I loved it!! So cute, a holiday read! I really loved the way the author handled the ending, it left it open to you as the reader whether or not they will stay together in the coming year which gave it a sense of realism. I hate when books have a character give up on their hopes and dreams to stay with a significant other, especially after knowing them for 2 weeks.

If you are looking for a slightly spicy (like 1 or 2 scenes), Hallmark movie romance with grumpy sunshine, this is the book for you.

Also I loved that the dog was named Pig and the pig named Pepper. Why does this man have a pig in his house? Never explained, just accepted.

This was such a wonderful and enjoyable read!!!! I loved this book and highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys a cute romcom. Thank you so much to the publisher and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was such a sweet, swoony, hilarious holiday rom-com. It had all the ingredients for the perfect Christmas story. Stranger stranded in a town, small town, single Dad with young kids obsessed with Christmas, Christmas markets and scenery, and characters finding their true meaning of Christmas. Sutton and Gus are hilarious, I laughed so much throughout this book, especially at the very real moments of parenting young kids. Rosie and Felix were beyond adorable and precocious, and were amazing side characters in this book. All the side characters were fun and added a lot of atmosphere to the story.
The love story between Sutton and Gus was beyond swoony and I loved their chemistry 🥵. I would have liked more development of how they got to the point of taking their relationship to the next level, it kind of snuck up on you; I like the buildup when you can see the characters start to have feelings. In the same regard, Sutton's relationship with Layla. I liked the layer this added to the story, it was a great foil to mending the "kind of" third act breakup, but since their whole background was kept a mystery until the end, it also seemed to come out of nowhere, and it was hard to believe the dynamic.
I really liked Sutton's character and her personal strength. She had very specific goals and even though Gus and his kids caught her off guard, she didn't just throw it all out to be with them.... it's the thing that drives you nuts in the Christmas Movies 😉
Overall I really really enjoyed this Christmas story. It was a very quick read that just made me feel happy and ready for all the cozy holiday stories to come!

This book had everything I love: holiday romance, spice, grumpy sunshine, and single dad, so I knew that it would take a lot for me to not like this book. Fortunately for me, I loved it!! This book as a few heavier topics, but all in all evens out to be a very well rounded Christmas romance. I’m used to the MMC being the grump in the “grumpy sunshine” so it was nice that the FMC was the grump this time! This book has definitely put me in the Christmas spirit… maybe I should go be a nanny??

Thank you NetGalley HarperCollins UK and Joss Wood for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Quick cozy Christmas read 🌲

-Small town
-Nanny
-Grumpy x Sunshine
-Strangers to Lovers

Loved the dynamic of the twins and Sutton. It was easy to follow along with the story. I would have loved to see an epilogue to see where the characters ended up after the last chapter. Some of the book seemed repetitive and I feel like could have been cut out for more character development for the side characters.

Thank you to NetGallary and Harper Collins for the chance to read the ARC copy in exchange for a honest review.

Sutton is a very entertaining character who falls (literally) into Gus's life. The opening chapter had me very entertained, as Sutton makes a few out of character mistakes that results in several broken Christmas lights and a drunken boxing match with an inflatable Santa.

The story itself is cute - Gus is a single Dad of twins, after his wife passed away in a car accident. He is referred to as 'Mr Christmas' around his small town, despite hating the holiday. As Sutton and Gus start to form a relationship, they have to navigate their past relationships and their future dreams before they can give their relationship a chance.

This is a fun holiday read with plenty of Christmas cheer. There are funny aspects, but the majority of the story is a bit uneventful. Rosie, one of the twins, is my favourite character in the book. I'd read future books written by this author. Recommended for fans of romcoms and the single Dad trope.

This was a cute holiday book. Loved the tension between the two main characters and the character development. If you are looking for a single dad christmas story, this will be a good book for you. I will say that the repetition of inner monologue during scenes was a little much. It ruined moments of seeing their relationship flourish. I loved seeing Sutton realize what a toxic relationship was and owning her own.

3.5 stars rounded up….A cute and festive read for the holiday season! It has all the expected festive parts like roasting marshmallows and Christmas fairs but there is more to the story as well. Gus, a widowed single father of two precocious four year olds, has his hands quite full with running two businesses and almost every Christmas event in twin as well in honour of his late wife’s memory but he quickly falls for Sutton who quite literally falls into his life one night in a drunken stupor. He quickly figures out she’s in need of help and figures out a way to do that without it feeling like a hand out and from there their chemistry builds. Poor Sutton has been through some tough stuff in life and for sure has reason to be guarded but finds herself falling for this sometimes gruff but always caring man and his world in the small village she stumbled into.

I enjoyed the quaint village setting and the supporting characters in Gus’s life especially his mother-in-law, Moira. She was hilarious and refreshing. I especially loved how she pranked Gus with that Christmas sweater! The kids were also funny and cute and brought such comedic relief at times. Little Rosie would definitely be a force to reckon with!

The storyline about Sutton and her friend Layla hit (too) close to home and I found myself in tears at parts. I don’t think I’ve read a book before that really spoke to the hurt or feelings surrounding platonic relationships like that but found that helpful.

The relationship between Gus and Sutton was interesting, especially how it stood at the end. I appreciated that the most I think without giving it away. They definitely had physical chemistry but it was more than that and I was happy she found a safe place to land.

My only real complaint is that at times the story felt a bit repetitive as both Gus and Sutton, through mental conversations to themselves, rehashed the same things over and over. I wished it had been a bit more subtle.

Overall, it was a good read especially for the holiday season. I hope someday to revisit the small world of Gus and Sutton and find out what was next for them.

I received an advanced reader copy of the ebook through Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

Confessions of a Christmasholic
Love at frost sight
Joss Woo
This is a cute, humorous romance tale. Perfect for getting you in the mood for Christmas. The setting is a small town. Our main characters are Gus and Sutton, both are recovering from failed relationships. Sutton attempts to drown her problems and falls on Gus’ yard. She accidentally destroys the fairy lights, plastic reindeer, and candy canes. There are sparks from the moment they meet. He takes her into his home and allows her to crash on his sofa. Sutton hates Christmas and Gus is a Christmasholic. Gus loves Christmas; he owns the town’s Christmas ship (open all year long.) Gus is Mr. Christmas. Gus is a widow that needs help with his twin four-year-olds. Sutton agrees to help him out for the Christmas season.
What’s not to love in this tale? You have all the Christmas trimmings, lights, candy, wassail, a tree, decorations and Santa. This story sizzles! Ring in the season with Confessions of a Christmasholic. I would love to see this book made into a movie!

An easy, spicy read with all of the Christmas vibes.

Confessions of a Christmasholic follows Sutton and Gus and their journey to supporting each other with their friends and family. It feels like a right person, right place, right time kind of story and I loved every second of it.

The story has great pacing, sympathetic and likable characters - plus cute kids that are actually cute! The book didn't feel too long and had great banter between the leads and extended cast of characters.

A perfect grumpy, sunshine book just in time for Christmas.

Thank you for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Oh why did it have to end. I need so much more this is my first Christmas book of the season and I couldn’t be more in love. I adored it Sutton actually reminds me so much of me we lived the same childhood and teenage years. Gus was the sweetest kindest man ever. And the twins oh my heart. I loved everything about this book. The characters were brilliant so real. So well written I would call them all main characters. It’s such a sweet easy happy Christmas story full of love and growth. Definitely a Christmas 2023 read.

A hallmark Christmas movie with some spice added in. This story was was and I liked Gus and Suttons characters and their banter. If you like that insta love trope and a grumpy- sunshine, then you’ll like this one!
Overall, I liked it but didn’t love it. I felt the ending needed more and would have like the epilogue to be the ending and more following that. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my arc copy. This is my voluntary and honest opinion.

A lovely, heartwarming christmas tale with a good sprinkling of spice. Explores the theme that women don’t have to give up their dreams when they fall in love, and that they don’t have to be a ready made mum, which many books lack. An absolute must read for the winter months, best enjoyed with a candle lit, a hot chocolate in hand and plenty of blankets to snuggle up in.

🎄🎅🏻𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎 𝙱𝚄𝚃 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝕊ℙ𝕀ℂ𝔼 🌶️!! 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚑𝚑𝚑𝚑𝚑𝚑🎅🏻🎄

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5

𝕋ℝ𝕆ℙ𝔼𝕊:
🎄Single Dad/Nanny
🎅🏻Second Chance
🎄Damsel in Distress
🎅🏻Emotional Healing
🎄Fall Fast

After drowning her sorrow in alcohol, Sutton lands face first in sexy Mr Christmas’ life! With no where to go and no options left, Sutton stays with Gus (aka Mr Christmas) and helps watch his kids while he’s busy with the holiday festivities. Ya’ll know how a single dad/nanny trope works 😉😉🥵🌶️❤️

The author tells the story from a third person perspective, so you’re getting everything! I love how the supporting characters keep the humor even in the serious situations. I found myself laughing out loud, then tearing up in other parts. My husband kept eyeballing me like, do I want to ask? 👀😳🤣

⭐️ I definitely recommend this book! It’s a fast paced, short read, perfect for the upcoming holiday season 🎅🏻🎄.

🌶️ You get some juicy, all the way scenes, but left hanging on some others. It was there to heighten the story, not over take it!

🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

Many thanks to @NetGalley, @onemorechapterhc a division of @harpercollinsuk and @josswoodbooks for the #giftedarc in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

I wanted to read this because I am a christmasholic myself so I knew it was for me. I absolutely loved it. Christmas is a lot to deal with even for the people that love it and this book is a great reminder of that. I loved Gus and Sutton. Gus's story absolutely broke my heart. I'd definitely recommend this to others to read

Confessions of a Christmasholic is a sweet and spicy romance about 2 people who seem to have lost their way in life without realizing it. When fate makes Sutton stumble onto Gus’s lawn one winter night, they are thrown together as a seemingly unlikely pair at first but quickly become the stability that the other needs. This book hooked me from the very beginning, from the honest emotions, the real characters that you truly want to know and the comedic situations, this is a book you won’t want to put down.

Thank you, NetGalley HarperCollins UK and Joss Wood, for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.
I really enjoyed getting to know Gus and Sutton. I adored the relationship between them.
I love Christmas and small town romances, and this story was a perfect combination of them. I loved the character development in the book.
It was a really funny, little spicy holiday read!

Tropes:
Christmas romance
Instalove
Small town romance
Single dad

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 was a really cute holiday romance. A wonderfully cozy Christmas book about love, loss, and choosing yourself. Both Gus and Sutton are healing from broken past relationships. Throughout the book we get to see them heal from past and present traumas and find love along the way. It is beautifully done and very relatable.

“𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚋𝚢𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚎, 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚋𝚢𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝙸 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚗𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚎. 𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚋𝚢𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝”

“𝚆𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚘, 𝚂𝚞𝚝𝚝. 𝙿𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛.”

My only complaint would be the ending seemed to happen rather quickly. I felt like an epilogue set in the future would’ve really added to wrapping up the story nicely. Overall, I did enjoy this book. Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review. ♥️🎄

Classic Hallmark style story. Didn’t have anything I haven’t read before but gave me all the cozy feels one looks for in a book like this. Makes my Bahumbug heart want Christmas!

A cute little Christmas read, I was expecting a true grumpy/sunshine story, but felt that Confessions of a Christmasholic sort of missed that mark by just a bit while still being a delightful story.

Neither character were a true grump--Gus simply wanting to do right by his ADORABLE twins while Sutton was just trying to get back on her feet, were not feeling the holiday spirit. I did adore the first meeting between the twins and Sutton and the meet cute between Gus and Sutton also had me laughing.

This is a story of getting over loss--both the loss of a loved one and the loss of a friendship