Book Review - The Christmas Tree Farm by Laurie Gilmore

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Title: The Christmas Tree Farm

Author: Laurie Gilmore

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: One More Chapter

Publication Date: 10th October 2024

Rating: 5 Stars

Every book in the Dream Harbor series can be read as a standalone.

Kira North hates Christmas. Which is unfortunate since she just bought a Christmas tree farm in a town that’s too cute for its own good.

Bennett Ellis is on vacation in Dream Harbor taking a break from his life in California. And most importantly, taking a break from his latest run of disastrous dates.

After a run in with Kira in her fields, Ben has no intention of offering to help the grumpy owner set up her tree farm, despite the fact she’s clearly got no idea what she’s doing.

Kira knows she should stop being so stubborn, but her farm is not all cute and cozy like people always show on social media, it’s borderline dangerous with no heating, and she’d rather no one saw it.

But somehow fate finds Ben at Kira’s farm once more, and as Kira watches him swing an axe at the first tree, she finds herself appreciating his strength and questioning why she refused help in the first place…

The Christmas Tree Farm is a spicy romantic mystery with a HEA guaranteed!

Please will someone put me on a plane and let me live in Dream Harbour. 

All the men there are dreamworthy and almost seem too good to be true, ,and the whole town just sounds so wonderful, as does the way they celebrate Christmas.  It's a wonderful local community and really does help give the books a small town cosy vibe. 

Although it's not pure cosiness, as there are some wonderfully spicy scenes (why is everyone saying spice not sex nowadays?), that I totally enjoyed. 

I loved getting to know Kira and Ben, even if they do get off to a fairly rocky start. I liked how they could recognise their own undesirable personality traits and bad patterns they have gotten into in the past, and how they are trying to improve themselves. 

There is something so enchanting and moreish about this series, I just can't get enough of these stories.  I loved catching up with old friends from the previous books, and also seeing Kira start to come out of her shell was a joy to see. 

And what better setting for a festive tale than a Christmas Tree Farm, and an old house that is freezing cold leading to a blanket fort in front of the fire as the main living space. It's just so cosy! 

Please don't make me wait for the next book, I need my next Dream Harbour fix already! 

Thank you to One More Chapter and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.