I was super excited to be granted early access to this book from NetGalley - I'm a big fan of Mary Kay Andrews stories and this one is top notch!

Set in a small, southern town at Christmas time, it's sweet, full of nostalgia and romantic. Reeling from a divorce and losing her half of a successful marketing firm, Ivy purchases an old farmhouse online. She's a bit disappointed when she arrives and finds so much work needs to be done and it's chock full of junk left behind by the previous owner's family. Thankfully, she has help from her real estate agent and neighbor, Ezra. While cleaning out the house, she finds a vintage Santa suit. Inside the pocket she discovers a letter written years before from a little girl asking Santa to bring her daddy home from the war. That leads Ivy on a search to find out what happened to the family. Her search helps introduce her to the townsfolk and soon she's feeling more settled and making friends.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for a temporary, digital ARC in return for my review.

I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This book is well written and the characters are described well. This book is set in Atlanta and North Carolina. The pacing of this story is great. This is my first Mary Kay Andrews book and I can't believe I haven't read any book by her until now. I really enjoyed Ivy and Ezra's characters. It is a sweet romance book. It will be in stores on September 28, 2021 for $19.99 (USD).

All hail Mary Kay Andrews for giving us another sweet romance. I love her books, she creates the coziest types of romance novels ever, simple and straight to the point romance. This book was so sweet, we meet Ivy who is newly divorced, she just bought a new home in a new state, and its a fixer-upper. Anyway, she meets Ezra, who is her real estate agent, and a handy man all wrapped in one, because he is actually someone who plays an important roll in Ivy's new life.

While cleaning the new home, she finds out that the house is a special house, and the people who owned it were amazing, and they did things for the community. She finds a Santa suit and a bunch of letters from kids asking Santa for gifts. She was so obsessed with this one letter that she even solved a family mystery, and I am telling you it brought tears to my eyes.

This book was full of Christmas love, and Christmas is my favorite holiday, so it was very fitting.

Thank you Netgalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

*I received a copy of this book from St. Martin's Press and Net Galley in exchange for a voluntary and honest review. My Opinions are my own and not solicited in any way.**

The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews

What a fantastic story of starting over after a divorce, bring a town together for Christmas and helping the town find the spirit of Christmas again. Ivy also reunites a father and daughter who lost touch years ago after her father was killed in Vietnam. This is such a feel good Christmas story that will give you the feel good vibes that we really need right now.

I loved Ivy and her conversations with Punkin her dog and how she was willing to buy a house sight unseen just because she felt it would be a great place to start over. Most of all I love how the town accepted her and really wanted to share how much the previous owners of the Four Roses made Christmas an annual event made for everyone.

This was my first read from Mary Kay Andrews, and I enjoyed the lightheartedness of her writing style. The Santa Suit could easily be a Christmas Hallmark movie. The characters are all there from the bah humbuggish protagonist to the townspeople filled with Christmas cheer. I enjoyed the quick pace of the storyline and read it in nearly one sitting. The small mystery built within the story was cute and I enjoyed how it all wrapped up neatly in the end. The romance was a bit awkward, because it happened so quickly. That said, The Santa Suit is a cute story for anyone looking for Christmas cheer and I will definitely try more from Mary Kay Andrews. Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for an advanced review copy in exchange for my honest review. 3.5 stars

Oh my goodness....what a wonderful story. Not only is it a story of starting over, it is about small town kindness and neighbors gathering together. It has funny moments, heartwarming emotional moments, moments that will give you goosebumps and it's filled with magical Christmas moments.
When Ivy purchases an old farmhouse, she didn't expect to open a treasure chest of magic and joy. As she faces many ups and downs dealing with the old home, she knows it's just meant to be hers.The elderly couple , the Roses, that used to own the home, believed in bringing Christmas and joy to not only children but all of the towns residents. It was fate that brought handsome real estate agent, Ezra, and Ivy together and you can't help but read this story quickly to see if they continue all the beautiful traditions of the Season that Santa Bob and his family started. The dog Punkin' will steal your heart too. Writing this review just doesn't do justice to this beautiful story that I know I will be re-reading often and will treasure.

The Santa Suit
Mary Kay Andrews
St. Martin Press

Great big thank you to St. Martin Press and NetGalley for a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review of The Santa Suit.

This is a fabulous story and it should be the next Hallmark Christmas story. This story has it all: laughter, tears, magic, hope, joy and love. Get your Kleenex handy because you are going to need it.
When Ivy first buys her ranch house sight unseen I thought it was going to turn into a money pit storyline. Not with Mary Kay Andrews at the pen! Ivy pulling into her driveway with her Realtor ready to hand her the keys it wasn’t mushy love at first sight or a hate to love storyline either. This was a genuinely lovely plausible storyline of the power of Christmas in a small town.

I think my favorite part is the Langley Sweets candy shop. The candy was so well described, not too sweet, amazing flavors with the notes of pepper and mint, I would try that candy even though I’m not a sweets person either. It wasn’t just that Ivy boosted the sales of the shop with her ingenuity for promotions but the hope that she brought to Nancy Bergstrom. This is really the path throughout the story, Hope. Ivy is not on a mission to save the world but just an ordinary person hurting from a rotten divorce but she brings hope to the people of her small town.

Mary Kay Andrews is one of my all-time favorite authors, so I could not wait to read her latest Christmas novella, The Santa Suit! It definitely does not disappoint! It is full of all the little sparks that make Christmas magical: the lights, Christmas trees, snow, a Christmas festival, candy, Santa and Mrs. Claus, family, friends, and love.

The book also introduces a mystery with a happy ending all tied up perfectly with a Christmas bow! What a fabulous addition to the Christmas season! Wrap up in a warm blanket with your hot cocoa, and enjoy The Santa Suit. You will not be disappointed!

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Imagine a Hallmark Christmas movie in book form - this is what The Santa Suit is. It's the perfect read for when you need a feel good novel, something to give you hope for the future, and get into the winter holidays spirit.

I liked the mystery of the written note for Santa woven through the story, and the cute romance between Ivy and Ezra, her real estate agent. It's a story of new beginnings, new friendships, new love. It has the small town around Christmas time feel to it, and I am here for this! It's a quick read, and the perfect choice to get you into the Christmas spirit. Or to read for #ChristmasInJuly, to be honest.

This is my first Mary Kay Andrews novel, but I'm seriously thinking of picking some of her others soon.

Mary Kay Andrew’s is one of my favorite authors. This book was like reading a Christmas Hallmark movie, in the best way. The characters, town and story were easy to love. I just reviewed The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews. #NetGalley

Mary Kay Andrews's 'The Santa Suit" is just an absolute delight. A sweet Christmas romance, a cozy mystery, a home renovation, and a second chance all wrap up in the loveliest little package. The characters seem to just jump off the page and are instantly the kind of people you want to surround yourself with. Without a doubt, I seek out everything Mary Kay Andrews writes, and books like this one are exactly why!

I just loved The Santa Suit. I read it during a New England August heat-wave and it instantly brought me to that fuzzy emotional place I seek out every December in Hallmark Christmas movies.
I loved the concept as well, as a divorced woman relocated to a new home in a new town with my dog, as Ivy is with her canine companion Punkin. (No romance for myself with a cute handyman like Ivy shares with Ezra though.)
I also enjoyed the Christmas do-good mystery around the note in the Santa Suit.
Thank you to Mary Kay Andrews and NetGalley for this refreshing yet warm summer read. Five stars.

I loved this heart-warming quick easy read! Ivy Perkins is just getting over being divorced when she buys the Four Roses farmhouse in North Carolina site unseen. She is greeted at her new home by hunky real estate agent Ezra Wheeler. Ivy finds a box in the top of a closet which contains a Santa suit and then she begins to discover the history of the house and its former owners. This book was such a joy to read with all the really wonderful characters and story lines.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC of this uplifting Christmas romance that I thoroughly enjoyed.

I love a good Christmas time romance. I loved this sleepy North Carolina town and all of the people in it. I’d like to live here and know some of these folks. Ivy's desire to leave Atlanta and start fresh is just the start of this fiction book!

I received an ebook advanced reader copy of The Santa Suit from NetGalley for my honest review. I have read a few books by Mary Kay Andrews and enjoy holiday books. I was caught up in the story in the first chapter. ivy Perkins is a woman in search of a place for a fresh start. Ezra is her real estate agent. Phoebe is a local girl that befriends her. The Santa suit and Langleys candies seem to create magic in many lives. Treasures found at Four Roses Farm bring joy to so many. Grab a hot chocolate, snuggle by the fire, and escape into this lovely novel. I highly recommend it!

The author's Christmas-themed novella (224 pages) was just the comfort read I needed during these difficult days.

Still reeling from a recent divorce, Ivy moves from Atlanta with her dog and her chickens to a farmhouse, based only on pictures she has viewed online. Little does she know that it will require more than a bit of repair to make the farmhouse livable, or that her furniture is taking an unplanned detour on the moving van. Or that she will need to look for a new employment opportunity that will match her marketing skills. Fortunately, Ivy finds the new people she meets, including her real estate agent/handyman, a soon-to-be-retired candy maker, a young town clerk with wedding plans, and a lonely elderly man, welcoming and encouraging.

The Santa suit of the title was left behind by the farm's previous owner, who played Santa every year for the community, and in its pocket is a poignant letter to Santa from a young girl yearning for her absent father. Ivy makes it her quest to solve the mystery of the letter and, in the process, begins building a new identity and a new "found family."

I loved this delightfully sentimental story, told by a seasoned and talented author.

My thanks to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and provide an honest review of this book.

What a sweet, quick, enjoyable short tale to get you into the Christmas Spirit. Lighthearted, quirky characters in a little town with the damsel in distress and the handsome kind real estate agent. Predictable, but it didn’t matter, I enjoyed every minute of it. Even Thelma, Louise, Lavern and Shirley and especially Punkin.
I highly recommend for anyone that wants a good feeling story to take you away from all the daily news.
I received an ARC from St. Martin’s Press along with NetGalley for my honest review. 5 Star Read

Mary Kay Andrew's novels are light but filled with suspense. They are a lighthearted easy read, yet never ever disappointing. "The Santa Suit" kept me up all night reading, and got me into the Christmas spirit already! It is a great book if you are looking for a story to finish in one sitting :)

A wonderfully delightful Christmas story, this book will leave you with warm thoughts! Ivy is new to town and has bought an old farmhouse. She is looking to begin a new life, but finds that she is bringing new life to the entire town! Loved this, and couldn’t put it down!

Such a cute, fun holiday read! I absolutely loved this story about Ivy finding her way after heartbreak, starting over and bringing joy to so many people! Fantastic story