A Kiss For Santa is a wonderful story about mixing tradition with modern. The characters will fill your heart with love and understanding. You'll learn that sometimes change is good. Love can lead to believing in legends.

A short christmas read.

Anna has moved back home following the death of hre father. She will give anything to keep his mini-mart running in the same way, to keep his legacy going.
Peter is new in town, and is trying to buy up the mini-mart. Can Anna convince him to keep it the same as always?

The more time they spend togehter the closer they get and the more they fall for each other, but what will happen when she reveals who she really is?

Anna recently returned to her hometown of Blue Moon Bay following her father’s death. She has felt rather out of step, since returning home. Her family has made the difficult decision to sell their family’s struggling food mart to a new arrival in town who has purchased numerous struggling businesses.

Peter moved to Blue Moon Bay following his father’s death. He decided to move somewhere with a slower pace. His late father was very successful, but Peter believed that stress led to his early death. Peter wants to be successful himself, but values happiness and helping others above stress.

Can a woman who values traditions and fears change find happiness with a man bringing change to her beloved hometown?

Like all of Susan Hatler’s stories,A Kiss for Santa is short, yet incredibly sweet! This will be sure to add Christmas cheer to readers’ lives!

Such a festive cosy read I really enjoyed it.

This is the story of Anna who moves home to try and save her family's mini-mart after the death of her father.
Peter Locke has made on offer on the mini mart and Anna does her best to convince him to stick with tradition. In the process she falls for him and as their relationship progresses shes worried that he will find out her initial reasons for spending time with him was to save her familys business! Whatever could happen next?!

Such a perfect read for this christmas season and perhaps one I would quite happily re read in the future!

I love Christmas Romance at any time of the year, I especially love Susan Hatler’s Christmas stories so this short holiday story that in some ways wraps up the Kissed by the Bay series is a lovely holiday romance with just a touch of “I’m going to miss these characters” feeling. However! Keep a look out for the new spin-off series Do Over Date with the first release due in August 2019.

A Kiss for Santa brings us the story of the new rich guy in town, Peter, who is buying up property – and Anna, who has recently lost her father and fears that Peter’s offer to buy the family business will destroy all the love that her father and her family has poured into that little mini-mart. Hmmm. You know what is said about assumptions, right?

Anna may have started out wanting to convince Peter to not make any changes to her family business or the traditions that their small town has held dear for generations, but along the way she’s going to get to know a man who isn’t at all what she thought – and maybe she might just be falling for the man. Only thing is, she hasn’t exactly been straightforward with him about her intentions or her fears and now Anna’s between a rock and a hard place.

I had such a good time with A Kiss for Santa. Anna and Peter work so well together even when they seem at odds. Get an early taste of the coming holidays with this short story that delivers all the joy, magic and love of not only Christmas but two unlikely people falling in love.

*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley. That does not change what I think of this story. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*

A Kiss for Santa is a very sweet romance. One that was easy to fall in love with. Peter and Anna are both grieving and choose different ways to channel their feelings and overcome their personal loss. This is a quick, easy, well written story. I enjoyed all of the characters and the town details.

This was a shorter quick read that I devoured in no time. Susan Hatler has given us a quick read with romance and Christmas traditions wrapped up all in one. I fell in love with the characters quick and loved the Christmas atmosphere that Susan gave us in this story!

Anna is caught up in tradition and is determined to keep tradition alive in Blue Moon Bay. When failing businesses are being bought up by a certain man that has come to live in Blue Moon Bay, Anna has an idea that she thinks will keep her family's mini mart from being bought by him. What Anna does not expect is to quickly come to like Peter. Peter is nothing what Anna expected him to be at all.

Peter is very intrigued by the legend of a kiss that is known to be from Blue Moon Bay. Anna has heard about it but has never really believed in it and wonders why Peter is all caught up in it. When Peter and Anna first meet, Anna is very deceptive about her intentions. Can a relationship grow if only one person is being truthful?

You will not regret reading this cozy Christmas story. I love the way that Susan Hatler wrote this one and has us guessing what is going to happen to Peter and Anna up until the end. Great job. I am anxious to see what Susan Hatler has in store for her readers next.

All opinions are voluntary and my own. Thanks to Netgally, the publisher and the author for an advanced copy of this book.

This was such a cute book! This was the first book I've read from this author and I really enjoyed it. The story was different from anything I've read recently and really captured my attention. It was so well written and the characters were fantastic.

Anna's father owned the mini-mart at Blue Moon Bay, and since his death the family has been doing their best to keep it going in memory of him - but it's going broke. When Peter, a billionaire who has made an offer to buy it, appears in town, Anna is afraid that he'll change everything and that her father's legacy will be lost - so she comes up with a plan to get to know him and convince him of the joys of tradition rather than change. But the plan backfires when they connect in ways she never expected, and she ends up reluctant to broach the subject lest it destroy their budding relationship. Can their two worlds ever really meet?

As always with this author, this book is an enjoyable light, clean read, perfect for a brief escape from 'real life'. While not the sort of thing I want all the time, I do thoroughly enjoy it for a change - and this book was no exception. The conclusion was a nice twist, too! All in all, well written and a good read if you're wanting something on the lighter side but that's more than just fluff.

Note that I received a complimentary copy of the book from NetGalley. I was not required to write a positive review and this is my considered opinion of the book.

I have read a few books by this author now and she always writes a heart-warming story and this one was no different. I thought that it was a nice story even though it was very predictable and I had guessed what would happen with a few chapters, it was a nice, relaxing read and the characters were well suited and they worked well together. 4 stars from me - highly recommended