Author: Nicole Pyland
Genre: Contemporary Romance 🌶️
Tropes: First Love, Slow Burn, Coming Out
Series: Holiday Series #6
Pages: 236
Published: December 15th, 2022
Format: ebook (KU)
Started: 06-22-2025
Finished: 06-27-2025
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synopsis
Scarlet Campbell’s friends had all coupled off, and it had happened this year. All five of them had found love while Scarlet had continued to go back and forth about coming out to her family, and on top of that, she still couldn’t talk to women. Every time she tried, she choked. She got nervous. She said something stupid. As a result, she was still a single nerd who worked as a data analyst and did coding on the side.
Dakota Wagner was new to the marketing team of a software company, tasked with building a customer community. To do that, though, she needed data. When Dakota was sent Scarlet’s way, she found the woman endlessly adorable, so she wanted to get to know more about her other than her fascination with sugar and numbers.
In Scarlet’s eyes, Dakota was sexy, smart, and would have no problem finding a girlfriend easily, so Scarlet didn’t think she’d have a chance. Little did she know that Dakota was exactly who she needed in her life to get the courage to be more herself, conquer her fears, and finally come out to her family.
rant
- no bc literally THE WAIT IS OVER lol
- I was so happy for Scarlett throughout this entire thing ‐ she was so sweet and chill ‐ I wanted her to find love ‐ and she did 💁♀️ and Dakota at that 😏 ‐ Dakota’s is one of my favorite girlfriends in this series fs
- The pacing in this was perfect ‐ Scarlett’s whole coming out situation had me a little anxious but it had a fluffy ending ‐ the whole Priti situation was weird to me and honestly not necessary didn’t really add anything to plot for me (at least not anything that was needed)
- writing was good there were some repetitive scenes from the last book that had me skimming through some of the chapters tho
- Would read again
noted & quoted
- their first kiss 🥵
- bar scene w/ Talon and Weston
- Cabin during Christmas
