Cute book. I loved the story and the characters. I love small town romances. I will definitely read more by this author.

I was drawn to the cover of this book and had high hopes, and I did enjoy it, I just found it very slow in some parts, and at one point was flicking through pages. An okay holiday read, just found it lacking

If you want to get in the Christmas spirit this is a excellent book to start you on your journey. It weaves a beautiful romance around the heroine and the man she wants to hold responsible for the death peal over the Christmas store business she received on the death of her grandmother. She writes a letter to Santa, at the behest of her young niece, and so the Christmas magic begins to unfold. Will true love win over the Grinch?

I have rated this book 4 stars.

I received an ARC from Netgalley for my unbiased review.

Ho Ho HO who knew Santa might actually be the one? Strong family christmas traditions, good smAll-town friends and getting what you want for Christmas!

When a national chain starts building a shop right across the street, small business owner Angela Carson knows she is in trouble, for the last few years her family business has been struggling to stay afloat, and this might just be the one thing to finally take them down. Heart of Christmas has been her families livelihood for over sixty years, and it's finally been passed down to her hands, and now it's all going to come to an end, before she really gets a chance to really put her own touch on it... that is unless she can work a Christmas miracle or two!

Geoff Paisley has been helping his mother run her national chain of Christmas Galore stores for the last ten years, and hopes that someday he will take over when she is ready for a quieter life. But that day is about to come a little sooner than he anticipated, his mother has fallen ill, and that means there are Dear Santa letters to be answered, and businesses to run. Little does he know those letters are about to bring him a little Christmas miracle of sorts too... but first he must work himself into her good graces!

Dear Santa is a heartwarming tale that is sure to bring you joy, inspire some Christmas spirit, and leave your heart overflowing! This was a fun one to devour, the light-hearted story line and charming characters pulled me in from the first page, and took me on quite the enjoyable literary journey filled with many moments that had me smiling! Highly recommend!

I requested an advanced copy of this title from NetGalley, and I am voluntarily leaving my honest opinion.

Dear Santa is a heartwarming story perfect to get you in the holiday spirit! Another well written book by Nancy Naigle. The story takes place in a small coastal town in North Carolina, where the year round residents know each other. A place with a lot of history where tourists come to visit.
Angela has a Christmas store, family business located in a lighthouse that she owns.
A story of relationships in many forms, romance and wonderful characters.
Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's for the opportunity to read this book.

This is a retelling of The Shop Around the Corner, which was also based on a play from 1937. Only the setting here is South Carolina and the store theme is Christmas shops.

Angela owns a very quaint boutique that sells high end Christmas items and Geoff owns a chain of stores called Christmas Galore (seems kind of like the Christmas Tree Shoppe that exists in real life) which sell a little bit of everything. When Christmas Galore opens in Pleasant Sands, SC where Angela's store is located, her business dwindles.

Thankfully Angela and Geoff have a random run in, then begin communicating via a Dear Santa app which allows folks to write letters to Santa.

I felt the story was sweet, wholesome, and entertaining. My only wish was that the author followed up with more information about some of the sideline plots like what happened to Geoff's dad, what happened to Angela's dad, and a few other items.

Overall a great cozy snowmance read.

Perfect romance book to read to get you in the holiday spirit! Story flows well, characters are likeable, story line is loosely reminiscent of You’ve Got Mail.

Angela inherits an old lighthouse Christmas shop from her Momma Grace (a little too much references to her IMHO). Geoff is the owner of a competing store. Love at first site, dislike at second. Angela writes a Dear Santa letter, Geoff answers it. A little far fetched, but it’s a Christmas story, so it’s expected and allowed!

Pick this book up around Thanksgiving and get in the Spirit of the season. Quick and Easy diversion during the hectic holiday season.

Thanks to NetGalley and the Publisher for this ARC. Opinion is mine alone!

Review posted on Goodreads and Bookbub. Amazon will be posted on pub date.

What a lovely, cosy read this is! As a self confessed Christmas freak running a festive gift shop is my idea of heaven but unfortunately Angela is finding it hard , witha rival shop opening up in her small town. Perfect story to read curled up under a warm throw witha mug of hot chocolate - with marshmallows of course!

Cute story about running a year-round family Christmas store. Angela Carson has been running the family store for a long time, but business has been steadily declining. When a big chain store, Christmas Galore, moves to town it may put her out of business. Her niece encourages her to send a letter to Santa asking for his help. Little does she know that the owner of the big new store, Geoff, is answering the Santa letters due to his mother’s illness. She assumes the response was auto-generated from a computer. When she gets another reply, she realizes that Santa really is communicating with her.

Will Angela be able to let go of her anger about the possibility of closing her store? Will she find out that Geoff is her Santa?

Enjoyed this sweet romance provided to me by NetGalley and St. Martin’s in return for an honest review.

This was my first book by Nancy Naigle. It was definitely a fun read. Sort of like a Hallmark movie and the movie You’ve Got Mail combined.

Angela Carson is managing a Christmas store called Heart of Christmas. It is a lighthouse that has been her family for 3 generations. Unfortunately, a national chain store called Christmas Galore just opened their latest store in their small town. It is a huge chain store and offers discounted items that Angela cannot compete with.
Geoff Paisley goes with his mother from town to town opening and managing each new Christmas Galore store. One of his mother’s ideas is a Dear Santa website that answers letters to Santa from children. When she falls ill, she wants Geoff to answer the letters. One of the letters is from Angela, asking Santa for help. He answers her letter, and Angela writes back thinking this must be a computer-generated reply.

Angela and Geoff don’t start out with good impressions of each other. They have a very public disagreement. Angela dislikes him for opening that store that is taking away her business. Geoff originally thinks both stores could survive and doesn’t understand Angela’s dislike of him. Once Geoff realizes Angela is writing the letters, he tries to encourage her to see a bigger picture.

This was a very pleasant romance story. I loved the characters. I will definitely read more books by Ms. Naigle and I do recommend this book to anyone looking for a small town romance. I requested a net galley copy of this book by the publisher in return for an honest review

After reading the blurb and realizing this is a holiday retelling of You Got Mail (one of my favorite movies) I knew I had to read this one. Nancy Naigle not only delivers, but she spreads the best of joys to her readers with this sweet tale! I adored this book to pieces and I know it's going to be on many people "must have Holiday reads" this year!

I'm having a hard time trying to rate the star level of this book. While it's a well written story, I felt that this entire story could have been shortened by a lot.. There was a lot of filler in the story where many things were repetitive and redundant. The author did a good job with the descriptions of the town and the landscape but in almost every chapter these descriptions were repeated - as if the author thinks we forgot what she wrote or she needed to fill up the pages in the book. I tend to stop reading or skip pages when authors do this.

The story really dragged on in the sense of romance. I know it's labeled as a "romance" story but I didn't read any romance between the two main characters nor did I feel it. Sure they were attracted to each other and each thought the other were "hot" and "handsome" but the supposed tension that were between Angela and Geoff just weren't there - it didn't feel realistic or climatic. The author basically filled the pages of the story with lots of scenic descriptions and then oh, suddenly let's have these two "love interests" accidentally or purposely meet each other every few chapters. It just lacked in the romance department if this book is supposed to be a contemporary romance book. It's definitely a clean romance if there's any at all.

Angela, the heroine is rather tense and judgmental while the hero, Geoff is really standoffish and snobby. I couldn't see any similarities between these two characters enough for them to be a likely couple. The build up of their attraction and their eventual liking of each other was just slow and dull.

The Dear Santa part of this story is based on a series of letters or correspondence between Angela and "Santa". And this doesn't really show up until the middle part of the book. Once again, too many fillers in the story to really get to the heart or the true plot of the story.

I'd give this story a strong 3.5. Not quite a 3 stars and not a 4 star. The writer does have writing skills but perhaps she shouldn't have written so many inconsequential information that were repeated over and over again.
Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC.

Dear Santa is a fabulous holiday read by Nancy Naigle. Ms. Naigle has delivered a well-written book that readers would love Santa to drop in their stockings. Hats off to Ms. Naigle for her phenomenal cast of characters, I love their interactions. Angela loves her Heart of Christmas store that she inherited from her grandmother. Geoff and his mother own a chain of large Christmas stores and open one in Angela's small town. Geoff and Angela's story is a heartwarming tale that will put a smile on the reader's face. I loved reading Dear Santa and look forward to my next book by Nancy Naigle. Dear Santa is a complete book, not a cliff-hanger.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book that I received from NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This the first book I have read by Nancy Naigle. I am so happy to find a new author! I read the summary of the story and after reading that it was similar to the movie “You’ve Got Mail”’ I thought I would really enjoy this book. My feelings were so true. The basic storyline is very similar, in that the couple meeting in person do not get along, but as hidden identities in emails, they connect well.

Angela owns and operates Heart of Christmas, an upscale Christmas store that has been in her family for generations. The store has been struggling to stay afloat. She is trying to come to terms with closing the store, which she has worked in since a young child and finding a new direction for the rest of her life.

Christmas Galore is a new superstore that opened in town and it sells all things cheaply made – especially made in China; beach towels to artificial Christmas trees. Geoff and his mom own this superstore and several others.

Angela and Geoff first eye each other and are attracted. Then comes the conflict of their businesses, that mean so much to them. The story unfolds and is fun to experience.

The book is very easy to read and it flows in a good pace. The characters are very well developed and I feel like I know and care about them. The location is described in such detail that I wish I could visit Pleasant Sands, North Carolina.

Each section begins with a letter to Santa, which I thought was a heart-melting touch. Some were funny and some a bit sad. Even though I read this book in August, it makes me feel like Christmas is around the corner.

Many types of relationships were explored in the book: sisters, husband/wife, long-time friends, mother/son, mother/daughter. All of the relationships were realistic and written exceptionally well. The core story was a romance but there were many plots revolving throughout, which made the book a page-turner.

This book would make a fantastic Hallmark Holiday movie!

I want to thank St Martin’s Press for giving me the ARC of this book and introducing me to this author, Nancy Naigle. I am so happy to find her books and wanted to write a review in hopes others will discover her also.

This book was super cute I loved it! It does in some way remind me of You've got Mail but Dear Santa is also a story in its self. The story-line flowed well and kept you intrigued. You can read this story anytime not just as Christmas. I hope the author Nancy Naigle writes a followup story to this one. You want to keep reading to see where Angela, Geoff, and rest of the people in Pleasant Sands are doing. This book is a clean read I don't remember any swearing or any sexual material. This would make a perfect Christmas for any age reader..

Readers can always know that Nancy Naigle’s books will be sweet and touching, and Dear Santa was no exception. Angela and Geoff caught each other’s eyes at a coffee shop on a Thanksgiving morning. Both wondered who the other was. Angela had inherited a Chrismas shop that had been in her family for a few generations. Like many small retail shops, times were hard. Geoff’s family own a large Christmas themed chain of stores that threaten to be the final nail in the coffin of Angela’s store. Unfortunately, Angela believes that this makes them enemies. At first, it looks like there are too many obstacles in there way, but eventually their naturally kind personalities win out. This is an incredibly sweet holiday read!

I love the movie,You've Got Mail, so naturally I loved this story. The premise is the same but it uses Christmas stores instead of book stores. As I read i could see the movie play out in my mind. I love books with Christmas themes and this one did not disappoint.

Thank you St. Martin’s Press for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed Dear Santa. It’s a heartwarming read involving 2 rivals, a third generation store owner and Angela and mega store owner, Geoff.
With Geoff’s store moving in, long time customers are turning to the discount chain instead of Angela’s shop.

I really enjoyed the character development of the story. Perfect read if you are a holiday lover with some romance mixed in.

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