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cover of three holidays and a wedding

“That’s all any of us can do, in the end. Say bismillah, and try.”

Three Holidays and a Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin and Marisa Stapley

December 26, 2025 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Last year I read Uzma Jalaluddin’s Ayesha at Last and enjoyed it enough to have her on my radar for a book to add to this year’s list. With a happy coincidence of needing a non-Christmas holiday romance for the Read Harder challenge, Three Holidays and a Wedding by Jalaluddin and Marissa Stapley. The story is set in December 2000 when Ramadan, Hannukah, and Christmas all overlapped and tells the story of several people who are snowbound in a small Canadian town when their plane is diverted on its approach to Toronto.   […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Marisa Stapley, read harder challenge, Three Holidays and a Wedding, Uzma Jalaluddin, Uzma Jalaluddin and Marisa Stapley, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:58 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Marisa Stapley, read harder challenge, Three Holidays and a Wedding, Uzma Jalaluddin, Uzma Jalaluddin and Marisa Stapley, we need diverse books ·
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