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10 Blind Dates

Ashley Elston

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One broken heart, ten blind dates--and a whole lot of confusion!
"POSITIVELY DELIGHTFUL-all caps-from beginning to end." - NPR
Sophie wants one thing for Christmas--a little freedom from her overprotective parents. So when they decide to spend Christmas in South Louisiana with her very pregnant older sister, Sophie is looking forward to some much needed private (read: make-out) time with her long-term boyfriend, Griffin. Except it turns out that Griffin wants a little freedom from their relationship.
Heartbroken, Sophie flees to her grandparents' house, where the rest of her boisterous extended family is gathered for the holiday. That's when her nonna devises a (not so) brilliant plan: Over the next ten days, Sophie will be set up on ten different blind dates by different family members. Like her sweet cousin Sara, who sets her up with a hot guy at an exclusive underground party. Or her crazy aunt Patrice, who signs Sophie up for a lead role in a living nativity. With a boy who barely reaches her shoulder. And a screaming baby.
When Griffin turns up unexpectedly and begs for a second chance, Sophie feels more confused than ever. Because maybe, just maybe, she's started to have feelings for someone else . . . Someone who is definitely not available.
This is going to be the worst Christmas break ever . . . or is it?

Book Details

  • Publisher: Disney Hyperion
  • Publish Date: Oct 1st, 2019
  • Pages: 336
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.30in - 5.50in - 1.20in - 1.10lb
  • EAN: 9781368027496
  • Recommended age: 12-UP
  • Categories: Romance - ContemporaryHolidays & CelebrationsFamily - General (see also headings under Social Themes)

About the Author

Ashley Elston is the author of several novels including: The Rules for Disappearing (a finalist in the Best Young Adult Novel category of the International Thriller Writers Thriller Awards), This Is Our Story, and The Lying Woods. She has a liberal arts degree from Louisiana State University in Shreveport and worked for many years as a wedding photographer before turning her hand to writing. Ashley lives in Shreveport with her husband and three sons. For more information about Ashley and her books, please visit www.ashleyelston.com.

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Critics’ reviews

Praise for this book

"A fun story of finding love, getting to know yourself, and getting to know your family."--Kirkus Reviews
"In a funny holiday romance that has Sophie dog-sitting in a hockey rink, watching porn at a drive-in theater, and playing the Virgin Mary in a middle school Nativity, Elston cleverly reflects the family members' personalities through their choices of dates for Sophie."--Publishers Weekly
"POSITIVELY DELIGHTFUL--all caps--from beginning to end."--NPR
"This piece-by-piece romance doesn't need its Christmas theme to sell, but it makes it glitter all the more."--Booklist
PRAISE FOR 10 TRUTHS AND A DARE

"This dramedy of errors putts along with a great deal of humor and heart. Elston beautifully depicts the warm, in-each-others'-pockets family atmosphere and creates for the cousins a refreshingly believable friendship. . . . Charming."--Kirkus Reviews