Juliet Frost discovers her family is full of secrets. Juliet is sent a mystery chest from her grandmother. She soon discovers secrets from her family’s past. She meets Will, who helps guide her along the way. I will be reading more books by this author including the first in this series.

Dual POV, Holiday Romance, Hallmark put spicy vibes, Bodyguard x Editor, Forbidden Love, Family Secrets, One Night Stand

I eat up holiday romances with the Hallmark but spicy vibes and this book did not disappoint. Will and Juliet have the all the will they won't they tension as Juliet always runs from him and Will can't help but follow after her. An all around cozy Christmas read with a touch of mystery and a heart warming romance.

Bodyguard x editor, but with family secrets and a snowman building competition? Sign me up! Juliet and Will are a cute couple, even with the insta-love. I really enjoyed learning more about Yule and revisiting Lyla and Mason. I spent the end of the book giggling and kicking my feet. (Bonus points for no third act breakup!!!)
So far I am really enjoying this series and can't wait to see what comes next!
Rated a 1 on the spice scale, its grown a bit since the first book)

This was a great holiday read. It was the perfect amount of plot in the pages that it had. I really enjoyed my time reading this with its twists and turns. I totally recommend!

Tis the Season for Secrets by Kate Callaghan was one of the first festive reads I have picked up this year. It is the second in the Village of Yule Series after The Naughty or Nice Clause. I haven't read the first but really don't feel like I was missing much for not having done so. It was also helpful that Kate included a Glossary at the start of the book to explain a few things that the reader would need to understand if they hadn't read the first book.

The story itself follows Juliet Frost, a lonely girl who is treated badly by her father and his family after being left on is doorstep by her mother as a baby. At the beginning of December she receives a chest from her late grandmother which tells her of secrets being kept by her family about their past and her mother.

Along the way she meets Will Duncan, who helps her to uncover those secrets, falling in love with our FMC as he goes.

The book was enjoyable, festive and a really good start to my December reads. There was a little spice but the focus is really on the romance. The characters were well written and their interactions were fun to read.

Definitely one I would recommend to get you in the festive winter mood!

Thank you to NetGalley and Kate Callaghan for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Juliet Frost answers the door to a delivery and finds that she has been given an old family chest, full of closely guarded family secrets. Before she can look too closely at the chest, she is told that she needs to get a manuscripts and have it on the desk of her boss by the first thing Sunday morning. If she fails, the promotion that her boss has been dangling in front of her for ages will disappear.
While Juliet is trying to figure out how she is going to manage this, she is convinced by her best friend to come to a party instead. Incredibly, the party is being hosted by the author, and Juliet manages to get the manuscript.
Sitting in the bar of the hotel, reading the ridiculous manuscript, Will Duncan grabs her attention and they spend the night together and Juliet has no intention of seeing Will again.
But up he pops. And he is able to help her with the questions about her past that the old family chest has awakened in her.
Apparently, she is the result of an unauthorised love affair and there is a secret, magical christmas village called Yule which is hidden in the north pole that she is connected to.


This is the second book in the Village of Yule books. but the first that I have read.
I very much enjoyed this and shall be going back to read the first book and will be keeping an eye out for the next on the run up to Christmas 2025.

My absolute FAVORITE kind of Christmas book!! A bit of magic and the North Pole? Yes please!! Loved every second and will be rereading this every year!

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC!

Tis The Season For Secrets is a festive novel about a woman who after she turns 26 discovers, through a family chest and old letters, that she is from a secret village in the North Pole and her father's side of the family have all been banished, never to return. She has been living on the Outside all her life, totally unaware of Yule, or that her mother is still in the village and unable to contact her. Handsome Will, the Guardian assigned to her has already crossed lines to deliver this much information but soon they are crossing more lines and breaking Yule laws left, right and centre.

I loved the premise of this festive novel and there were some nice moments but overall it felt like the pacing was too slow and the story overlong, though things did pick up in the final chapters. I would have liked to see Juliet's Outside family get their comeuppance for their terrible treatment of her but there was no resolution. Will was unerringly patient with Juliet and it felt like she constantly made terrible decisions and put him in dicey situations, though she did redeem herself at the end. I likes Will very much but struggled to warm to Juliette a lot of the time, it felt like she had quite a bit of growing up to do.

This is quite a sweet book with mostly fade to black scenes and a cheerful happy ending which wraps up on Christmas Day.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC, this is my honest opinion.

Thank you to Netgalley for a pre publication copy. In return for an honest review! #tistheseason #netgalley

We are back in Yule! When Juliet Frost’s grandmother dies and a mystery chest is delivered to her door. Juliet embarks on a journey of self discovery! Will she get more than she bargained for ? Or will be she banished under the Frost name?

Having read “The naughty or Nice Clause” and it being such an unputdownable book when I saw this on netgalley I jumped at the chance.

Although this is the second book in the series this could be read as a stand alone something the author has done very well.

This author is fantastic. Her writing just jumps off the page at you making you want to read on. You can feel every ounce of emotion pouring off the page and you find yourself waking at all hours to read it. The descriptions of Yule are second to none and you really feel like you’ve travelled by bell!

A cute Christmas story with romance,slight mystery and magic.
Enjoyed this easy read and characters.
Voluntarily reviewed.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book. I wanted to state I did DNF this book after reaching 43%.

This book has such a good holiday vibe and feel to it and the characters feel like real people with real issues. There is a fantasy aspect of Yule and the North Pole as well as traveling by bell. I liked the story line but I just really could not get into it like I wanted to. The largest thing for me was the insta love/extreme connection between Will and Juliet. I would’ve liked them to truly get to know each other a little more in the beginning of the story as I feel like it would’ve made the connection feel a little more natural for me.

The writing was phenomenal! I enjoyed the writing, depth of characters, romantic scenes, and the holiday vibes.

I would recommend this for someone looking for a holiday romance with aspects of fantasy!

I'd like to extend a sincere thank you to Netgalley and CallaghanWriter for an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest feedback.

My rating:
⭐⭐⭐ I mostly liked and connected with it.

Review:
The story was cute, and I love all the Christmasy vibes. I’m not a huge fan of the insta-love trope; that first night together at the hotel took me by complete surprise. I typically prefer some build up to romance. I appreciate being able to get this story from both perspectives. The pacing was steady throughout. I’ve really gotten into low fantasy romance lately, and this is a prime example of that low fantasy love story with a wonderful Christmas theme. I don't think I'm the intended audience for this particular novel, but I think that the intended audience will love every moment of the ride.

I really enjoyed this book. It was everything I look for in a holiday romance plus a touch of mystery & magic. Great characters & setting!

4 ⭐!
I just love Yule and I really enjoyed both books of this series. This book is the perfect mix of cute, steamy and a little bit of mystery.
I felt a little sad for Juliet for how she got separated from her mum and how her dad and step mum never really wanted her. Therefore I was really glad that she had her best friend Margot and I really loved their friendship. I’m so glad how everything worked out in the end.

Hopefully there will be another book about Yule, because I’d be quite sad to say goodbye to this world already.

A fun little romp through a magical village in the North Pole that is secret from the rest of the world and can only be accessed via Bell flight :/ Not at all my kind of book, but I read it with a pinch of salt and just wanted something festive and light, and this certainly delivered.

I really loved Tis The Season For Secrets! I enjoyed the first book in the series, but I really liked how the author brought the spice with this one. I was missing that in the first one. I love Yule and I can’t wait to see where this series goes. I hope we get Harvey and Margot next. My only complaint would be that the author used British words when they were supposed to be in New York. I didn’t mind the British spellings, but the words (lift, queue, mince pies, etc.) didn’t fit the location. I think that the vernacular should fit the location, no matter the nationality of the author.

I received an ARC of Tis The Season For Secrets from
NetGalley. I am leaving my review voluntarily.

I thought this was a cute story! It moved semi slow but the characters made up for feeling like it was taking a while. Loved Juliet and Will relationship and their jokes.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC. What a great book! It's spicy and cute and everything I want in a holiday story.

If I could crawl into a magical world it would definitely be Yule. I love this series so much and love the beautiful world that Callaghan has created with a fresh spin on the North Pole. I really like Juliet and thought she was a great character. Her and Margot have a fantastic friendship and I liked how genuine they felt. Will was a delight and I loved the connection between him and Juliet. I liked that this one had some mystery and family drama in it. I'm not even sure how i went from cozy to terrified to sobbing hysterical happy tears all in under 5 min, but I definitely did! I can't wait to see what else is in store for the characters from Yule and what more mischief they will get into!

overall i really enjoyed this book. I loved how characters from the preivous book were still in this book. The tension between juliet and will was great. I enjoy how the town of Yule is it's own organism. That it has its own history and character and like a living organism it is in the process of changing and evolving.