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This was the sweetest book! It should be made into a Hallmark movie! I loved all of the characters and it is such a tribute to small town living! It is a "feel good" book and I am so glad to have been able to read it! Thank you, Net galley and the publisher!

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Every time I read one of Nancy Naigle's Christmas stories it's like watching it come to live on a screen in my head. Christmas Angels is beautifully written with amazing characters and a story that will touch your hear and get it pumping.

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Christmas Angels by Nancy Naigle is a sweet, heartwarming, story filled with the magic of Christmas!

Matt Hardy has land in Antler Creek and is hoping to make it a permanent move but he also wants the property that butts his land, when it goes up for internet auction he’s determined to bid and win as this place hold lots of childhood memories for him and his sister...

Liz Westmoreland has always dreamed of returning to Antler Creek and take over the running of her grandparents inn but time and life...changes her future...that is til her comes across an internet auction and what looks like her grandparents inn. She decides to bid and what are the chances she wins...but she does!

What happens next is what we call fate...bringing Liz back to a place of joy, making new friends, making dreams come true and meeting a man who shows her the spirit of Christmas Angels!!

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Liz Westmoreland has always dreamed of owning her grandparents' inn someday. When she sees a similar one for an auction, she buys it without seeing its current condition. When she drives to Angel's Creek, she realizes that it need a lot of work to make it running. She hires Matt Hardy as a contractor and most of the book is about the renovation of the inn. It is a sweet story with all the town's people helping her bring back Angel's Rest.

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A wonderful read with charming characters and an engaging plot!! I look forward to reading more by this author.

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Liz Westmoreland has great memories of her grandparents’ inn, so when she has the opportunity to buy it at auction, she cannot resist the trip down memory lane. However, upon visiting, she realizes it is not the same inn she remembers, and a whole lot of work will be needed to restore it. Luckily, Matt Hardy is available to help throughout the holiday season (and in the process, win her heart, thanks to a childhood crush).

Nancy Naigle’s Christmas Angels is a sweet, Hallmark-y kind of Christmas story. It all happens a little easily, but I still had fun with Liz and Matt—and the town that circles around them. It is perfect to read under a cozy blanket and with a warm beverage in hand this time of year, so if you’re in need of a quick, cute read, this could it.

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The perfect holiday cozy read. This one is about family and small towns and following our dreams and of course some romance stirring.... perfect holiday read from USA Today bestselling author Nancy Naigle. Loved it

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I want to thank netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Gosh. This book hit me in the feels. The first thing I thought when I finished it was that it was perfect for a Hallmark movie. I mean it hit all the checkboxes. Small town? Check. Restoring an inn? Check. Handsome man with dog. Check and check. Wholesome romantic scenes? Check.

I loved all of the characters in this story, even the side characters. I was pleased to see that side characters got a good amount of page time and had their own personalities. I was also pleased to see that our main guy Matt respected Liz' ideas and intelligence, and the slow burn romance between them.

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While Christmas Angels has a wonderful cover and sounds interesting it just isn't for me.

If you have enjoyed it I would love to know if it is something that I should give another shot.

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I loved this Christmas romance story. It had wonderful characters and a great story. It was sweet and light hearted and uplifting. The perfect book to get your Christmas spirit going!

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Charming, Heartwarming Christmas Romance

If you enjoy the Hallmark (and Hallmark-style) heartwarming Christmas specials, this book will remind you so much of those. While it is predictable, it's the cozy, joyful holiday kind of predictable; the author makes our H & h relatable ones that we can’t help but root for. Our heroine fulfills a lifelong dream of running an inn by actually buying her grandparents inn at auction. But she did it sight unseen, just relying on happy memories, so she wasn't prepared for its run-down condition. Luckily the hero, a neighbor, agrees to help. He'd had a crush on her when they were younger and she visited her grandparents at the inn. This is a delightful slow-burn romance. If you enjoy holiday romances that deliver the predictable but charming feels, this book will be right up your alley.

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Christmas Angels is the newest Christmas story from Nancy Naigle. I wanted to read this story as soon as it hit my kindle, but I needed to get a little closer to Christmas to be in the right frame of mind. I love Ms. Naigle has written Christmas stories over the past few years, and I always look forward to her newest sweet and emotional Christmas story each year.

I loved Liz Westmoreland from the moment she appeared on the page. She is such a strong woman, who knows exactly what she wants out of life and has worked hard for years so she can finally live her dream of owning her grandparents' former inn Angel's Rest. However, after arriving, she quickly realizes there is way more work needed than she had anticipated.

Luckily, Matt Hardy is back in Antler Creek and is the perfect person to help Liz with her dreams. I have to say I absolutely loved that Matt had a huge crush on Liz when they were kids and she would come to visit her grandparents. After learning about Matt's background with his most recent ex, I really worried about him giving Liz enough of a chance as she was also from the city, but I was so glad I was wrong about how Matt would act.

I loved the fact that Matt and Liz totally were friends first, even though they both felt an attraction to each other. I also absolutely loved the townspeople of Antler Creek. Seriously made me miss my own small town hometown as I grew up in a town where neighbors helped each other all the time just to help out. I had all the happy sighs while reading Christmas Angels.

Christmas Angels is another winner from Nancy Naigle. As with so many of her other Christmas stories, I absolutely feel like I'm living in a Hallmark Christmas movie, and I love every single minute of each story. I adore Nancy's voice in each new book and highly suggest her books to romance fans who love sweet and emotional stories.

Rating: 5 Stars (B+)

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If ever there was a book that deserved the description “feel-good,” this is it. Also, highly satisfying. It’s a pretty predictable, Hallmark-movie-sequel plot, but it just made me feel so warm and fuzzy.

First of all, this idyllic little town where Liz buys her grandparents’ old lodge. It’s cute and EVERYONE there is as nice as can be. Whether it’s people who adore Liz’s grandparents and so love her by default or people who are just genuinely kind small-town folks, everyone treats her like she’s one of the family.

Second, I am a to-do list person, so when Liz and Matt had their major planning session to fix up the lodge, and they each walk away with a solid to-do list, and then Liz especially just starts cranking out tasks and marking stuff off her list right and left, I was in productivity heaven.

Like I said, the plot and romance were super predictable, but it made me happy, so I didn’t care. There were also lessons learned about the spirit of Christmas and the joy of serving others. This was probably a 3 1/2, but I bumped it up to a 4 for the warm happiness it brought to my soul.

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Wonderful Hallmark love story! A great read for Christmas and sitting by the fire.

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Magical Christmas Romance! Heartwarming and delightful with a sweet and tender romance filled with childhood dreams, first crushes, family and love. Reading this was a great way to get into the christmas spirit. This is the first story by Nancy Naigle that I have had the pleasure of reading and it definitely wont be my last.

Liz Westmore worked hard launching store openings for the finest chains around the world and although she made a lot of money doing it she didn’t love her job. That’s why she had been saving for years to have a place just like her Grandparents had when they owned “Angels Rest”. As she scanned B&B’s and house on a online auction site there it was “Angels Rest”and it was going to be auctioned off the next day. Was it fate? So when she had the winning bid the next day it was like her grandparents and a team of angels were helping her.

But when she arrives in Antler Creek it is anything but a dream when she comes face to face with the run down memory. But with the help of a man who had a crush on her years ago, from when they were kids, she just might have a chance at more than just being a owner of a B&B. This story brings a small town together and supplies a fantastic Christmas story that you soon will not forget. Great secondary characters that are what everyone needs in their life.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this story. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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I found this to be the most sweet and touching holiday romance that I’ve read in a long time. A whole lotta feels in this one. A definite recommended read.

Please note that an ARC was generously provided in exchange for an honest review of which this is both honest and completely voluntary.

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I like this so much looked for other books by this author and purchased. Read all of the Christmas stories, and then honestly forgot to review this one, because got caught up over Christmas season reason the ones that were picjased😁

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This book was like a Hallmark Christmas movie in print! I enjoyed the story and found the characters delightful. I recommend this book, it was a great holiday read.

Thanks to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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Christmas Angels
A Novel
by Nancy Naigle
St. Martin's Press
Pub Date Oct 15,2019
328 pages
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

If you haven't read Christmas Angels yet you definitely should. I promise it will put a smile on your face.
The characters were very well developed and likeable. Matt and Liz easily drew me into their world as their bittersweet story had me cheering them on. I fell in love with this beautiful heartwarming story from the very first page .I so loved Matt and Liz story. I have read several of Nancy's books but this is my favorite. I wanted to pack up and move to this town. The story definitely kept me turning the pages all the way to the satisfying end. I want to read more from this town. This would make a perfect Hallmark Christmas movie.
I always look foward to reading books by this author.They are always so inspiring and heartfelt.
Many thanks to the Publisher , the Author , and NetGalley for a ARC copy of this interesting book in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. All opinions I have expressed are my own or those of my family. As always if you like the book you read please take the time to leave a review for the author in places like goodreads & Amazon. It does not have to be long. Just a few sentences saying you liked the book will do. Authors really appreciate every review they get !
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I love Christmas stories, and this book, though I finished it after the holidays, was just the kind of light-hearted read to get one in the spirit of Christmas. Liz aches to own a bed and breakfast like her grandparents, and her dream seems to come true when the very property where they lived comes up for sale. Her dream quickly becomes a nightmare, however, when she realizes the extent of reconstruction needed. She's not used to small town living, though, and the characters who come together in this small town are reminiscent of a Hallmark movie. Delightfully written, with believable characters and just enough of a could-be love triangle to keep the reader interested, this book is a must read for anyone needing to believe that miracles really do still happen.

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