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4/5 Stars!

Mistletoe and Mr. Right is an opposites attract holiday story that I absolutely couldn't put down. Set in the town of Moose Springs, the romantic story centers around Lana and Rick. Lana doesn't have the best reputation in the community - known as a spoiled outsider bent on destroying the community, and Rick is the local bar owner, taking care of his nephew, and just trying to survive. The couple is forced together through a series of hilariously unfortunate accidents, one of which involves the Santa Moose. Although I didn't read The Tourist Attraction prior to Mistletoe and Mr. Right, I didn't feel like I was missing anything significant. This book can be read as a standalone.

Mistletoe & Mr. Right is the perfect holiday book for those longing to return to Moose Springs after The Tourist Attraction. It has the sweetness of a Hallmark movie (I assume—I realize I may never have watched one; I’m much more the Lifetime-for-Women-in-peril TV watcher) with a little more steam (although still basically closed door), holiday-spiced with some small-town Alaska quirk.

Mistletoe follows what’s supposed to be nothing more than a holiday fling for Lana Montgomery. Quick recap: she’s the wealthy town outsider who angered residents with her plan to build luxury condos. But Lana loves the town and truly wants what’s best. While she struggles to balance getting residents on her side and a family member’s desire to make a quick buck at the expense of the town, she can’t helping falling into what should be an ill-fated romance with pool hall owner, Rick. Since Lana’s job requires her to leave, there’s no way they can last.

I didn’t love this one as much as the first book, but there’s no question it’s a fun read. Rick is pretty dreamy, Lana’s a great character, we get plenty of Zoey and Graham from the first book which made me super happy, and we even get a little backstory on Zoey—one of things I thought was missing from The Tourist Attraction—through Lana’s eyes. There are also fun, quirky details like a Santa Moose, costumed taxidermized rodents, and one reappearing sexy Santa costume. If anything, Lana and Rick were such a great couple that the major conflict didn’t seem believable or like something that would stick. To the book’s credit, it’s cleared up pretty quickly. And honestly, who wants a super angsty holiday book? I sure don’t.

If you’re looking for a ticket back to Moose Springs, this book is great. While it could stand alone, I’d recommend reading The Tourist Attraction first. Like any romantic series, reading them out of order spoils the oh-so-mysterious ending of the first book (which I guess this review did as well), but also, it’s a super cute book, so why not?

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Thank you to Sourcebook for a copy of the book. I was super excited to read this after how much I loved The Tourist Attraction. This story involves Lana and Rick. I found the love interest a bit forced. I did enjoy the book with many funny moments and revisiting old friends from The Tourist Attraction.

Such an adorable little romance! And perfect for the holiday season! I’ll be recommending this to everyone seeking Christmas book’s recommendations this year as I felt like it encapsulated everything I love about this season! So cute!

Lots of fun and a great holiday read. I love this town and wish I could visit. I’m looking forward to the third book already.

Mistletoe and Mr. Right by Sarah Morgenthaler is the cutest holiday read. I didn't read The Tourist Attraction so I was missing a little bit of Moose Springs backstory but this book read well as a standalone.

I loved main character Lana Montgomery, although there were a few times I was so frustrated with her choices. I also liked Rick, but I was frustrated with him too! I don't want to give any spoilers away but there were certain points in this book where I wished Rick and his friends would have rallied the town to show more support of Lana, especially when a big goodwill gesture was involved.

I really enjoyed the mature, open communication between Lana and Rick. Although there were communication issues between Lana and the town, there were no problems between the main characters, which was really refreshing!

I loved all the mentions of the places around town, and the scenes that take place at a local B&B had me laughing out loud. The search for the local Santa Moose and the antics that followed were also pretty funny.

Add this one to your list for a fun, romantic, holiday read!

This was such a great holiday romance! I loved the first book of the series ‘The Tourist Attraction’ and I just knew that this one wasn’t going to be any different. In this story we follow Lana & Rick, which were both introduce in the first book. Lana is trying to convince the town of Moose Spring that she belongs which focuses her to tell the town that she would help in catching the Santa moose running around town. In comes Rick, the bar owner that’s been hitting some tough times lately and isn’t getting any easier. He decides to help Lana on this crazy mission of catching this moose.

This was an adorable story. Recommend if you love slow burn romance, some good laughs and of course Christmas!

I’m really looking forward to the next book in the series!

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Oh Lana and Rick... I love your flirting and your banter. The first scene of the book is epic and the laughs never stop. Perfect for book club and clean enough for your grandma to read, this is one book you won't want to skip this holiday season! I found myself laughing quite often - something I really needed!

Lana is fighting to keep Moose Springs "afloat", but what might it cost her? Bringing back some of the original characters from Morgenthaler's first Moose Springs book, it's easy to fall in love with this one too. No one in town likes Lana... But I think she has more friends than they realize.

Thank you Sourcebooks for allowing me to read this and give my honest opinion.

I really liked this one way better than the first one. We have an opposites attract romance featuring characters who really have their own goals they want to set out and accomplish. Our main female character is hella strong and wants to run her family business while saving a small town and our main male character is scarred from his divorce. I enjoyed this one!

I very much enjoyed The Tourist Attraction, but will admit I was a little concerned about Mistletoe and Mr. Right being about Lana. She's pretty spoiled and that isn't always my jam. Thankfully I had nothing to be concerned about! Lana fast became one of my favorite people in the town of Moose Springs. She's got a lot more depth then spoiled heiress to a conglomerate company.

Lana fell in love with Moose Springs as a child and has always felt drawn to it, which is why she is out to build condos to draw people (and money) into Moose Springs. The people of Moose Springs do not want this, they detest tourists and fight hard against it, but she knows the town needs them to survive - even if they don't want them. I really appreciated Lana's evolution on her feelings towards what is best for the town and I 100% approve of the final plan put into action.

Rick is a divorcé who has not a relationship in years. He finally decides to get back out there and despite the fact that he knows it isn't good for him, he has his sights set on Lana. Rick is a pretty quiet guy, but that was just the kind of guy Lana needs. He's her rock.

There is so much humor in Mistletoe and Mr. Right, it's the perfect feel good holiday read.

I was so excited to get a copy of Mistletoe and Mr Right and I absolutely adored The Tourist Attraction and the quirky town of Moose Springs.
The second book in the series is about the romance between Lana Montgomery (who we were introduced to in the last book as Zoey's rich best friend) and Rick Harding who is the local pool hall owner. Rick has been attracted to Lana for years and hasn't done anything about it whilst Lana finally notices him when he is the only nice person in town after she buys up all the properties and plans a condo building scheme (in the name of saving it). Its a tame romance that progresses to love very quickly. It was interesting seeing Lana's POV but she certainly spends a lot of time being fake in the name of her families empire. Rick is a typical small town bloke who eats cereal for dinner every night. It's definitely a more surface level romance with comedic moments at time. I love the setting of Moose Springs though and all its quirky characters. I didn't love this one as much as the first though.
Thanks to Sourcebooks Casablanca for my eARC copy.

Ohhhh, I loved this book! It's so much fun! I tried to read it all the time; while cooking, in breaks from work, during my breakfast. I couln't put the book down and that's a good sign.

Lana we already know from the first book but then I couldn't fathom her. She was hard to read. But luckily she got her own book. She totally deserved that! It was so much fun to finally get to know Lana and she is such a lovely person. Rich is also a sweetheart and an asset to the book and Moose Springs. And together? They are totally amazing!

The small town vibes are very strong in this book and I love it! I'm always searching for a book like this, and now I finally found one again. I can't wait for book 3! Is it already 2021?

When is the next flight to Moose Springs and how do I get on it?

I was so excited to go back to the town and these people. I loved getting to know them in the last book, and while I didn't enjoy this quite as much, the town and it's people still play a big and hilarious role. What bothered me is that Lana acted and spoke in a way that made her seem much older than she was, and it was hard to get past at times. Overall, this was still a cute ⭐⭐⭐💫 read and the perfect book to ease into Christmas reading.

✦Review: MISTLETOE AND MR. RIGHT (Moose Springs, Alaska Book 2) by Sarah Morgenthaler https://wp.me/p3d0RZ-bBb
Publication Date: October 6, 2020
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Reviewed by: Reading in Pajamas/ Donna
Rated 3.5 Stars

This is a cute love story set in beautiful Alaska, complete with a Christmas hating moose. I enjoyed the overall story and dialogue. For me it missed on a few points. 1. Did a business savvy woman really expect the town to welcome her after buying everything up and planning things they don’t like? 2. Did the small business owners, who could barely pay the rent, really think that their shunning of tourist dollars was a good idea? 3. Why did Lana keep calling people, dearest? Even strangers. Perhaps that is a regional thing that I am unaware. In the situation she was in, calling your late-with-the-rent-tenant, dearest comes across as condescending to me.

All that being said…I did like the story and especially Rick. Yes, he did some things that confused me (like eating cereal for every supper, when he is some lumberjack kind of guy) but he was sweet and kind. I also liked Lana despite the few items I mentioned above. I guess not everything has to make sense when romance is involved. Overall, it is a nice little holiday romance.

*Review copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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I really enjoyed this holiday-themed romantic comedy. The setting of a small Alaskan town torn between the economic need for tourism and the desire to remain a quiet comfortable place to live without all the drama is clearly detailed and sets the stage for the conflict between the two main characters.

Rick has a bar that isn't doing very well financially and would be helped by an influx of visitors. He's taking care of his ex-wife's teenaged nephew, whose entire family was killed in a tragic car accident. Lana is a wealthy businesswoman who has fond memories of visiting an aging resort in Moose Springs as a child and wants to see the town prosper. She has plans to have some luxury condos built on the mountain side and owns many of the properties in town - she knows exactly how far behind some of them are on rent, and what needs to be done to help them, but it's an uphill battle to show the townspeople that she has their best interests at heart. Plus she has family members who aren't at all keen on her decision to invest in Moose Springs and are trying to undermine her.

With this backdrop Rick and Lana, who have mutual friends (Lana's best friend married a resident of Moose Springs ) find themselves in each other's company again and again. They develop a friendship and then a romantic relationship. There are lots of funny scenes (including Lana's mission to find the 'Santa Moose', a wild animal who has a thing for destroying Christmas decorations) but also some poignant ones as Rick struggles with how best to help his nephew. Lana's circle of friends is supportive and encouraging even as some of the locals aren't all that friendly (not because they don't like her, but the change she represents). I'd describe the heat level as subtle - kisses and sexual tension but closed door sex scenes. The Christmas theme comes through well too, making this a definite holiday pleaser. Likable characters, sweet romance, and small town antics all combine in a very readable story. I'm already looking forward to the next one!

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This was a cute read and the perfect book to put you in the holiday spirit 🎄

I adore small town romances so being in Moose Springs is like a breath of fresh air ❄️ This series was also my first venture into books set in Alaska.

Mistletoe & Mr. Right picked up towards the second half and was a true case of opposites attract. Lana & Rick couldn’t be more different but they just clicked. I found these two adorable and root-able.

Excited to know that Easton’s story is next.

A Hallmark movie in book form.

Mistletoe and Mr. Right is the perfect book for the holidays! Hilarious and heartwarming... I couldn't get enough. This is a friends to lovers romance that is so sweet. The supporting characters were fantastic and the setting of Moose Springs was perfect! I would LOVE to see this as a Christmas movie! I highly recommend!

***I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.***

I didn't realize this was the second in a series when I requested it, but I don't think it detracted from the reading experience. This was a cute and fairly quick holiday-themed read set in a small resort town in Alaska. Lana, who represents her family's multibillion dollar real estate empire, is widely hated as she is basically the whole town's landlord and she's trying to build a bunch of luxury condos to bring more money to the town. She's vacationed there since childhood and loves the town, but the locals don't trust her. Meanwhile, there's a moose on the loose who specifically targets holiday decorations (nicknamed Santa Moose), and Lana starts hooking up with local pool hall owner Rick, who is basically just as lonely as she is. Their romance was cute but shied away from some big issues (her money, her status in the town, her family, etc.). She also has a habit of calling everyone "dearest" and for some reason that really bugged me. It goes along with the fake persona she puts on to get through life, but she even does it when she's behind closed doors with Rick.

Mistletoe & Mr Right by Sarah morgenthaler. The second book in the moose springs series. Lana who bought the town of moose springs to try and save it, is a rich, strong, savvy, smart, woman. She wants to prove to the town that she cares. Rick is this amazing, strong guy, with a heart of gold. And is head over heels for Lana. These two made me laugh so hard I was wheezing with tears streaming down my face. I cried from laughter and then I cried from sadness. This book had so many feels. I absolutely loved it!!! I seriously want to live in this story. It’s so small home town picturesque and I love all the people in it!! #NetGalley

Lana Montgomery is not well liked in Moose Springs, Alaska. She’s visited with her family since she was a kid, and it’s the one place in the world that she feels safe. As a board member of the Montgomery Group. she has traveled the world extensively and helped her family manage their properties. But she always returns to Moose Springs.

Moose Springs is a small town with one main industry: tourism. The locals aren’t particularly happy about that, as the strangers don’t always respect their speed laws or the potential devastating affects of getting too close to one of the local moose, but they do help local business owners stay open. Rick Harding understands that. As the owner of the local pool hall, he typically doesn’t welcome tourists, and because of that he is on the verge of closing.

Lana has an idea to bring more business to the local establishments she loves, but it would mean more tourists. Her idea to build luxury condos has not been welcomed so far by those who live in Moose Springs, but the Montgomery Group has already bought up much of the town, so the locals feel like their hands are tied.

But Lana doesn’t want to be enemies with the locals. She wants them to like her. If she were being honest, she especially wants Rick to like her. But it doesn’t matter. With her travel schedule, she rarely has time for dating, much less for a relationship. Flirting, though? She may find a little time for that.

Rick, meanwhile, lives the life of a bachelor. His marriage fell apart when his ex-wife’s sister was killed in a car accident. And while her niece still lives with Rick in Moose Springs, she couldn’t stay in the small town and work at their pool hall. Rick was devastated, but he couldn’t make her stay somewhere she was so miserable. But while he certainly has eyes on that gorgeous Lana Montgomery, he knows that a woman like her would never go for a small-town guy like him.

Lana, meanwhile, has gone all out to try to get the locals to like her. She throws a giant Christmas party. She even promises t catch the Santa Moose, the moose that shows up every holiday season and destroys the decorations that everyone puts up. No one has been able to catch the Santa Moose so far, not even Easton, the town’s best tracker. But when she finds out her cousin has his own ideas for the town, it’s going to take more than a Santa Moose to keep Moose Springs together.

And when Lana’s feelings for Rick, and his feelings for her, meet in the middle and start to heat up, Lana will have to decide just what it is she wants for her life.

Mistletoe and Mr. Right is the charming holiday rom com we all need this year! Packed with the most adorable town and all its creature comforts (and by that I mean a surly cat, a hedgehog in a Christmas sweater, a blind border collie with his own pajamas, and a kitten), this fun novel rings in the holidays with fun, festivity, family, fighting, flirting, and far more stuffed squirrels than you can imagine.

Continuing on the story author Sarah Morgenthaler built in Tourist Attraction, Mistletoe and Mr. Right is a companion story filled with delightful characters, fun plot twists, a sexy Santa, and two lonely people under mistletoe. You don’t have to read them both in order, but once you read one you’ll want to read the other, because spending time in Moose Springs is just that special.

I loved Tourist Attraction, and I loved revisiting Moose Springs in Mistletoe and Mr. Right. These are characters I want to hang out with, and I can’t wait to find out what happens in my favorite small town in Alaska next. And as for the Santa Moose? I had a guess about it. I was wrong, and I was so happy to find out who the true culprit was at last!

But I’m going to pass on that B&B, thanks.

Egalleys for Mistletoe and Mr. Right were provided by Sourcebooks Casablanca through NetGalley, with many thanks.