Linda Joy

Mom, a character from the Home for the Holidays book, is your character's and Dylan's adoptive mother. She is first seen in Chapter 1.

Appearance
Mom has black hair, dark brown eyes and light skin. She wears a silver cardigan that covers a blue button-up shirt.

Personality
Mom seems to care about her children quite a bit. However, she won't hesitate to embarrass her daughter about her love life.

Home for the Holidays

 * Chapter 1: There's No Place Like Home
 * Chapter 2: Let It Snow
 * Chapter 3: Santa Claus is Comin' To Town
 * Chapter 4: Do You Wanna Build A Snowman?
 * Chapter 5: Breaking the Ice
 * Chapter 6: Written in the Stars
 * Chapter 7: The Night Before Christmas
 * Chapter 8: Winter Wonderland
 * Chapter 9: A Haven in Winter
 * Chapter 10: And a Happy New Year!

Your Character
They seem to have a banter-filled relationship (as far as we can tell), this is shown in Chapter 1, when Your Character is driving home from New York and Mom says that she knows we would never miss Christmas again (implying that Your Character missed it last year). If Your Character doesn't choose to pursue any of the potential love interests, she will spend more time with Linda: they can go on a carriage ride in Chapter 8, and dance together at the party in Chapter 10. They get along very well.

Dylan Joy
Dylan is her adopted son. Not much is known of their relationship, but it can be implied that they have same sort of relationship Your Character has with her.

Charles Shepard
Charles and Linda have feelings for each other and it's possible for your character to encourage them to develop their relationship. If she does, they will start dating at the end of the book.

Trivia

 * In Chapter 1, she is referred to as your and Dylan's "adopted mother" instead of your adoptive mother, which implies that you adopted your mother.
 * She shares the same forename as Linda Ortega from The Sophomore series.
 * The name Linda is of German and Latin origin, which means: Lime tree, linden tree, flexible, soft, mild (German); beautiful, cute, graceful (Latin). It's also considered an abbreviation of the Greek name Melinda (which means "honey" or "gentle") and the German name Belinda (which means "pretty"). Belinda is originated from the Old German "Bentlindis", from where the word for snake is derived.