A fun festive romcom from the author of 'Five Gold Rings', Kristen Bailey.. The main character Maggie supervises the IT team of a large company - this world is evoked believably, from the banter to the tea-run routines, to this description of her first impression of the office: "It felt like a cross between a university social space and a Comic Con convention." Her colleagues - three guys - are likeable and warm-hearted, and when she's facing Christmas alone, offer that she can come and stay with each of them in turn.

Many thanks to Storm Publishing and NetGalley for the advance copy.

I was invited to review this book by the publisher. Maggie works at an IT firm and enjoys her three co-workers aka three kings (Frank, Jasper, and Leo), all of whom invite her to spend time with them during the holidays. But, she is informed that she must lay off one of her teammates. Maggie does not want to do this at all, but especially because each person brings something to the day that she cannot do without (especially Leo). So she sets off to thoroughly enjoy her holidays while she mulls over what to do.

I really enjoyed reading this book - it was a quick read, and it had genuinely funny parts in it! Also, I appreciated that this book focused a lot on all types of relationships, such as Maggie's friendships. The Christmas setting just finalized what a delightful read this was.

Thank you to NetGalley and Storm Publishing for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A fun, sweet, touching and heartwarming story. Maggie is the IT supervisor and has been working with her 3 colleagues - Frank, Jasper and Leo- for the past 4 years. The 4 have become more than just friends and colleagues, looking out for each other, becoming a family of sorts. The 3 guys find out that Maggie will be alone for the Christmas break and decide between them that that's not going to happen. So she ends up spending time with each of them, getting to know their families and also getting to know each of them even better. Unfortunately, on the last day before the holidays, HR tells her to choose one person who will be made redundant in her department in the new year. For the whole holiday period, as she spends time with these wonderful people, this decision is constantly nagging at her. A lovely twist at the end ensures everyone stays close and her romance with Leo develops further. Some very amusing events and a wonderful feeling of family and friendship throughout the story.
Thanks to Netgalley, Storm Publishing, and Kristen Bailey for a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A quick and easy Christmas romantic comedy that kept me engaged and eager to see how it all played out.

Maggie works as an IT manager with her 3, very unique team members in the basement of a large corporation. Underappreciated and often forgotten, they've created bonds and close friendships in their years together. There's Frank, anxious and somewhat socially inept, with a controlling mother he's only recently gotten slightly independent from. Jasper is a grumpy and posh man with a begrudging heart of gold and a complex and toxic extended family. Finally, Leo, the sweet, northern man who can actually talk to people in the company without baffling or offending them, who is always willing to lend a hand. Maggie adores them all.

Sparks fly between her and one of her team members after a night of holiday drinking and fun, which she tried to implement after learning IT had been forgotten to be included in the extravagant annual Christmas party. As usual. During the night, she happened to mention that she'd be spending Christmas alone. The team takes her under their wings to join in their holiday plans. She gets to spend an event with one, a family holiday with another, and Christmas Eve and day with a third. The comraderie and comprehension of these men as whole and complex individuals grows as they open their lives, all so she doesn't have to spend the holidays alone.

She can't fully enjoy it, though, as in the back of her mind, she knows HR has tasked her with splitting the team apart for good when she returns.

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The book was a warm, genuine, and surprising delight. I enjoyed how it's separated into her adventure with each team member, and then her final decision, leading to the present. Her rambling, quirky slip ups and conscious support of her friends made Maggie such a relatable and likable character right from the start.

The only issues I had with the book as a whole were a couple of editing misses where a sentence didn't make sense, as if they read over it and left an extra word in. If you ignored the word, it read fine, so it didn't take away from the book as a whole. I'm normally so picky about loose ends or illogical character development, but these were all so unique and interesting and had such moments of warmth that I genuinely enjoyed the entire read. Even the detestable characters provided such a good contrast that it made the pacing of the book fly by.

This is the first I've read from this author, and she had me laughing out loud more than once. I'll definitely be grabbing more of her work and would recommend others do the same!

We Three Kings was the feel good, heartwarming to the nth degree, holiday/Christmas cozy found family and romance novel I didn’t know I needed 😍

I read this over two days and absolutely loved it - it really turned out to be one of my best fun / feel-good novels of the year ❤️

This was my first time reading the author, and I can’t wait to read more.

A full recommendation from me!



Thank you to Storm Publishing and NetGalley for the DRC

A cosy festive read that is a. It different to the norm. I liked the different settings and events that Maggie went to and I did find myself snorting out loud several times whilst reading this. An easy read that is perfect if you want to switch off but still feel festive.

I loved this . 4 people work together and you follow their friendship at Christmas . Poignant parts, funny parts and moving parts.A great story. Told in 4 parts. The ending is not what you expect. A perfect Christmas read.

I was enjoying this one - Maggie was a likeable FMC and the 3 guys were engaging and fun to read.

However, I got to the 35% mark and something happened in the story that I pretty much hated. In addition, we were told about the event rather than it be in the story and that made me hate the scene even more.

Not going to finish this as the storyline (as mentioned above) was so cringy and it put me off the FMC.

Cute holiday rom-com with lots of angst and heart. The best part of this book was definitely the Three Kings of IT: Frank, Leo, Jasper. They each were uniquely wonderful and it was great to see each of their relationship with Maggie. They truly were like a small family and I could understand the difficult choice Maggie faced with letting one of them go from the department.

Leo and Maggie go through a friends-to-lovers and unrequited love tropes. I would have liked to see more of their relationship - the switch from friends to having feelings for Leo was kind of abrupt for me and I wanted to see how Maggie and Leo's relationship progressed from the friendship stage. It was like one day they were friends and the next day, Maggie was majorly crushing on Leo.

Overall, I would recommend this book if you are looking for something light-hearted with a huge family theme and lots of great banter.

Thank you to Storm Publishing and NetGalley for the ARC!

Fake dating???? YES PLEASE
this was such a cozy book to read, I ate it UP, it's 100% going on my re-read christmas list!

Kristen Bailey does it again! I loved this book! I read it in one night. She is really good at writing Christmas stories. I appreciated that although there is a really good love story in this novel, that this is also a story about friendships and friends that become like family. Plus, there are some really funny parts too. I definitely laughed out loud a few times while reading this book.

This book was so precious. I don’t even care that I was reading a Christmas book in September.

We Three Kings tells the story of Maggie and how she shares her holiday season with her three coworkers who have become family. With Frank, she attends a wedding and defrosts his ice queen mother. With Jasper, she’s given a glimpse at how the other half lives, but is let in on a huge secret. With Leo, she’s surrounded by warmth and love, and a possible romantic spark.

But during this lovely holiday, Maggie has to make a decision that will upset her work environment drastically. I honestly didn’t see what was coming and I was pleasantly surprised.

The banter in this book was top notch, especially between Maggie and Jasper. The bromance between Frank, Leo, and Jasper is what male friendships should look like. Maggie was an incredibly endearing character, but maybe just a little over the top. She was caring and was able to charm the pants off everyone she met.

I’m so glad I read this. I can’t wait to recommend it!

I cannot say enough about the British humour! This is an absolutely hilarious story that
has something for everyone. I was rooting for everyone, and I adored the endings for
them. This is the most perfect Christmas holiday gift for your friends, and you must
get a copy for yourself.
My thanks to Storm Publishing via. NetGalley, for the download copy of
this book for review purposes.

Kristen Bailey does it again! As soon as I received this ARC, I immediately started reading and this book did not disappoint. It was charming, funny (without being over the top), heartwarming, and swoony-worthy. I loved getting to know all of these characters. Maggie works in the basement IT dept. as the supervisor of three very different, but wonderful men, Jasper, Frank, and Leo. They all agree Maggie can spend a portion of the Christmas holiday with them and their family since Maggie's parents were going on a cruise over the holidays. We were able to learn about each of the families and all of their dynamics (and dysfunctions). It made you love each of them even more and Maggie as she was kind and generous with them and their family members. I also adored the love story - friends to lovers is my favorite troupe and I think this was done perfectly. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone to add to their holiday reading lists! Thank you, Netgalley for the ARC!

I love Christmas and I loved this
First for me I adored the friendship between them all it was so nice to see,
I loved how they supported each other
I liked how they are all different in their own way
Slow burn sweet romance
All the feels and emotions
Loved it

I just love Kristen Bailey. Her new book, We Three Kings, was absolutely amazing, just as I expected!

Omg absolutely loved this book! From the very beginning I laughed out loud to the absolute disgust of my daughter 😂the further in I got I belly laughed out loud while out the back door! My neighbours wanted to know what I was reading!
Fell in love with all the characters and wanted to be friends with them and all their quirks! This was such a feel good , laugh
Out loud book that made me want more! This is the second book I have read of Kristin Bailey and I have loved it! Highly recommend, can’t wait for the next!

We Three Kings is a fun festive novel by Kristen Bailey.
This was such a fun read. It's the perfect book to curl up with over the festive season. The story was easy to follow and had a good mix of characters. Overall, a brilliant novel that I would recommend to other readers.
💜 Thank you to netgalley, the author and publisher for my copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

I love Christmas themed books & this was a fantastic read.
Loved all the characters.
Highly recommended by me.