Five Gold Rings by Kristen Bailey is a quick and delightful read that is virtually guaranteed to put you in the festive spirit.

Eve's holidays are off to a rocky start when she discovers her boyfriend in their shower with another woman. After throwing the gifts that they were meant to exchange out the window, Eve rushes to the jewellery store where she works, looking for some sympathy from her kindly employers. When the owners of the store realize that a mix-up in the deliveries will leave some customers without the very special rings they have ordered, it falls to Eve and Joe, her sexy co-worker, to make the deliveries on a madcap evening of misadventures and misunderstandings.

This is a lovely, highly amusing story about two lost souls finding exactly where they are meant to be, and sharing a Christmas they will not soon forget. 4.5 stars

Many thanks to NetGalley and Storm Publishing for an ARC.

This was a lovely story and the Christmas setting made it even better. A Christmas tragedy turns into a wonderful experience. Some great charactersand a fast paced storyline, which ends up jusy how you hope a Christmas story would. Great read!

This is the perfect holiday romance. It's like reading a hallmark christmas movie which means a cast of wonderful characters, a couple mix-ups, a sweet romance and everything I could want in a holiday romance.

Our main character is a part time jewelry sales associate named Eve. Even comes up to suprise her boyfriend for Christmasy, but instead finds him cheating on her. Ugh! Way to ruin Christmas dude! In order to distract herself, Eve agrees to make five ring deliveries and is accompanied by another salesperson named Joe who is secretly in love with her.

Is the ending predictable? Absolutely? Is it cheesy as heck? Absolutely! But I loved every single second and after everything Eve has been through with her cheating boyfriend, doesn't she deserve to find happiness? I would say so! It's Christmas after all!

Thank you to NetGalley and Storm Publishing for this complimentary ARC.

Eve is a part time jewelry salesperson. She surprises her boyfriend by returning home early from work before Christmas. No one is more surprised than she is at what she discovers, however, and her heart is broken. She doesn't want to ruin her family's holiday with her sadness, so she volunteers to make five last minute ring deliveries before Christmas for her elderly employers.

What follows is a delightful romp by Kristen Bailey that was all I could hope for in a holiday romance.
Eve is joined in her task by fellow salesperson, Joe, who just happened to be moonlighting as a hot elf when he got the call. This book is laugh out loud humorous and poignant at the same time. It's the perfect blend of comedy and romance. Simply the most enjoyable start to your holiday romance season. 4.5⭐️

Thank you to NetGalley and Storm Publishing for this complimentary ARC. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Thankyou to Netgalley and Storm Publishing for approving me this arc I was obsessed. I read this book in one day and couldn’t put it down. I instantly fell in love with both of the main characters and the amount of fun they had on their trip with the rings. Easily one of the best romcoms I’ve ever read and it was just even better being set at Christmas time.
The banter they had between each other was absolutely 10/10 and I need a man like Joe in real life. He was so infatuated with Eve and it was just so cute how he remembered such little details about her. My King for real.

Thank you #Netgalley for the advanced copy!

Another great Kristen Bailey fun read, this time in a holiday setting! Of course there are hilarious moments tied with a holiday twist of delivering 5 rings on the most magical days of the year! When Eve comes home early from a trip, she unexpectedly catches her boyfriend in a compromising situation in her home, Eve of course begins to spiral. During her drunken meltdown she ends up at the jewelry shop she works at and is taken under the wing of the generous elderly couple owners. Eve must fix a mess with the help of her co-worker, who has you can guess has been secretly in love with her. We watch as the two deliver the rings, learn about each other and the love of others.

I adored this book!! It was adorable, heartwarming and festive. I love Eve and Joe. I laughed out loud at parts! The elf costume.The river cruise! It is the perfect Chistmasy read. This was my first book by Katie Bailey and it won't be my last.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC.

Can’t say enough good things! Kristen Bailey is the GOAT! I read this in one day! I love her writing style, the characters, and just the feel good vibe if her books. They are are so fun and relatable and I loved the Christmas theme this time! I’m already anxiously awaiting her next

This started slowly for me, but quickly snowballed and got better and better. I really enjoyed this -- terrifically funny, clever, and genuinely human. I laughed out loud at numerous turns of phrase, and I absolutely was satisfied when it ended. Well done!

This should be a movie.

I received a complimentary copy of the novel from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This books grabs you from the start and you are considering that this is a feel good christmas book,until Eve goes home early and her world is turned upside down.
The tone then changes and yet there is a simplicity and comedic twist that makes the pages turn so quickly that you just cant help but turn another.
The characters are so well written that you can hear the bell on Joes shorts jingling and can almost smell teh turkey cooking.
The delivery of the five gold rings is emotional and funny at the same time and makes you reflect on grabbing the moment.
A great lighhthearted read that is well written and deserves 5 christmas stars.

5* An enjoyable book, far better than I expected.

Two days before Christmas, Eve returns home earlier than expected and discovers her boyfriend 'with another woman'. Distraught at his betrayal, she throws him out. Eve goes the jewellery store in Hatton Garden where she works part-time, there she breaks down in front of her lovely employers. They quietly contact Eve's colleague Joe, knowing he's the best person to comfort her. With the drama of Eve’s news, a blunder occurs with the store's Christmas orders and Eve and Joe set out to personally deliver the correct orders.

A Chaotic sequence of events follow as Eve and Joe drive around London delivering five rings, each having a special meaning from engagement to marriage, all to be handed over at a prearranged time, the last one on Christmas Day. In between the deliveries, Eve and Joe gatecrash her ex boyfriend’s family Christmas party with uproarious results.

A fast paced novel offering laughs and tears with a most satisfactory ending.

Thank you Storm Publishing and NetGalley for the eARC, this review is my personal, unbiased opinion.

I was not sure at first then wow . It got better and better. Just keep reading it if like me if you are not sure. A beautiful slow burn love story along with a great story of a wrong delivery and 5 ace gold ring all with amazing stories. Also a terrible cheating boyfriend and a perfect ending.

Kristen Bailey has outdone herself with this witty, fun, Christmas romp com that had me chuckling, sucker punching me with a few tears, before squeeing at the epilogue.

After catching her boyfriend in flagrante, a heartbroken Eve and her colleague Joe find themselves on a series of adventures around London delivering five rings for their jeweller bosses.

From the first sentence of Five Gold Rings I was hooked. There's a wonderful energy and action with Kristen Bailey's writing - a sharp, dry wit combined with well-rounded characters to root for and well-plotted shenanigans that hit the emotional beats. Though, having been a fan since "Great Sexpectations', I was not surprised.

The shenanigans were fun and not over-the-top that took me out of the story, or came across as 'try hard' to be funny. So often I find books try to tell me they're funny and mad cap rather than show me. The whole time I was reading it I felt like I was watching a movie in my head.

I also adored Eve and Joe, and the case of supporting characters, such as Joe's best mate Gabriel and Eve's twin brother Noel.

Refreshingly, the book addresses the emotional fallout from Eve's very recent heartbreak. Eve realises she's a mess and to work through her breakup before jumping into anything with Joe. While Joe genuinely wants to and acts like a friend, putting her needs above his desires. He only once mentions the dreaded term 'friendzone' but its in a lamentable way, and at no time does he act like an antitled arsehole that I see far too often in romance books (instant DNF).

This book is now my equal first with Holiday Romance by Catherine Walsh for my favourite holiday rom com that I will be re-reading for years to come. I really hope someone adapts Five Gold Rings into a movie that captures Bailey's sharp wit and warmth. I have pre-ordered this book and will also purchase the audiobook.

Thanks to Storm Publishing and NetGalley for the ARC.

I bloody adore Bailey’s books. They are always a wonderful blend of comedy, puns and characters you will love.

5 Gold Rings does not disappoint.

Whilst it is often beyond-belief in terms of the narrative, this in no way spoils the story which shows her real craft. It was also nice to see previous characters referenced - a real treat.

Bailey is quickly becoming a favourite author. Keep writing!

Three and a half stars.

When Eve finds her boyfriend in a compromising position in their shower with a work colleague on Christmas Eve her world comes crashing around her head. It's the most magical time of the year for her and her family and this has left her devastated. Feeling unable to spoil her family's Christmas with the news she goes to the Hatton Garden jewellers where she works part-time for some support from the kindle old couple Mr and Mrs Caspar who own the shop.

Joe also works part-time at the jewellers and has had a crush, no he's been in love with, Eve almost since the first time they met, and he's been trying to pluck up the courage to give her a very special Christmas gift. Since Joe isn't really very subtle, Mrs Caspar knows he is in love with Eve and calls him to help cheer her up. One of Joe's other part-time jobs is as a waiter at hen-dos and today (for Christmas) he's dressed as an elf, wearing very tight shorts with bells on the bottom. Then disaster strikes ... a courier was supposed to deliver five pairs of cufflinks to a customer for a Christmas Eve party, but instead he has delivered five engagement rings which were supposed to have been delivered to five guys who were intending a Christmas proposal.

Since Eve thinks her drama may have contributed to the mix-up, she offers to collect the engagement rings and deliver the cufflinks in their place. After all, London isn't that large and six deliveries is totally do-able. Egged on by Mrs Caspar, Joe offers to drive Eve around London.

This is a classic Christmas romantic comedy, complete with nativity play, men popping out of cakes, bridezillas, fairy lights, naughty crackers, multiple Santas, family barneys, and more risqué puns than you can shake a turkey at.

I liked this, but I think you have to be in the right kind of mood for a full-on, Christmas-pun laden, romantic comedy and on what was the hottest day of the year it was just a leetle too full-on for me.

I received an ARC from the publisher Storm Publishing via NetGalley in return for an honest review.