Thanks to NetGally for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Christmas time is one of my time of the year so you can understand why I read this cute romance in the first place. It's a fun, romantic and festive story that did not disappoint me. I've found out this was the second book of a series after reading it and I didn't feel at all lost, or that I didn't know what was going on within the story.
The only pet-peeve of mine is how many times Lana uses the word "dearest". If you don't mind that, definitely give it a read!

With the state of the world, I just want to fast-forward to Christmas and the end of the year. Fortunately, I was given the opportunity to read Mistletoe and Mr Right by Sarah Morgenthaler as an advanced copy – Sourcebooks basically brought Christmas early to my Kindle. Needless to say, I dove straight into it, and back into the small town of Moose Springs.

After reading (and adoring) The Tourist Attraction earlier this month, it was pretty much a forgone conclusion that I would be reading the rest of the Moose Springs series. Sarah Morgenthaler really nailed the whole small-town vibe – even from the first couple of pages, I could smell the reindeer dogs cooking in the Tourist Trap and see the snow on the mountains. If the Moose Springs series doesn’t make you want to visit Alaska, I don’t know what will. Her world building skills were strong – and her ability to build chemistry was even stronger.

In terms of the story itself, one of the major plotlines was about Lana fighting with her family over her controversial acquisition of most of the commercial properties in Moose Springs. Though she made the purchase with good intentions, she faced opposition from both the townspeople and the people on the board of her company. The biggest source of tension is her cousin Silas, who is vying to become the heir of their family’s company and to undermine Lana’s decisions at every turn. My one issue with this book was the lack of resolution of this family company drama – it was left very open ended. I’m hoping the next book tackles the resolution.

Lana is everything I look for in a leading lady – she was a strong bad ass with realistic flaws and a really good heart. Her main struggle throughout the book was trying to find a balance between her work life (and familial obligations) and her blooming romance with Moose Springs resident Rick. Honestly, what I liked most about this book was how well Rick and Lana fit together – they constantly supported each other, didn’t try to take more than the other was willing to give, and were generally very respectful of each other’s boundaries. Even their major conflicts were fueled by misguided attempts to do what was right for the other person. Their chemistry was off the charts, and they definitely gave Graham and Zoey a run for their money.

Mistletoe and Mr Right is perfect fare for this holiday season – reading it is like stepping in front of a fireplace after being out in the snow – it’s warm and cozy and perfect at the end of a long day. It’s a great follow up to The Tourist Attraction – and a great set up for the upcoming Enjoy the View. I can’t wait to read Easton’s love story (hello quiet gruff male lead) this January. 4/5

This was such a good book! It made me laugh and cry and sigh and dream.

Mistletoe and Mr. Right is the second book in the Moose Springs, Alaska series by Sarah Morgenthaler. It is Christmastime in the charming town, and Lana Montgomery wants a place to belong, but the residents in this small town can’t stand her. She is an ultra-rich woman who has bought land to build condos. The condos will bring money that will revive the town, but the townspeople don’t see it that way. During a town hall meeting, Lana volunteers to capture the elusive Santa Moose, Moose Springs’ very own Scrooge.

During a “hunt” one night, she accidently shoots a tranquilizer at Rick Harding, hitting him. Rick is a man who is alone except for his nephew. He is a man who owns a pool hall that is struggling to survive. He rescued Lana earlier in the summer after the town found out that she has purchased land and why.

The sparks fly as the two team up to catch the moose, but do they have enough gumption to continue and decide a relationship is worth any price? They are from two different worlds and on the surface, it seems like a relationship would never work. Do they have the bravery to open their hearts to a new and different dream?

This book made me look at my own dreams. It made me stop and think and realize that the dream of finding love and acceptance is everyone’s dream. The author really opened Lana’s heart and wrote what she was feeling.

I will definitely be recommending this book!

What a delightful book!!

I was so in the mood for something fun, romantic and festive and this did not disappoint. I really enjoyed this story and it was so good. The author had me laughing from the very first page and some scenes even brought a tear to my eye.

I loved the setting of Moose Springs in Alaska and I loved getting swept away there by the story. Rick and Lana were both such lovely characters and I rooted for them both so much. They both had walls up and knew loneliness, but found a way to come together and take a place in each other’s lives.

I realised when I started this that it was the second in the series, but I didn’t feel confused by anything and I will definitely be going back to read the first one! I loved this Christmassy read and I am so glad I chose to pick it up! It was such a fun, quirky read full of heart warming scenes that made me smile.

Thanks to Sourcebooks Casablanca and Netgalley for this e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

A wonderful, sweet, and romantic book. The characters were vivid and I want to live in this setting! Sarah Morgenthaler is an auto-buy for me!

NetGalley Arc | Who knew that I'd be reading a Christmas book already? But, I *needed* this holiday spirit during a pandemic. If you are looking for a hilarious and sweet rom-com this season, pick up Mistletoe & Mr. Right.

I loved The Tourist Attraction, and while Mistletoe is the sequel, you don't need to read The Tourist Attraction first (but why not!). I literally laughed out loud at the B&B squirrel taxidermy and tranquilizer mishap scenes. The evil Santa Moose is a great plot, and of course, I enjoy the romance along with the tourists vs locals debate.

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Thank you to NetGalley and the author/publisher for providing me with an advanced copy in exchange for a fair and honest review.

This book was, as expected, absolutely adorable. The second in the Moose Springs series, you don't have to have read The Tourist Trap (but you totally should anyway) to enjoy it. This book centers on Lana Montgomery, the wealthy socialite who's always smiling. I enjoyed being able to delve a bit into her life with the Montgomery group, which was vaguely hinted at in the first book. I'm a sucker for a heroine who's capable and good at her job, which Lana certainly is. It was really fun to get more insight into her character - her loneliness and doubt. Rick was fun, but not as interesting to me as Lana. I give Rick's pets and Santa Moose credit as delightful scene stealers. The romance is definitely closed-door rather than steamy, so if you're searching for a high heat level it isn't here. Moose Springs is a wonderful setting and this book is definitely festive and fun. Read it to get in the holiday spirit, or if you just want something light and fun.

This book was an absolute delight.

Though I haven't read the first book in the series, I didn't feel at all lost, or that I didn't know what was going on within the story.

Lana loves to "run away" from Chicago, and spend all of her time in the charming Moose Springs, Alaska. Sadly for Lana, she isn't really the ideal small town type. When she ends up buying a part of town so that it doesn't become controlled by someone who would harm the town, she is made a pariah, and left on the outside of the town that she has fallen in love with.

Rick doesn't know what to do with his new budding feelings for the beautiful Lana. He is afraid of tying her down to this small town, when she is clearly meant for more. He doesn't have it in him to stay away from her either.

They grow closer and closer on their quest to catch the Santa Moose, who terrorizes this small town every year at the holidays. This leads to a charming Christmas story. It won me over, and now I want to check out the first book! I will be picking up more in this series for sure!

Thank you to NetGalley for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is another excellent 2020 book, and a read-in-one-sitting! I hadn't read the first book in the series, but I was totally fine picking up Mistletoe and Mr. Right. Lana and Rick are another great pair of protagonists, and I loved that they did have separate lives happening as well- so often, characters only exist in relation to a possible partner. Their friends are hilarious, and I hope that Morgenthaler continues the series so that we can continue their stories. And more than anything, this book made me LAUGH. There are penises on mountains (but WHO did it??), an errant Santa Moose (that's literally my dream), and a taxidermied squirrel in a long white nightgown gazing out into the night sky. What can't you love?! The perfect escape from holiday stress!

While this is a series (The Moose Springs series), I think both the books could be read as stand-alone! I really enjoyed this book because we get to learn more about Lana; we got the barely-scratching-the-surface side of Lana in "The Tourist Attraction". Now, in "Mistletoe and Mr. Right", we get to see the deeper parts of Lana, the little girl who fell in love with Moose Springs and the people in it, the grown woman who still cares so deeply for the town that hates her, and the pressure she constantly feels to be a Montgomery. Rick is sweet and kind but life isn’t going great for him.
This was very cute and perfect for the holiday season (which I’m loving all these Christmas reads, lately). I loved the premise and especially the charm & character of Moose Springs. It also was a slow burn closed door romance. But don't fret, there was so much chemistry and mutual attraction (and kissing) between Lana and Rick, and their out of practice awkward dates were hilarious. I found myself laughing out loud! This book will not only have you falling in love with Alaska, and Lana and Rick's romance, but you will be cheering for Lana as she proves that she is an absolute strong and powerful female exec.

Thank you netgalley and sourcebooks Casablanca for this eARC!

A cute romance and an attention grabbing first sentence to start off the book. Normally it takes me a few chapters before I have decided whether or not to stick with a book, but not with this one. That first sentence hooked and reeled me in.

Lana Montgomery works for the Montgomery Group which is owned and run by her wealthy family. She is determined to get her luxury condominium project up and running in one of her favorite places in the world, Moose Springs, Alaska. The locals though aren't too thrilled with her plans.

Rick Harding is a business owner in town and has a bit of a crush on Lana. Not exactly a smooth talker as he gets painfully shy when he is around her. Lana might benefit from his help in changing the public's perception of her. The book falls in the romance genre, so need I say more? Minus the story line brought up in the opening sentence of the book, this one has Hallmark Christmas movie written all over it.

I hadn't read the first book in the series before tackling this one and I kinda regret it. I'm not saying this book can't be read as a standalone novel, but I do feel like my reading experience would have been enhanced had I known some of the characters that make appearances in this one like Graham and Zoey, beforehand. Felt like I was missing out just a tiny bit.

The book had a sweet romance but Lana and Rick's chemistry wasn't exactly off the charts. They were nice, decent characters though. They just didn't have the "it" factor or whatever it is that my favorite fiction couples seem to possess. This is the type of story that I can enjoy while I am reading it but it doesn't make the memorable read category.

I do have a slight gripe about the word "dearest", which according to my Kindle search was used 42 times in the story. Get a new word, Lana! It was extra weird and quite frankly irritating when the character would say it to someone she barely knows.

Hallmark movie in book form! This has all the Hallmark bits: power career woman goes to small town, falls in love with town, tries to save it despite itself. Meets small business owner-love and chaos ensues.

Honestly, this is super sweet, but it's all a bit....formulaic? That said, there are some really great scenes. The "squirrel date" is worth the price of admission.

3.5 stars upgraded to 4 stars.

Great book! I love the town of Moose Springs Alaska! They struggle to a make a living yet are reluctant to cater to tourists who do not quite understand them. Rick is the owner of a run-down pool hall. He is infatuated with Laura who spent lots of time in Moose Springs growing up. She is back now trying to build condominiums and bring revenue to the town. This is where she would like to call home. Laura is out of Rick’s league. She is heir to a multi-billion company and struggles to keep her other family members from trying to make Moose Springs fail. Laura tries to get the townspeople to accept her but throwing a huge Christmas party results in few attendees. There are serious moments but lots of humor as well. Sometimes we just need to be patient and show others how much we care.

Lana Montgomery is everything the quirky small town of Moose Springs, Alaska can’t stand: a rich socialite with dreams of changing things for the better. But Lana’s determined to prove that she belongs... even if it means trading her stilettos for snow boots and tracking one of the town’s hairiest Christmas mysteries: the Santa Moose. The last few years have been tough on Rick Harding, and it’s not getting any easier now that his dream girl’s back in town. When Lana accidentally tranquilizes him instead of the Moose, it’s clear she needs help, and this could be his chance to finally catch her eye.

Mistletoe and Mr. Right is a second chance romance that it was sweet and fun. This is the second book in the Moose Springs series and I loved catching up with the characthers from book one.
Can’t wait for the next one.

Thank you Netgalley, Casablanca Books and Sarah Morgenthaler for giving me a copy of this book in exchage for an honest review.

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This is the second book in this series by Sarah Morgenthaler and this one did not disappoint! I instantly want to get onto a plane to Moose Springs, Alaska and become friends with every one of these characters.

Lana was a great female character in my opinion. She knew what she wanted, she was an extremely hard, and passionate worker, and also cared so much about Rick and the entire Moose Springs community.

Rick was my favorite character. He was a hard working business owner and a great uncle and cat/hedgehog dad. His reactions towards Lana were endearing and often funny. He was smitten and like a middle school boy with a crush. He didn't know what to say around her half of the time and I think thats what I loved about him. He was so worried about her and only wanted the best for her.

They came from two very different worlds but they still found each other and they fell in love. I usually am not a huge fan of "insta love" but this was so well done.

Now, time for me to nerd out a little. I LOVE tourism and destination marketing. I have a degree in it and could talk about it for hours. This book made me feel giddy with all the talk of how tourism affects this small town and what would happen without tourism in the area and how business owners survive off of tourism. I felt like this was a really accurate representation of small town tourism marketing. It was so well written and I loved reading about it!

overall, this is a wonderful read for the holidays. I highly recommend this and I cannot wait for the third book to come out!

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for the ARC ebook in exchange for an honest review!

Mistletoe and Mr. Right is the second book in a series. It's a feel good read, with a cute story and lovely characters who are very easy to connect with.

Lana Montgomery is beautiful, rich, a force to be reckoned with in any situation, primed to be the heir to the Montgomery real estate empire... and Public Enemy Number One in Moose Springs, Alaska. Lana had good intentions when she bought up the entire town, desperate to save the one place that feels like 'home' from financial ruin. But everyone hates her, her greedy cousin wants to see her--and Moose Springs--fail, someone has carved male genitalia in the snow pointing directly at her condo project, and--for reasons she still cannot determine--she declared in front of all of Moose Springs that she would try her hand at capturing the elusive Santa Moose--a seemingly ghost-like creature who is (literally) the world's biggest Grinch, destroying the town's holiday decor. Things could only be worse if she accidentally shot her crush with moose tranquilizer, right?

Divorced and owner of Moose Spring's pool hall, Rick Harding has never met anyone quite like Lana. Rick knows that beautiful and whip-smart Lana is way out of his league. He definitely has never thought about asking her out on a date, especially not since she just basically became his landlord. Not that he'd ask anyone out on a date. Especially not this close to Christmas. The holidays have been hard ever since his wife left him, leaving Rick with his grumpy nephew, his even grumpier cat, and his grumpy-on-the-rare-occasion hedgehog. But, somehow, he suspects this year will be different.

And that was before Lana Montgomery mistook him for a moose.

Return to crazy, complicated, and cozy Moose Springs, Alaska for the holidays! See old friends, meet some new ones, hunt the elusive Santa Moose, go on the weirdest first date ever (So. Many. Squirrels...), laugh hard and fall harder for Lana and Rick's romance!

A definite plus for this book is learning more about Lana; we got the barely-scratching-the-surface side of Lana in "The Tourist Attraction", and saw her as Zoey saw her: this glamorous, confident, powerful, smart, privileged woman who has a soft side not many people get to see. Now, in "Mistletoe and Mr. Right", we get to see the deeper parts of Lana, the little girl who fell in love with Moose Springs and the people in it, the grown woman who still cares so deeply for the town that hates her, the pressure she constantly feels to be a Montgomery, and the friend who is so happy to see her friends happy. Lana doesn't let her guards down often, but when she does, the people who get to see her are special. Zoey is one, but Rick quickly becomes another. And he understands that need to have those guards up because he has his own. It's what's been protecting his heart and happiness since his high school sweetheart divorced him, and what he needs to do to survive and provide for himself and his ball of angst nephew, Diego. But, unfortunately for Rick, doing so means that he only sees his flaws, his imperfections, and holds himself back more than he actually helps himself. Good thing Lana has confidence to spare, right?

There's no place like Moose Springs for the holidays!

I think holiday romances are becoming one of my feel good reads. This is a stand alone book but second in a series. Set in a small resort town in Alaska. The locals are split on whether to like or hate the tourists and the money and jobs they bring. I liked the small town feel and the friendships found among the locals.

The story is told in third person. Lana to me was more interesting. She loves this town from some childhood experiences and wants to invest in the area with hopes of making money and growing the town. She is beyond wealthy but very much a working part of an international investment company run by her family. She is lonely and this town feel like a place she could call home. Rick runs a pool hall that only allows locals. His business is on the verge of failing. He also hasn't dated since his high school sweetheart and wife left him three years ago. Honestly other than he was a nice guy I didn't see what attracted her to him.

The relationship and dating is slow and takes time to develop which I liked. There is a lot of humor from a marauding moose who damages Christmas decorations to taxidermy squirrels. I thought their friends added to the story in positive ways. I appreciated that this is a romance without explicit scenes and only mild cursing.

I enjoyed my visit to Moose Springs and will look forward to other books in the series. If I had liked and understood why she was drawn to the the hero more it would have been 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for the ARC ebook in exchange for an honest review.

Cute holiday romance book with all the Christmas decorations and based in Alaska! Both Lana and Rick are such sweet and cute people and with their attraction right from the go makes them an adorable couple. Also the way Lana handles her business professionally in spite of her own insecurities, even with everyone trying to sabotage her was truly impressive.

It is a closed door romance but the chemistry between the pair is really good. Only issue I felt was the plot around Santa Moose could have been more interesting and had a better explanation at the end. With all alpha heroes in so many books, it was interesting to have Rick really calm and more with the next-door guy persona making him more relatable.

Overall, a light, fun and heartwarming read!

Lana Montgomery is a your typical all business career woman. She has her goals and her family has set them in her head since she could breathe! However, when she goes to Moose Springs it becomes her release valve spot and she wants to help out the towns economy. She first needs to show the town she belongs by tracking down the town’s menace moose!

Rick is a laid back business owner who doesn’t want tourists and he currently has the hots for Lana! Somehow in a roundabout way the two end up meeting in the craziest ways and this is a funny zany book that you will have chuckles throughout!

I received an advanced copy from NetGalley and these are my willingly given thoughts and opinions.