Sophie Sullivan gets us in the holiday mood...plus a book giveaway

Credit: Shelley Bell

We're glad to have Sophie Sullivan back at CLC today to get us into the holiday season mood with her latest rom-com, You Make It Feel Like Christmas. You'll want to read this one in front of a fireplace with a cup of hot cocoa and your coziest blanket. Thanks to St. Martin's Press, we have one copy to give away!

Sophie Sullivan (she/her) is a Canadian author as well as a cookie-eating, Diet Pepsi-drinking, Disney enthusiast who loves reading and writing romance in almost equal measure. She writes around her day job as a teacher and spends her spare time with her sweet family watching reruns of Friends. She's had plenty of practice writing happily ever after as her alter ego, Jody Holford.

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Synopsis:

Maisie Smart doesn’t look back. Not on the choice she made to be a photographer, and not on the one-night stand she had six months ago. But sleeping with a professional hockey player who bolted the morning after is a whole new level of embarrassing. Now she’s about to spend the week at Tickle Tree Farms with her family this Christmas—and then the universe throws a Grinch in her festive plans.

Nick King is a mess. After a significant injury benches him, he has more time to dwell on his anxieties and the one-night stand he can’t get out of his head. With the holidays around the corner, he figures visiting his sister and nephew at their Christmas tree farm will be a good way to sort himself out. That’s impossible when he learns Maisie is there, still beautiful and justifiably angry about the way he left. But Christmas is the time for second chances, and the forced proximity may help Nick and Maisie unwrap feelings neither of them can walk away from twice. (Courtesy of Amazon.)

"Sophie Sullivan is the queen of sweet romance!" 

―Falon Ballard, author of Right on Cue

"Sophie Sullivan consistently crafts romances to root for." 

―Courtney Kae, author of In the Case of Heartbreak

What is one thing you would tell the debut novelist version of yourself?
Write down what you want, what you hope will happen, and don’t lose the piece of paper because, when those things happen, you want to celebrate what you achieved. 

What were the biggest rewards and challenges with writing You Make It Feel Like Christmas?
I loved writing this book. Nick and Maisie are a very special couple. The biggest reward was letting them fall in love with each other and accept each other for who they were. I also really loved all the Christmas activities. The biggest challenge was Nick’s mental health challenges. I wanted to make sure it was well represented. 

Without giving spoilers, what is something you cut out of the book that you wish you had kept?
I actually wrote a completely different opening to this book. I don’t know that I wish I’d kept it but I liked it. It started with Nick and Maisie having known each other a lot longer than this version and they showed up at the house at the same time. 

What do you look forward to most about Christmas?
Being with my family. I like trimming the tree and watching movies with them. 

If your life was a TV series, which celebrity would you want to narrate it?
I absolutely love Jason Reynold’s voice. I could listen to him read all day. 

What is the last movie you saw that you would recommend?
My family and I just watched the entire Jurassic Park franchise. I really enjoyed most of them. Rewatching the first one was really nostalgic so that would be my suggestion. Or The Lost City because it’s awesome. 

How to win: Use Gleam to enter the giveaway. (Rafflecopter is shutting down at the end of September, so we are switching over to Gleam.) If you have any questions, feel free to contact us. If you have trouble using Gleam on our blog, enter the giveaway here.

You Make It Feel Like Christmas (1 print copy)

Giveaway ends September 30th at midnight EST.

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