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he inherited his niece, Edie, from the wreckage of his sister’s life and found his forever love in Wynn Nichols, who is Cam and Mia’s best friend. In addition to adopting his niece, Edie, he has a son with Wynn, Stephen.

Maleena Crandall – the daughter of Ty Waters’ football coach at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she’s grown up with football on her brain. She helps out with the team and wants to live and breathe football for the rest of her life.

Margery Drummond – the grandmother of Garrett Drummond and the woman who’s been in charge of their whiskey distillery for decades.

Marina Phillips – Jake and Mia’s mama and Cam’s almost mother-in-law. All the family’s kids see her as their grandmother, whether she really is or not. She’s the family secret keeper, and her home is where the kids meet regularly.

Matt Abbott – the brother of Blake Abbott from My Life as a Country Album, he was Cam’s first boyfriend before Jake realized his stupidity and way, way before Blake ran into her again in Nashville.

Mayson Abbott – the son of Cam and Blake Abbott from My Life as a Country Album, he flew from the Tennessee lifestyle to go to the University of California, Los Angeles, where he made a deep connection with his best friend, Cole, and Cole’s cousin, Grace, who are both kids from the My Life as a Rock Album family. Mayson makes musicals with Grace and Cole but left them behind to bail out Derek when one of the Watery Reflection band members had a heart attack, so he spent six months touring with the band.

Mia Phillips Waters – the bookworm who runs a car dealership and went on a shocking road trip with Derek Waters across the country in My Life as a Pop Album. She spends her time reading books in the studio while Derek continues to make music, at the dealership, and baking for her three kids: the twins, Ginny and Ty, and the baby, Eliza.

PJ Hensley Carmen – the blogger-turned-art-manager who fell in love with the intensity of Seth Carmen and then ran before realizing that broken could be beautiful in My Life as a Rock Album. She still helps out at her brother, Justice’s, Ninja Warrior training gym. She has one child, her daughter, Grace, but treats her nephew, Cole, like a second child whenever they’re all together.

Reese – the Abbott family’s horse trainer on the ranch and grew up with Dalton.

Seth Carmen – the anti-hero who was the villain in My Life as a Country Album but got his redemption in My Life as a Rock Album. He’s a trash artist, recovering alcoholic, and insanely in love with his wife, PJ, and their baby girl, Grace…or Gracie-Lou, as Cam dubbed her.

Stephen Brennan – the son of Lonnie and Wynn from My Life as a Mixtape, he grew up with the love of his life, Khiley Abbott, who is the daughter of Cam and Blake Abbott from My Life as a Country Album. He and Khiley are one semester away from graduating from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville when they are hit with a life surprise.

Ty (Tiras) Waters – the son of Mia and Derek from My Life as a Pop Album, he is like the second coming of his dead uncle, Jake. He looks like Jake, and plays football like Jake, but has an ego that Jake never wore. He’s ready to move from college to professional football and just needs to have the love of his life agree to go with him. He has a twin sister, Ginny.

Watery Reflection Band Members – Eli Tate (drummer), Owen Trinity (electric / acoustic guitar), Mitch Clive (keyboards), Lonnie Brennan (bass), Derek Waters (singer, songwriter, plays everything)

Wynn Nichols Brennan – the best friend to Cam and Mia in their stories, My Life as a Country Album and My Life as a Pop Album. Her life falls apart in My Life as a Mixtape and finds a beautiful new beginning while helping Lonnie with his niece, Edie. In addition to adopting Lonnie’s niece, Edie, she has a son with Lonnie, Stephen.

Thanks again for reading My Life as a Holiday Album. At the beginning of the book—if you even saw it—I told you I didn’t want to fill your head with my social media sites, places to leave reviews, and other books because I wanted you to read the story and then decide how you felt about me and my words. I hope you loved the six HEA stories I wove for you here. I hope the strength and resiliency of the characters, along with my mix of lyrics and story, burned a memory into your soul that you will think of every time you hear one of the songs from now on.

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