If you are looking for a quick and sweet holiday story, The Santa Suit is the perfect fit. After a divorce Ivy Perkins moves across country into Four Roses Farm sight unseen. The property is more of a fixer upper than she anticipated and realtor Ezra Wheeler is there to lend a hand. When Ivy finds a note to Santa tucked into an old Santa suit it leads her on a hunt to find out who wrote the letter.

This was an enjoyable story with all the small town holiday feels. I liked the rapport between Ivy and Ezra. The secondary characters really added to the story and included another little romance. It was fun to follow along and find out through the magic of Christmas who the letter writer was. All in all a wonderful holiday read. Thank you to the publisher for my ecopy of this book.

This is MKA at her best!! I absolutely loved this sweet holiday read. Recommend for those looking for a sweet holiday book to cuddle up with.

Well isn't this just the cutest Christmas story yet! The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews is a great holiday read and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to get into the spirit with a well very written story. This is such a touching and heartwarming read, I would find it hard for anyone to say a bad thing about it!

You can always rely on Mary Kay Andrews. Her books entertain and captivate you. Here, this Christmas-themed short novel introduces you to Ivy Perkins, a big-city girl who falls in love with a small town farmhouse online and buys it sight unseen to reimagine her life after divorce. While the house is in need of more TLC than expected, she also finds a Santa costume left there with a poignant letter to Santa tucked into the pocket. Intrigued, she looks for information about the little girl and her family. What she finds are friends and a community.

This book felt like a warm hug. Fans of Mary Kay Andrews will love this sweet novella, and anyone looking for a cute holiday read will, too.

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4.25 Hearts Oh this is a great story. Absolutely needs to be made into a Hallmark or Lifetime Christmas movie.

When Ivy buys a new farmhouse she finds an old Santa suit in the closet. Which, of course, leads her to an advantage to find out the ending to the story started by a letter in the suit. The best part for Ivy is actually becoming part of her new town.

I could perfectly see this as a TV movie. I could see every scene as it would play out on scene.

This is a great story to curl up under a comfy blanket with a glass of wine in front of the Christmas tree because there is no way you will not be in the holiday spirit after this book.

Disclaimer:
I received a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

An extremely heartwarming and captivating story of finding family and second chances over Christmas.

Ivy is newly divorced and makes a rash decision to buy an old farmhouse where she discovers a santa suit and a childs letter. She becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to the child and her family, and her quest has her making new friends and memories, including with her neighbor and real estate agent Ezra.

I read this all in one sitting, it was short and I couldnt wait to see what happened. My only complaint- no epilogue! I want to know what happens to all these characters after the events of the book.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press and Netgalley for an advanced readers copy of this novella for my honest opinion.

Lighthearted Christmas story and exactly what you are looking for in a sweet Christmas read. Not very deep or detailed but probably just the pallet cleanser of a book someone needs during this sometimes stressful time of the year.

I recommend for someone who is looking for one last easy book to round out your end of the year reading.

Very cute book, and quick read. It’s a novella. MKA did a good job with the characters and the storyline and wrapping it all up in a tight little bow. If you’re looking for a story to get you into the holiday spirit, this might just be the one. I was given this book as an ARC from netgalley.com in trade for my honest review.

This was a cute story! It was a quick read and light-hearted. Overall a feel good story that was perfect for the holidays.

Loved this book so much! Mary Kay Andrews is truly the Queen of Christmas Romance. I always think that I can't like a book more than her previous one, but then I do! Perfect book to put you in the holiday spirit!

Perfect Christmas book...It's as sweet as a candy cane, warm as a mug of hot cocoa, cute as that doll under the tree, and as cozy as those footie PJs. It's a quick read for a busy time of year.

Such a cute Christmas story! I really love everything that Mary Kay Andrews writes and this one didn't disappoint. I really liked all the characters, they seemed so realistic. I laughed out loud during a few moments. I would highly recommend for an enjoyable weekend read by the fire.

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Author Andrews is an established force in romantic-fiction publishing, with thirty-ish successes on her credits. You know, therefore, that you're not going to feel duped or cheated when you read her work. There is no realistic chance you're getting some hyped-up yet unsatisfying work, something you'd look at with frustration as you wondered how to get back those three hours.

What's on offer here is a sweet, unsteamy romantic story about a house, its secrets, and a town full of the kind of people you wouldn't look at twice unless you Believe, like Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. After all, who's to say who's who? The fact that everyone, literally everyone, comes out of this short read with exactly what they need and what the want, well...it's a category romance with a Christmas theme and its title is The Santa Suit. You're getting what you signed up for!

The w-bomb was dropped on my unwilling reader's head three times, but with a twist: the w-bomber was in all three cases a woman doing that at another woman! So that had the virtue of novelty. It did not make it more pleasant.

There are the expected numbers of miracles, aka coincidences, in the course of the film, I mean novella! There are people doing the right thing grudgingly. but doing it; there are a lot of reminders that this isn't the Big City and everyone knows everyone else. That, mes vieux, is again what you signed up for. And you're going to get your HEA with a heaping tablespoon of sentimentality, too. I can't help myself...I lapped it up, I gurgled with disgust when w-bombed and I squirmed a wee tiny bit when gender politics made me uncomfortable (the Bechdel Test score here is not zero...it's negative). But I lapped it up.

One big reason is that Author Andrews is a seriously experienced wordsmith. I can't quote you any special lines, they're all perfectly adequate and none are lumpenly out of place; they aren't memorable. I didn't go in expecting them to be, so another check in the met-expectations box. I wasn't planning to write a whole review, only a Burgoine, but the presence of the dog Punkin and the four hens (a-calling!, in this case) and the overwhelming presence of Shiny Brite and C9 decorations...well...I was weak.

I love the verve and gusto of people who decorate their fool heads off for the Solstice Holiday, call it Yule or Saturnalia or Christmas. It's a dark, long night and we need the blessèd relief of bright colors and shiny surfaces. In our reads, too. Enjoy this one. Happy Holiday!

Looking for a Hallmark Christmas movie in a book form? This is the book for you. Cozy, happiness, and warm-fuzzies all in these pages. This book could easily be read in one sitting. I didn’t get much time to read this week, but I read the first half on the day I started it. It’s short and sweet. Just what you need to grab during the busy holiday season. My only complaint is how quickly the romance progressed between the characters, but I don’t think I would’ve wanted the book longer either.

The Santa Suit is a sweet holiday treat that is a delightful read that is a mere 224 pages long.
Ivey Perkins is recovering from a broken heart and fresh from her divorce.
Ivey decides to take a leap of faith and purchases a quaint little farmhouse, complete with a chicken coop and barn. This farmhouse is The Christmas House, in a small country town in North Carolina. She never saw this farm or house before purchasing it. So, when Ivey and her adorable rescue pup, Punkin, and her chickens arrive the mishaps ensue. Ezra, her real estate agent feels bad about selling a home site unseen with the repairs an old farmhouse needs. Ivey begins finding a second chance in her life, love, and home. The relationships in this story were sweet and the setting was perfect for the Hallmark movie marathon break you needed to escape to a book. I was kindly provided an e-copy of this book by the publisher (St. Martin's Press) &/or the author (Mary Kay Andrews) via NetGalley for an honest review of the book.

~~~ I received a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review ~~~

I adore Mary Kay Andrews' books, she is such a gifted storyteller. The Santa Suit is the first of her holiday books that I have read, and I really enjoyed it! This book tells the romantic story of Ivy and Ezra after Ivy takes a huge leap of faith and flees Atlanta and moves during the holidays to North Carolina. In her new farmhouse, Ivy finds an old Santa suit with a mysterious letter tucked in the pocket. Ivy and Ezra work to uncover the mystery and fall in love. This is a nice, original storyline with engaging characters. I definitely recommend that The Santa Suit be added to everyone's holiday season to-read list, you won't regret it!

If you're looking for one more holiday book to sneak in before Christmas, make it the Santa Suit. This was a delightfully charming and quick novel with a fresh second-chance plot that gave me the good kind of goosebumps.

This was a sweet, feel-good Christmas book that relies heavily on the reader loving a Hallmark-movie vibe. The story centers around a newly-divorced young woman who buys a farm house sight unseen, and soon discovers friendship, romance and the magic of Christmas in a small town. I loved the description of the various candies-so intriguing! Did it feel rushed? Yes-but I feel that way with all novellas.

I loved this book. Perfect for the Christmas season.It was sweet story reminiscent of a Hallmark movie. I couldn’t put it down and read it in one sitting.