A classic feel good holiday novel. I really enjoyed reading about an older (40ish) MC. It felt more realistic as well because of this. I enjoyed this one. I’d read more from this author for sure.

Christmas with the Lords

A feel good holiday story of a woman looking for answers to her future while healing a broken heart. If you love Hallmark, are looking for a fireside easy read look no further!

Penny, a recently brokenhearted mid 30s teacher decides to postpone her next term of teaching to help out a family who is need of a nanny for the holidays. She takes the time to heal, find a bit of contentment & begin to discover what she really wants from life.

As she begins to go from stranger to one of the family she finds the calling to “run away” fades to the back. Realizing how much her original plan, of relocating to India, doesn’t really make sense, she begins to reopen her heart to Current Lord of the manor Lando. The home where the whole Lord family is staying for the holidays.

This story is then to be revealed that it isn’t just one finding healing from a broken heart, instead many rolled in to one. As each member of the Lord family finds healing, a deeper love of family & the love of the holidays!

You will love each character you meet in these pages!

Happy reading!

I really enjoyed this book! It was such a great Christmas read for me. It was heartwarming, sweet moments, family fun, overcoming heartbreak and plenty of comedy moments too.
Once I started I found it hard to stop reading, it hooked me in with all the cute moments.
Whilst I adored the main characters the side characters were amazingly well written and had such good depth to them. They were extremely likeable too. The twins were so cute! I loved that there were dogs too!
Penny is our main character who is setting out to be a ‘Mothers Help’ over the Christmas period after breaking up with her boyfriend of 10 years. This is where she meets the Lord Family and Lando the Grumpy brother in law.
Lando who is overcoming a breakdown just wants to live a quiet life after he breaks away from his previous lifestyle. It doesn’t take long before attraction between the two is noticeable.
It’s not long before both characters have their exes turn up and it gets interesting!

Thank you to Netgalley, the author and publisher for an eARC copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Newly single just before Christmas, Penny takes a job as a nanny over Christmas. She is not expecting to meet someone while she is there, but what will happen when it is time to return to real life? Great festive read.

I loved this grumpy/sunshine cozy read. This book was really lovely! Christmas with the Lords is a great read to start this holiday season. All the characters were very well written and easy to read.

This book was really a slow start, and the FMC seems lost and like she doesn't have a sense of self. I find that to be theme throughout the book, and it seems weird and forced at times. I don't think Penny actually meets Lando well into the book, but her thoughts and speculation about a man she hasn't met seem to be extreme.

Once Lando is in the picture, I find him to be bland and a lack of true depth. The whole book felt really removed for me. This could have been such a good story, but execution was really off for me.

Thanks to @netgalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an E-ARC of Christmas with the Lord's in exchange for an unbiased review. This book had a lovely setting, but I felt it started a bit slow for my taste.

I loved this book, it's exactly what you look for in a festive, cosy read!

Penny takes up a position as a nanny for young twins at the Lords during the Christmas season. As soon as she arrives at the huge house, we can see that there are a LOT of eccentric characters inside. Of course, when she meets Lando - the grumpy brother-in-law - we know right away, in true rom-com style that he will soon be far from grumpy with her...

What I loved about this story was it encompassed everything Christmas should - family, finding events which revolve around the children, helping others out, being creative, yummy food and baking...

Yes this book is predictable but I honestly don't think that this matters because it adds to this story being such a lovely, light read - exactly what you need at Christmas. The characters were also very well crafted too so I genuinely felt like I knew (and liked!) them, which really shows just how talented the author is at bringing characters to life.

This is a fantastic festive read, I will definitely be looking up more from this author in future.

"Don't you think there's room in all of our lives for a little magic?"

Synopsis: It's Christmas time and Penny's long-term boyfriend has left her right when she's ready to settle down and start a family. Unsure what steps to take next, she decides to take a leap of faith and blindly takes a nanny position with a family she's never met. Despite the unknown, she falls in love with the quirky family and can't seem to escape the downtrodden uncle as the house she's staying in belongs to him. But there has to be something to explain the negativity he exudes. Can she figure it out in time to encourage joviality and calm in a potential friendship? Or is it even worth it?

My reflection: This book was cute! I can picture myself in the small England countryside with this adorable, amusing, loveable family. It reminded me of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches with the found family aspect. Penny has a close, individual relationship with each family member. I loved that as it allowed the reader a detailed introduction to each. Bunny, the fun-loving, kind mother of two befriends Penny, and their relationship blossoms. This gives Penny the confidence and courage to do the things she's always wanted to do.

My favorite parts were the family members. They all had adorable, different personalities, and they blended into a fun family. Silliness, humor, kindness, unconventional, and quirkiness abound.

While I found certain parts of the narrative repetitive, I did enjoy this book and would recommend it as a sweet, holiday read!

*Found family
*Enemies to friends to lovers
*Small town holiday
*Humor
*Warm & cozy

*No trigger warnings
*Gentle/closed-door spice

Thank you to @NetGalley and @stormpublishing for gifting me this advanced reader's copy in exchange for my honest review!

#NetGalley #ChristmaswiththeLords

I was really hoping to like this one as the premise sounded fun and the cover is absolutely gorgeous, however the writing style was unfortunately not for me. With the right reader, however, I believe there's many out there who are going to absolutely adore this one!

Thank you to Storm Publishing and NetGalley for providing me with this eARC
I wanted to love this so much! I love a good, cozy, slightly cheesy, holiday romance.
Sadly this book did not work for me in any way. I didn't like the characters, the romance or the writing.

Wonderful, feel good novel. Perfect to read on cosy evenings by the fire.

Such a lovely family that you wish you could be a part of.

This is a cute Christmas story. It’s also clean, so readers who like romance, but don’t necessarily like graphic scenes. Will appreciate how this was written.

I really enjoyed this book a lot. This is an amazing Christmas romance about growth, realising your own worth and finding your own happiness. It was slow burn, low on spice and really cute and emotional.

It had just the right amount of Christmas to get me in the festive mood, while reading and I would love to see this as a Christmas movie. I think I would be the perfect cozy Christmas movie.

My only complain was that sometimes I felt like the pacing was a bit too slow in some moments, but most of the time I really liked the pacing. I would definitely recommend it if you are looking for a deep, but fluffy Christmas romance this year.

A beautiful tale of finding your own happiness. This is my first Hannah Langdon book and I think that the beautifully written and emotional read won't be the last of hers. The characters grow throughout the book from unique and flawed to deep and emotional. I must say that the flamboyant yet well meaning Bunny was my favourite.
It's just the type of read that I need for this time of year. Filled with family, Christmas spirit and happily ever afters.
Thanks to Netgalley and the author and publisher for a temporary copy in exchange for an honest review

This was a very enjoyable read! Thank you NetGalley for the ARC. All the characters were well developed and the descriptions of the romantic interest were vague enough to make them attractive but leave space to the imagination. You will fall in love with the whole family, they are all exuberant, crazy and caring and the ‘villain’ is also well portrayed. The only reason I am knocking a star off is cos the Spanish used was on occasion very dubious (I am bilingual Spanish and English) as the stewing in their own sauce translation was not only not an expression that is commonly used in Spain and the translation does not actually use a Spanish word, other than that a delightful Xmas romance!

I wanted to love this book so much, it seemed like the perfect cozy Christmas read but I just could not get into it. I forced myself to finish but it was painful! I couldn’t connect with any of the characters, the whole premise was weird, the majority of the book (95%) was fluff and we see a little romance only at the very end, yet the romance we did get did not satisfy at all. It was way too slow for me, but I think those that enjoy hallmark Christmas movies may enjoy this read. 2⭐️

Thank you for providing me with an advanced reader’s copy of this title via NetGalley.

The perfect start to the Christmas season - Penny needs to escape her real life for a while so agrees to help look after some children through the holidays - insert the hilarious family and all of their quirks. This was a lovely romance, very low on spice, but it was such a cute read that it was perfect.

This was fantastic. I loved the story, the family, everything. It reminded me a bit of Winter Solstice by Rosamund Pitcher, one of my favorites. I can't wait to read it again.

Just in time for the Holidays.
This book is fun and sweet. I loved the mishap adventures of the young twins in a household of adults with quirks of their own.
This is a book you can enjoy with Cocoa and a Cupcake and totally enjoy...