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The Brightest Star
The Brightest Star: A Heartwarming Christmas Novel | Fern Michaels
13 posts | 7 read | 3 to read
Perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber and readers who cant get enough Hallmark movies, this special Christmas treat will warm your heart just in time for the cozy holiday season. A sparkling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels is exactly what you need to get in the spirit of the season. Christmas is more than just a celebration for Lauren Montgomery. For generations, its been her familys livelihood. Their Christmas shop, Razzle Dazzle Dcor, has seen seasonal fads come and go, but theres one trend they cant escape. Online superstores are swallowing their sales, and this Christmas season will need to be their best ever if the store is to stay in business. To help keep the shop afloat, Lauren also has a sideline, writing biographies for business figures. Shes thrilled when her literary agent contacts her with a new proposalbefore learning that the subject will be none other than John Gerald Giompalo. Hes the titan behind Globalgoods.com, the online retailer that has spelled doom for hundreds of small businesses just like Razzle Dazzle Dcor. Despite her misgivings, Lauren travels to Seattle to confer with the mogul, and is caught off guard when his son, John Jr., attends the meeting too. Handsome, intelligent, and deeply kind, hes perfectapart from the fact that hes part of the company threatening everything Lauren loves. As her deadline, and Christmas, draw closer, Lauren knows that theres more than her familys shop at stake. Her heart is, too. But theres no better time than the holidays to make a secret wish on the brightest star you seeand let the seasons magic take hold . . .
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OriginalCyn620
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Panpan

This book cover and blurb are pretty deceiving, as most of it takes place during November, not at Christmas time, so there was very little holiday festiveness. I really hate it when books do that! 😡
#wintergames #candycanecrushers #adventathon #AtoZ #bookspinbingo (has a recipe) #candylandreadathon #holidayromance #ispybingo #promptmaze #RushAThon #wintercosy #20in4

MallenNC Oh man. It‘s a pretty cover though! 4mo
Andrew65 Me too! Reading one at the moment and festive season very immaterial to the book despite Christmas being in the title. 4mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 4mo
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Catsandbooks So disappointing! 4mo
BookmarkTavern Too bad! It‘s a lovely cover! 4mo
TheAromaofBooks We need to start a list of things that should be illegal publishing activities... this would definitely be on the list! 😂 4mo
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OriginalCyn620
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My current read has a little bit of #bluefont!

#wintergames #photochallenge #candycanecrushers

Catsandbooks ❄️🍭❤️ 4mo
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OriginalCyn620
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I almost forgot to post my goals for #yearend #20in4! 😱
I want to finish my current read, the tagged book, and also read the Grinch sequel. And I want to start on the Leslie Meier.
#outwiththeoldinwiththenew

Andrew65 Best of luck 😁 4mo
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OriginalCyn620
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Eggs Cute mug and I like cones in the glass vases 👏🏻 4mo
Catsandbooks ❄️🍭❤️ 4mo
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TamTracy
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Mehso-so

I wish there was a little more to this story. I don‘t feel connected to the characters and the romance happened too quickly but also with nothing happening. Weird flow. Big parts of the story were skipped over then it just ended. ⭐️⭐️

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OriginalCyn620
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There‘s an #ornament on this cover! And I‘m going to read this before the month is over!

#wintergames #photochallenge #candycanecrushers

Catsandbooks 🍭❄️❤️ 4mo
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OriginalCyn620
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A #whitestack! These are all the physical books I have that fit the prompt.

#wintergames #photochallenge #decemberdreams
#candycanecrushers

Eggs Looks great! 5mo
Catsandbooks Cute little tree! 🎄 5mo
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Eggs
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Mehso-so

Lauren Montgomery runs the family shop that sells all things Christmas. She also writes biographies on the side; the latest offer has been 3+ million to write a bio on a Jeff Bezos-type character who owns GlobalGoods (Amazon). Bittersweet, as the retail mogul GG squashes small businesses like Lauren‘s family store…

#Pantone2023 @Clwojick

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Mshookquilts
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Pickpick

A feel good Christmas story. Lauren, a biographical author, has given up her life to help her father when illness prevents him from running his artisan Christmas shop. Due to his refusal to use any modern methods, the shop is failing. Lauren contributes her savings but something has to change. Then, she is presented with an opportunity for a new biography as things begin to change.

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Roary47
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Mehso-so

3✨ I enjoyed the build up of characters and the small business in a small town. There was quite a few fast scenes, quick decisions, and the ending also seemed rushed. I was also not a fan of the paranoid doom the main gave. I found 77 words for #WGWordSearch #WinterGames2021 @StayCurious

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Roary47
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Here is my December TBR really trying to finish a few in my last little bit of November so I have a few blanks until then. #bookspinbingo #wintergames2021 #teamgamesleighers

Clwojick Great list! Looks like there‘s a lot of fun books on here. 2y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 2y
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BeckyRoy
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My first Christmas 🎄 book of the season. Reading it while watching Hallmark

Oliver0712 Hi, thanks for the follow back 2y
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melissajayne
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Mehso-so

2.75⭐️ Wished the end was a little less rushed #wintergames2020 #readnosedreindeer #2020 #christmasfiction #fiction #bookreview #bookreview

Points: 25 + 10 + 1 = 36