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Review / Release Blitz: Jingle Bell Hell (Bad Luck Club #2) Denise Grover Swank and A.R. Casella

Jingle Bell Hell, an all-new hilarious and addicting standalone from New York Times bestselling author Denise Grover Swank and USA Today bestselling author A.R. Casella is available now!


She’s a sexually repressed control freak. He’s a muscular ex-con with heavier baggage than Santa’s toy bag. They’re everything each other never wanted.

Mary
I’m usually the first person on my block to decorate for Christmas. This year? Humbug.

My six-year-old son, Aidan, just had a meltdown after learning some hard truths from a drunk Santa impersonator, and I can no longer deny we both need help. Change is hard for Aidan, and right now he’s dealing with several big ones, including A) his father abandoning us, B) our move to Asheville, and C) the Santa snafu.

And me? I’m a control freak, and my life is more out-of-control than a sled on ice.

That’s why I agree to let Aidan join Butterfly Buddies, a group that matches kids with adult mentors.

It’s also why I agree to a mentor of my own—terrifying, pink-haired Nicole, who wants to help me live life on the wild side. Her advice is strangely compelling, especially after I meet Aidan’s new “buddy,” a gorgeous tattooed hunk of a man who makes me wish there weren’t cobwebs in my...well, you know.
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Jace
Mary O’Shea is sexy as hell, but she doesn’t know it.

She also doesn’t know I’m an ex-con, and if she finds out that I served three years in prison, extenuating circumstances won’t matter to her.

The last thing I should do is get attached to her kid...or her, but I didn’t get in this position by making good decisions.


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MY REVIEW
Mary has moved to Asheville during the holidays in hopes she and her son can start over. What better place than one where her sisters are? Her soon to be ex husband has never tried to be in his son Aidan's life, and Aidan really needs a father figure because of it. When Jace, Aidan's new "Buddy" (like Big Brothers) steps into their lives, their holidays (and their whole world) are looking so much more festive. As long as Mary doesn't find out the secret he's keeping from them...

Fiction with children on the spectrum can be hit or miss for me. Sometimes it's not realistic, or it tries too hard, but I loved the way both the boys in this story were portrayed. Aidan is really the backbone of this story, his tell it like it is presence was a good foil for Mary's control freak tendencies, and Jace's insecurities, and really made them into a true family. I loved them all together, especially when combined with her sisters, Dottie and the Bad Luck Club. Asheville was fun in Molly's story (Love at First Hate), and with Mary's story, it got even better.

About Denise Grover Swank
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Denise Grover Swank was born in Kansas City, Missouri and lived in the area until she was nineteen. Then she became a nomadic gypsy, living in five cities, four states and ten houses over the course of ten years before she moved back to her roots. She speaks English and smattering of Spanish and Chinese which she learned through an intensive Nick Jr. immersion period. Her hobbies include witty Facebook comments (in her own mind) and dancing in her kitchen with her children. (Quite badly if you believe her offspring.) Hidden talents include the gift of justification and the ability to drink massive amounts of caffeine and still fall asleep within two minutes. Her lack of the sense of smell allows her to perform many unspeakable tasks. She has six children and hasn’t lost her sanity. Or so she leads you to believe.

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About A.R. Casella
A.R. CASELLA is a freelance developmental editor by day, writer by night. She lives in Asheville, NC with her husband, daughter, two dogs, and a variable number of fish. Her pastimes include chasing around her toddler, baking delicious treats, and occasional bouts of crocheting. Any Luck at All, co-written with New York Times bestselling author Denise Grover Swank, is her first book.

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