Forever Yours in Christmas Falls was a cute, quick read. I liked that the main plot was quite unique. Having not read the other books in the Christmas Falls series, it felt like there were holes in the story. A couple of times, the main character said she'd run into one of her old friends and they'd talked about things, and I have to assume the actual run-ins were in the other character's book. That wouldn't normally bother me too much except 1) Each book is being called a standalone, and 2) So much of this book was telling and lacked showing, so having the MC tell the reader she'd done something that was fairly important left me wanting more. The characters didn't have much depth, which made it hard to connect to them and really feel for them. Everything felt very much on the surface. Overall, I enjoyed this one and thought it was cute.

Forever Yours in Christmas Falls by Susan Hatler is book #5 in the Return to Christmas Falls series by various authors.I have enjoyed the books in the series and this one is no exception. The characters are fun and the storyline is well developed. When I was finished reading this story I felt happy and I profess that's a sign of a good Christmas story - it leaves you with a smile on your face and a warm feeling in your heart.

Charming story! I enjoyed the setting and characters. Story flowed well and kept me engaged. Swoony romance and fun plot!

Two people coming back home after yrs of being away, both having hurt in the past both liking each other as kinds and then when meeting up as adults they find what they have always been wanting.

Your after a fantastic Christmas book. Then this book is for you. If your after a fantastic Christmas series? Then this book is for you as you get both. This book is amazing and brilliant on its own but with the rest of the series it’s totally awesome and your going to love both. Great to curl up with a nice glass of wine on a winters day or sunny if you have it. Would highly recommend

Morgan returns to town to open a beauty salon. There is a problem - Dallas is renting the same building to open his handmade furniture store. Do furniture and hair mix? These two are so made for each other. I felt for Morgan feeling like she couldn't be herself and having to always please her mom - ugh. A clean romance with the main leads encouraging and supporting each other. There was angst but not forever. This book made we long for snow and a warm cozy fire. I received a copy from netgalley.

I haven't read any other books in this series but had no trouble with this as a standalone story.

I really enjoyed this, it was a sweet quick read with a great town setting and great characters...I fell in love with Dallas straight away!

I thought this was a sweet story but the writing was somewhat unsophisticated. It could be polished up a bit, less slang. Nice happy ending though.

#justfinished 4ver yours in Xmas Fall @SusanHatler - last young adult novel read in 1997, it took some time to get in the mood #netgalley
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i didn't understand that it was a young adult novel, or well... now that i have finished it i would file it under YAN in my personal library, don't you? :) it was nice to read, really easy and fullfil of romance and "no worries". not my cup of tea, i prefer a different kind if books, but i am sure that a lot of my friends' daughters would love it.
(Aurora from Italy)

I always enjoy Susan Hatler's books. She writes charming contemporary romances that are usually low-angst, sweet, not too heavy on sexual content, and charming. I figured with her name, a second chance romance (my favorite!), and a Christmas story I couldn't go wrong.

26-year-old Morgan Reed has just finished beauty school and is ready to return to her charming little home town Christmas Falls and open her own beauty salon. When she arrives however, she realizes that her landlady has leased the space to two people, her and her childhood crush, Dallas Parker. This story is all about them reconnecting and making things work in spite of some issues (her family, insecurities on both sides, and some stuff both have to let go in order to move forward).

I really enjoyed this for the most time. It was a bit on the cheesy side, but surprisingly, that didn't bother me. It was a sweet story about starting over and deciding what to hold on to and what to let go, and I enjoyed the characters' journey. Up until the last 20-something percent. I did not really care for all the drama crammed into the ending. It was just all a bit too much for me. Add to that that the heroine didn't grow a spine until the very end, and I was not really convinced. For me, if the book is about the journey to her independence, I would like to see her assert herself somewhere in the middle and deal with the fall-out, not let her mother walk all over her for almost the entire story. But that's just me :)

All in all, this was a nice, sweet, and clean holiday romance for me. 2.5 stars!

This is book five of seven, and has Morgan Reed coming home to Christmas falls. She is wanting to open a hair salon and the building she rented turns is also rented by the person she has had a crush on forever, Dallas Parker. The problem is her mother does not like Dallas, she also does not know that she used her inheritance to go to cosmetology school and not finish her MBA. She does not want to work in the family banking business. Now after eight years she must deal with family, the letter from her choir teacher and if any of the girls are around seeing them especially Ash her best friend. A very moving story form both Morgan and Dallas. Her mother can and is a pain in the caboose, but like the first book you do get some closer and you do see a little bit of work towards saving the community center from the first as well. Overall a good story. All of these books are written by different authors but at least the two books I have read seem to be following from the first book as far as the story of the town.

Forever Yours in Christmas Falls is an emotionally packed romance that touches on so much more than the growing love between Morgan and Dallas. There is a family dynamic here that may not precisely fit every family, but I feel most of us can relate. For years now Morgan has, on the surface, conformed to her mother’s demands of her life. She dressed the part, associated with the right people, and lived a life that wasn’t truly her own. Her rebellions were her circle of best friends in school, a crush on her brother’s best friend and dreams that were far different from her mother’s expectations. Morgan was living or being pushed to live another person’s life… her sister Grace who had died in a tragic accident that haunts people still. Her mother couldn’t see that Morgan wanted something very different, so Morgan did the only thing she could do. She left home, went to school for what she wanted to do and stayed away from home so her parents wouldn’t know what she was really up to. But now it’s time to come home. For herself. For Miss Anna Cate. And perhaps, finally, for the right reasons. It was time to face down her mother – and it wasn’t going to be easy.

A mix-up with the lease of the property that Morgan wanted for her new salon… and the property that Dallas planned on for his handmade furniture store would spark the beginning of their relationship. Two people who had always been attracted to each other, each had their secret crush might now as adults see each other in a different light. There may be a future growing for them… but there are so many roadblocks that they’ll have to navigate. Her past and family. His past and the town’s perception of him. And most of all… Morgan’s mother.

It’s very easy to view Ivy, Morgan’s mother, as the villain in this romance. The truth is that she really isn’t. Oh, she’s stubborn, opinionated, demanding and strict… but she’s also a mom, a fact that Miss Anna Cate makes clear to us and Morgan late in this story. Hey, I’m a mom and I didn’t see Miss Anna Cate’s viewpoint until it was brought to my attention – so it’s easy to see her as the bad guy in this romance.

Both Dallas and Morgan are holding secrets close to their hearts, secrets that have shaped them and need to come out into the open to be healed. Funny how love can do that. There were moments when it looked like they couldn’t possibly find their future, and the emotional feel of those moments flows from the page to the reader so poignantly.

I have always loved Susan Hatler’s romances… but this one goes to another level. I picked up this story from NetGalley and within minutes went and pre-ordered the entire series.and I’m so glad I did for this has been a wonderful journey with friends reuniting, families changing, and futures being forged – and it’s not over yet for there are more stories to come. I was touched by Morgan and Dallas’ romance, by their lives and I would highly recommend this story and the entire series to any Romance reader, no matter the genre. It’s that good.

I purchased this entire series to keep final editions in my own personal Kindle library.

*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.*

If you are looking for a fun chick-lit or rom-com read, look no further. This is part of a new series called Return to Christmas Falls with each book written by different authors. I've read several books by Susan Hatler and have enjoyed them all. She never fails to deliver a fun, humorous, romantic and swoony read, usually with some emotional moments thrown in to make the characters real and relatable.

Morgan has finally done it, she's take that final step that will seal her fate in her mother's eyes. She's returned home, and not with the degree that her parents think she was completing. And she's leased a building for her business, not the bank that they planned on her working at. What's one more thing on her list of making her mom even more unhappy with her? Maybe a tall and very handsome stranger...wait, not a stranger but a childhood friend, her brother's best friend to be exact and her long time crush. The troubled boy of the town. The boy who has returned, is not a young boy anymore and he happens to be in her soon to be shop. Wait, what? How does he have a key? He's leased the building too for a furniture shop? No way! Double No Way!!!!!!! With the landlord out of the country these two will just have to go toe to toe to figure out who gets the lease and their dream shop. Or will they learn to share, compromise and work together? 'Cause, come on, furniture shops and salons go great together...don't they????

This is a great afternoon read, a weekend read or a curl up by the fire (or imaginary fire) with a hot cup of cocoa in the evening read. I have been in bed this weekend not feeling well at all. Trying to sleep but when your mind has a million and one things on it, the sleeping doesn't come easy. I had just downloaded this book yesterday and knew it was the perfect read for helping get my mind off of everything and hopefully rest. Unfortunately, no, I didn't fall asleep but I sure enjoyed my time snuggled up with my book. It only took me a couple hours to read through this one. And I was all smiles, maybe a few tears leaked out (not completely admitting to that one yet) and definitely some chuckles were heard coming from my mouth.

This story definitely has a lighthearted feel to it, but there's also a more somber side of it too. A second chance story. Second chance in life and love. Morgan has conformed to her mother's expectations for many years because she's trying to make up for a great tragedy that was suffered in her family. Yet no matter how hard she tries, she's not happy. Finally taking that leap and taking a chance at fulfilling her dreams of being a beautician and owning her own salon, she returns home and avoids her mom at all cost.

Morgan was a character who has many wounds she needs to let heal. I loved watching her character arc. There were a couple moments that I wasn't sure what decision she was going to make. Fingers were crossed hoping she would make the right one (or the right one according to me). I loved her family dynamics...yes even with her mom acting like she did. We don't see much of the dad until the end but her brother Connor is pretty awesome. I have a feeling he might be a main character in one of the other books in this series. The support Morgan receives from her friends and community was fun to read about. I love stories of smaller communities that rally around each other. I've lived in both big cities and very small communities and am just a little partial to the smaller communities. So I think after experiencing that way of life and loving it, I love reading about it too.

Dallas, well he's just wonderful! Definitely a favorite main male character for me. The chemistry is off the charts in this book. I loved how gentle Dallas was with Morgan. There's quite a lot of figuring out past hurts, Morgan and Dallas coming to understand more about their previous years together and telling each other the other side of the story. All in all, I loved their friendship turned love. Especially as they talked about childhood/teenage moments that they experienced together and how the other perceived it. Cute, fun and swoony!

There is a moment of peril, of course we have to have some angst in our characters' love story. The one that happens near the end of the story definitely was not what I was expecting to happen and the way the characters reacted had me on edge as I sat turning pages hoping it would all resolve happily ever after. I loved the ending, I should clarify and say the last 20 percent ending. LOL!!! Not to say I didn't love the other parts of the book, because I did! I enjoyed it all but was pleasantly surprised and pleased with how the author wrapped it all up together. *happy sigh*

Content: Clean. There are scenes where the characters make out, so a little bit more passionate kissing. Nothing more past kissing though. Some moments of the characters checking each other out. A moment of life threatening peril, drowning and talk about the death of a family member and a mother abandoning her family. I'd recommend for older YA and up.

I received a review copy from the publisher, Hatco Publishing, via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions in the review are my own.

Happy Reading!!!

FOREVER YOURS IN. CHRISTMAS FALLS by Susan Hatler Hatco Publishers
Morgan coming home to clean house, of old patterns, and to stand up to her mother. To do what she wants to do for a change. That is to open a beauty salon, then there is the mix up there, it's already rented. He would have to be someone she had a crush on in high school. Could they jointly have a business together, doesn't seem like furniture would go with her beauty shop. Landlord out of town, old feud, and blame for it, causes problems for the two of them. A good plot and easy enjoyable reading as all of Susan's are.
Given ARC by Net Galley for my voluntary review and my .honest opinion

4.5☆
Susan Hatler is one of my go-to authors.

What I liked:
The writing style
The characters
Part of a series: Return to Christmas Falls
Standalone
HEA

I look forward to reading more from this author.