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Gingerbread Gamble: A Rivals-to-Lovers College Christmas Romance (Christmas in the City Book 4) Kindle Edition

by Melody Tyden (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 194 ratings
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Noelle never seems to come first. In her family, she’s the second daughter. In her college classes, she’s in a battle for top spot with the annoyingly clever Aaron. Her best friend, Eve, is richer and prettier and she just managed to hook up with Corey, the guy Noelle has had a crush on for years.

Now, their whole group of friends is heading for a 10-day getaway in the Christmas town of Leavenworth, where Noelle will have to watch Corey and Eve together. To make matters worse, she’s stuck sitting next to Aaron, who happens to also be Corey's best friend, for the whole flight. One too many drinks over the Midwest and she ends up spilling the beans about her crush.

Just when she thinks she's blown it all, Aaron lets her in on a secret: he’s always wanted a shot with Eve. The relationship between Eve and Corey is just a fling, so maybe, by working together, they can find a way to break the new couple up and both get what they want. It might be a gamble, but anything worth having is worth playing dirty for.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0B761B6W1
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (October 28, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 28, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3324 KB
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 293 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1915869234
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Melody Tyden

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If you're looking for romance, you've come to the right place! I started reading romance novels in my early teens and writing them soon afterwards; growing up in small towns in western Canada, there wasn't much else to do! Luckily those early stories have never seen the light of day. :) Now I live in the UK with my husband and daughter and spend my free time diving into magical or just romantic settings where true love (almost) always wins. Visit my website to sign up for my mailing list and receive exclusive content - www.melodytyden.com - or follow me on Facebook for all the latest news - www.facebook.com/melodytyden

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4.4 out of 5 stars
4.4 out of 5
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Perfect spicy book to start the holiday season!
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Perfect spicy book to start the holiday season!
🎄Rivals to Friends to Lovers🎄Christmas Romance🎄Praise🎄Forced Proximity🎄One Bed🎄He Falls First🎄Interconnected StandaloneNoelle and Aaron are college academic rivals who both have secret crushes on each other's best friends. The same best friends who are currently hooking up with one another. On the plane to their holiday vacation with friends, Noelle and Aaron find themselves seated next to each other and drunkenly admit their shared heartache and devise a plan to break up their friends and reap the benefits.This was such a cute and spicy holiday read! It's the perfect book to start the holiday season! Noelle and Aaron's chemistry was sizzling even when their plans seemed to go haywire at times and the praise was so good in this! 🔥🥵 I did not realize that this is book 4 in an interconnected standalone series but you absolutely do not need to read the other books first!
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Michelle C
5.0 out of 5 stars Aaron and Noelle
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2023
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Noelle has always felt she is in the shadows of her best friend Eve and her older sister Olivia. Aaron is in the shadow of his best friend Cole. Noelle wants Cole and Aaron wants Eve. They team up when Eve and Cole get together. This is a fun book with twists and turns and laughs and WOW moments. Love their story. Enjoy
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Samantha
4.0 out of 5 stars Enemies to lovers story
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2022
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This book is a fun enemies to lovers story. Aaron and Noelle start out as enemies with crushes on each other’s best friends but end up falling for each other. Love this series, all great characters and stories that are easy to immerse yourself into.
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RaeRae
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2023
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I was recommended this book & usually don't care for Christmas storylines, but I'm so glad I read it. I loved it! It's totally cute (and crazy) & Aaron is such and adorable & hot character. Probably won't read the others in the series because, as I said, 'Christmas', but I'm very glad to have found this read.
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Flowergurl281
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to put down!!
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2022
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Started this book and had a hard time stopping, it was so good. I love the Aaron character. Aaron and Noelle start off trying to get with their crushes. As time passes do they still want this?
Can't wait to start the whole series again!!
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Nikki Waldriff
3.0 out of 5 stars Great Holiday Spicy Read
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2022
If you have a praise kink this is for you. I liked the story line for the most part but a couple things bugged me. I didn’t like the continued comparisons to the FMC to her BFF by the MMC. I believed he really liked Noelle but it still bugged me how they were compared by everyone. I also wish there was more dialogue between Eve and Noelle so you saw their relationship a little more. I do like a praise kink but it was alittle much for me.. but hey that’s just me 😘 Overall it was a quick and cute holiday read with spice 😍.
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John Tuzzolino
4.0 out of 5 stars must read!
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2022
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This book along with every one in the series has been amazing. The story telling and depth of characters does not disappoint. I great holiday or any other kind of read. Melody Tyden all day. Must read her other books! Do not disappoint!
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Grelyn
5.0 out of 5 stars Gingerbread Gamble!!!
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2022
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Wow! Just WOW! I can’t say enough about how much I love this book! Aaron and Noelle are a perfect match!!!!
I can’t wait to read Eve’s story!
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Rachael
5.0 out of 5 stars Take the gamble!
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2022
I had never read a Melody Tyden book before and am very happy with this one being my first. The premise starts off with a very simple concept, but being a romance novel you already have an inkling of what will go wrong, what could possibly go wrong, and knowing it will all work out with an HEA.

This story focuses around two pairs of best friends. There is Aaron and Corey on one hand and on the other hand are Noelle and Eve. Noelle has had a secret crush on Corey for years that not even her best friend knows about. While they had never kept secrets in the past this is the one that Noelle has kept (up until now) for her own reasons. She thinks she might actually have a chance during an upcoming vacation and even gets a little stirring of hope at a party the week prior when he seems to know who she is (prior to this it had not been clear if he did, despite her attending all of his college hockey games.) But that flicker of hope is dashed out when Corey and Eve hook up at that very same party. Aaron on the other hand has it bad for Eve and likewise had plans over the vacation to win her over and ask her out. When he learns that Noelle's plans have also been upset for the same reason as his own, he concocts a scheme to intervene so they can have their chance to show each other is the right person for their respective friends. Things do not go according to plan, as you might have guessed. I will not give any spoilers, but I will say this is a great little short read for the holiday and recommend it Especially if you have a little bit of a praise kink. TRUST ME. These two end up exactly where they belong, though there is a little bit of angst and uncertainty before they get there.
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Katie G
5.0 out of 5 stars Ohhhhhh yeah!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 28, 2022
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4th book in Melody's Christmas series amd once again I'm left here flustered and gutted that I have finished the book!

I never give away details in my reviews as I hate spoiking books for others.

So my honest review, I loved it from the first page to the very end and now I have to wait until next year for the final book! It's a page turner and advice given is don't read it before bed as you won't stop reading amd you will not sleep.
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Christopher Drummond
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect
Reviewed in Australia on February 2, 2023
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This is definitely the tamest book in the series but I loved it all the same. These two are perfect together, I loved the gingerbread game!
I love that they've all been at Christmas time(my favourite time of year) I'm so glad you didn't keep Eve and Corey together just for a HEA too, it's more real and I can't wait for the next in the series
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Feefi
5.0 out of 5 stars sexy and sweet!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 13, 2022
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Loved this! You can’t help be like the two lead characters even though they’re being a bit underhanded. Hot sex scenes always a plus!
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