This sweet romance is perfect for Christmas lovers everywhere. With a romance writer in career trouble, hunky nemesis plus ex-boyfriends, and holiday festivities galore, we have the perfect recipe for love in a magical setting. I'd love to go to Christmas Camp at this beautiful lake! Thanks to Netgalley and HawkTale Publishing for the advance digital copy.

A lovely quick read with plenty going on. This is the first book I have read by this author but I will certainly be looking for more. I am giving this 4 stars enjoy it as I have done.

Simply amazing. As I was reading this it was like watching a Hallmark Christmas movie. The Christmas imagery was simply stunning and so easy to picture. The book flowed so well that I finished it in a day and a half. The heart and Christmas spirit in this story is out of this world.
From the Christmas miracle at the start of the book with Santa driving the cab, to the perfect timing and insight of Comet the dog, always in the right place at the right time.
Reading about some wonderful people who genuinely loved Christmas, and not just the commercial giving of expensive gifts was lovely and made me wish I was sharing it with them. I want to inject some of this Christmas spirit and love into my family Christmas this year.

Thank you to NetGalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review!
4.5/5
I adored this book! I am that Christmas obsessed person listening to holiday music year round, with an ugly sweater in the making. I loved Schaler's earlier novel, Christmas Camp, and Christmas Ever After does not disappoint. Riley is an interesting character; like many characters in holiday books, she is in the "no-Christmas" camp. However, Schaler doesn't harp on this, and it isn't a negative at all. It works well as a framing device to introduce us as readers to the lodge's traditions. The only slight detractor is that Riley's past romantic interests kind of dominate the second half of the book- I would have loved if more time was spent on the Christmas camp activities.
All in all, this is a wonderful holiday read, and I hope that it also shows up on our Hallmark screens!

The latest Christmas book I finished was Christmas Ever After by Karen Schaler, another new author for me. This book was really enjoyable! I zoomed threw this.

The main character, author Riley Reynolds last novel was met with negative reviews and she ends up having to commit to writing a Christmas book for her next novel. For much needed good publicity and ideas for her upcoming book, she has to commit to being a co-host to a weekend Christmas Camp at a beautiful Lodge that goes all out for the holiday! It wouldn't be so bad, if it weren't for the fact that Riley hasn't celebrated Christmas in years.

Luke, whose family owns the lodge, gets off on the wrong foot with Riley, after a tv interview goes awry, which makes for a rough start for the two of them.

Not only does the interview cause trouble for Luke and Riley, it also brings three of Riley's ex-boyfriends to the Christmas Camp, all with the intention of winning her back.

All of which makes for a fun, laugh out loud story! If you haven't guessed already, Riley and Luke might just make some special holiday memories themselves!

I loved it! Thank you to @netgalley for sending me an early copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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#ChristmasEverAfter #NetGalley

Get ready for an explosion of Christmas cheer! Christmas Ever After is an abundantly fun and heartwarming Christmas romance.

This story is chock full of Christmas. Best-selling author Riley Reynolds' last book didn't sell as well as her previous books. Something is missing. Her publisher and agent task her with writing a Christmas romance next, which is a very popular sub-genre in the industry. The only problem is Riley doesn't celebrate Christmas and has no clue what to write. She's scheduled to do a Christmas Camp for her readers at the beautiful Christmas Tree Lake Lodge. She is expecting to have the whole agenda all set up for her but son of the owner, Luke Larchmont wants her input. That could be trouble since she has no Christmas traditions to share.

I loved reading about all the the special Christmas activities at the Christmas Camp. There's learning about the Christmas Lake Angel, the Christmas Lake Christmas Tree, baking Christmas cookies, special hot chocolate, an ugly Christmas sweater pageant and the Christmas ball. Riley has three romantic dates with her three ex-boyfriends who are trying to win her back. But Riley realizes she needs to look forward and sees Luke Larchmont in that future, the guy who has reintroduced her to a love of Christmas. Kudos to Comet, the dog who was always there to save the day. I loved this story!

Well this is definitely a 5-star Christmas themed read, which is really nice as often so-called Christmas books aren't really that Christmassy - not this one, this one is full-on Christmas, with snow, Christmas trees, a Christmas lodge, snowball fights, etc. etc. It really gets you into a Christmas mood!

Bestselling author, Riley Reynolds, writes romances but her last book didn't sell very well and she is now supposed to be writing a Christmas novel, but she hasn't celebrated Christmas for years, so writing the story and trying to hide the fact that she isn't actually 'Miss Christmas' proves hard initially.

Her publisher comes up with an idea to host a 'Christmas Camp' at the beautiful Christmas Lodge, helping both the owner's son, Luke, to have a last Christmas celebration at the lodge before they sell it, and helping Riley to get ideas for her new novel from the people who have paid to see Riley and be at the Christmas Camp.

But after an awkward TV interview where Riley is questioned about how she can write romance novels when she hasn't found 'the one' herself, three of her ex-boyfriends turn up at the Christmas Camp hoping to win her back with various dates, which she agrees to.

But Luke is the one that Riley keeps thinking about and as the story goes along, and her feelings for Christmas change, she sorts out her feelings for all her ex-boyfriends, and of course Luke.

An easy-reading, very enjoyable and romantic Christmassy book to get you in the mood for Christmas. It would make a perfect Christmas movie!

Christmas Ever After by Karen Schaler 4.5 stars

Oh this book reads like a Christmas #Hallmark movie! It’s so fun. Riley is like the grinch and has never celebrated Christmas for many years. As a way to save her career, she has to host a Christmas Camp at Christmas Lake! You can’t get more Christmassy than that!

To top that, she is placed in a room with Santa everywhere and a Santa sleigh for a bed! I’d love to see that in the movie. And oh! The Santa alarm clock says Ho Ho Ho! LOL! I really love the first half of the book. It gets slow then it picks up when her three ex boyfriends show up. Christmas Lake sounds like a beautiful place.

Luke sounds like an amazing man with a sense of humor too! I like Caylee and I want to try some of Maryanne’s Christmas Lake Blueberry Cinnamon Rolls.This is a quick and enjoyable read. I highly recommend it if you like Christmas and Hallmark movies!

Thank you #netgalley and @HawkTalePublishing for the free copy in exchange for an honest review.

I received an advance copy of Christmas Ever After, by Karen Schaler. I have read other books by Karen Schaler and loved them, I loved this book too. This book is about author Riley Reynolds who is writing her first Christmas book. Three of her exes show up at Christmas Camp, who does she pick?

An easy read but a bit too much going on - still not sure if I was reading too much into the ‘magic’ side of the story - the Santa taxi driver etc. But a lovely story full of Christmas cheer!

This is the first book I have read by Karen Schaler. This book is about Riley who writes about romance and is told she needs to write a book about Christmas. This book was very good. I cant wait to read her next one.

A fantastic quick read. Great characters and plot. A first for me by Karen will be looking to read more.

Romance author Riley Reynolds, is not Miss Christmas, but after being forced by her publishing team to do a disastrous TV interview and and Christmas [Boot] Camp. Riley has to dig deep for the Christmas spirit and along the way meets wonderful new people and reunites with some old loves.

I was intrigued to read this novel given Karen Schaler's resume. It took a little to get into but once the setting became the Christmas Lake Lodge I was hooked. The place sounded absolutely magical and the small hints of Christmas magic with Comet and the Santa's all added to the overall Christmas magic feel. I am always on the look out for a Christmas novel to read curled up in front of the fire with hot chocolate. Schaler's book definitely had that cozy feel.

A fairytale of a book - I want to spend a Christmas camp with Riley, Luke and especially Comet! A must read Christmas Story.

Grab a cup of hot chocolate and enjoy Karen Schaler's lastest Christmas novel! This is the third installment in the "Christmas Camp' series but you can read the novels in any order and still enjoy the romance and holiday spirit. It's the classic tale of an over worked author, Riley, who is backed into a corner professionally and needs to redeem herself at a holiday retreat set in snowy Colorado. Enter Luke, the owner of the Inn and watch the sparks fly. This book is Hallmark movie cheesiness at it's best!

Thank you to NetGalley and HawkTale Publishing for the copy of this book.

This was my first book by this author, It was pretty enjoyable. I would give this book a 3.5 star rating! It was a pretty Quick and easy read!

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for an early review copy.

Having gone part way through an awkward interview, Riley, whose an author, is forced into playing "Miss Christmas" at Christmas Camp,

This is thanks to her overzealous publicist as well as pressure from an agent.

Riley, will have to face her fears as well as her past to go through this role. But she has a secret - she’s never celebrated Christmas since she was 8.

Now Luke, whose the Christmas Lake Lodge owner, not entirely sure what to think, but he as he needs good press to sel his family’s lodge, he reluctantly agrees He has a dog Comet, who is smitten with Riley, I’m helping Riley acclimatise to her surroundings, Luke takes Riley to town to get warm clothes.

But after finding out where Riley is her former three boyfriends turn up at the Christmas Camp,

Riley, now finds herself playing Bachelorette, whilst at the same time leading crafts and other Christmas activities.

In between figuring out who out of her former boyfriends she has a spark with, she’s in a whirlwind of activities greeting the fans, and trying to play Miss Christmas,

She’s got everything on the line for her next book, and at the Christmas Ball she has to make her decision out of the three boyfriends.

Will the Christmas magic be enough in helpOMG Riley embrace the holidays, along with finding a new love and saving her career. Will she get her Christmas wish?????

I highly recommend!

I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A nice enough Christmas story but lacking that romantic spark.

When a television interview goes wrong, romance author Riley Reynolds has one last chance to save her writing career. She must become Miss Christmas and host a Christmas camp to both promote her newest Christmas book and save her reputation. Problem is, Riley hasn't celebrated Christmas since she was a kid and knows absolutely nothing about how to write a Christmas novel.

Luke loves his family's Christmas lodge. What he doesn't love is that he's stuck with stuffy author pretending to be Miss Christmas while hosting Christmas Camp at his lodge.

As far as Christmas books go, this wasn't bad but it seriously lacked romantic chemistry between Riley and Luke. Instead of focusing on them as the main couple, Riley had more chemistry with all three of her ex-boyfriends showing up out of nowhere. I just felt like there were simply too many moving parts in this story for me and not enough Riley and Luke.

However, if you like sweet Christmas stories than you should definitely give this one a try.

This book is appropriate for all ages.

Loved reading this book. Hopefully its not a stand alone book. Riley is an author and she is asked to host a weekend getaway at a lodge in Colorado. Luke owns the lodge with his mom who suggested the weekend event and to help Riley with some publicity. To hear more read the book.

Before last year I was not a reader of holiday books. But one of my dear friends who LOVES Christmas books, sent me a copy of Karen Schaler's book Finding Christmas. I read it and it was such a cute and fun story that I decided this year I would read a few Christmas books. So thank you to Karen Schaler for igniting a love for holiday books in me. I was really excited to see that Karen had a new book out this year, and even more excited that I received this ARC. This book was funny, sweet and uplifting. This author has a real knack for writing good Christmas stories.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.