiving in 2016; which is still available through Amazon.
Below are the other stories included. I will link them once I have finished each review.
Snow Day Baby by Amy Vastine
Wedding at Turkey Run by Liz Flaherty
Her Thanksgiving Soldier by Leigh Riker
Mr. Right All Along by Jennifer Snow
Falling for the Cowboy by Sophia Sasson
The Marriage Gift by Tara Taylor Quinn
Heart of a Hero by Pamela Tracy
Thankful for You by Karen Rock
Autumn at Jasper Lake by Carol Ross
The Firefighter’s Promise by Kate James
Wedding of His Dreams by Cari Lynn Webb
The Sweetheart Tree by Rula Sinara
Married by Thanksgiving by Melinda Curtis
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About Melinda Curtis
Traditional Bio
Although Melinda has lived in Georgia and Texas, she’s a California girl at heart. Her earliest memories are of life on an isolated 50-acre sheep ranch in rural Sonoma County, California. Picture rolling hills covered in brown grass, a eucalyptus forest, a long gravel driveway lined with plump sheep and no sidewalks. It was a big deal to drive into town on a one-lane road in a ramshackle, bubble-fendered pickup for an ice cream.
Flash forward to this century. Melinda lives in California’s hot central valley with her husband – her basketball playing college sweetheart. With three kids the couple has done the soccer thing, the karate thing, the dance thing, the Little League thing and, of course, the basketball thing.
Melinda writes sweet to medium heat contemporary romances as Melinda Curtis and red hot reads as Mel Curtis. She loves writing romances about women who don’t realize how strong they are until a hero comes along to show them, while capturing the wry humorous power struggle of falling in love – because, really, who lets the man have the last word?
The above bio and picture were taken from the author’s site.
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2018 Goodreads Reading Challenge
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