When Lyla fathers left his company to Mason and not her it's the start of this rivalty between the 2 of them.
They literally loathe eachother since the 1st time, everytime she say yes, he says no. So when he cancelled the Anual Christmas Party she decided to do it anyway, so during this party a tragedy happenes and Mason gets so angry with Lyla so in exchange of his forgivness they made a pact, she would go with him and spent christmas with his family.
I was so surprised when they actually arrived to a Christmas Village 👀, and then Lyla learns that Mason it's literally next in line to be Mr. Santa Claus.
This story was a funny read and an adult version of Christmas which I enjoyed too much.
This book was amazing to read during Christmas time.
Thank You NetGalley and Kate Callaghan for the oportunity to read this ARC in exchange of an honest review.

This book had such a great premise but the love interest was just not it. I just couldn't enjoy the book with him being the way he was so I didn't end up finishing it

Lyla and Mason are typical enemy to lovers in a workplace trope, but with a twist that you wouldnt expect.
When Mason cons Lyla into being his fake girlfriend and into a trip to see his family, Lyla is in for the surprise of her life.
Will they be able to work past their hatred for each other and fool not only his family, but his small hometown?

This book was good! I loved the banter, and at times was literally laughing out loud. This book had a great plot but the slow burn aspect really slowed the whole thing down for me.
Overall I loved the characters and their development.
The end was nice and neat. No cliffhangers or anything.
Overall a cute, quick romcom that was fun to read.

This had all the possibilities of an absolutely adorable holiday enemies to lovers, bring a fake fiance home for Christmas read, but unfortunately it left SO much lacking.

There was no chemistry between the characters, a huge lack of situational depth (so many questions on each main character's family businesses, and the FMC and MMC's previous interactions), also the questionable, uh, multiple murder(?!?!?!) attempts by a previous fiancé? (They were fairly light hearted methods and relevant to the continuation of what the reader knows of the plot, BUT STILL).

Mason's family embraced Lyla in the best of ways, but we never meet Lyla's family (or chosen family given her family circumstances), other than a brief call with her father at the end of the book. The immediate conflict resolution had a very insta-love feel, which normally I am all for an insta-love situationship, but it does not work in regards to conflict.

Also, don't even get me started on the magical Christmas village you can only get to by traveling by a magical bell (does it have like floo powder in it or something?) and as an outsider you get your memories wiped if you try to leave? Magical elements like this just are not my cup of tea.

This is the perfect read for those that want to curl up in the cupboard under the stairs and escape to a holiday filled christmas village for some Yuletide cheer, but unfortunately this was not the holiday read for me.

Thank you Netgalley and Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA)for the ARC in exchange for my review!

Enemies to lovers? Check!
Family drama? Check!
Holiday magic? Check!
Slow burn romance? Check!

Lyla Smurfit is a part owner of a toy company that has been in the family for generations. When she is handed her shares the company is struggling to survive. Her father sells his shares to Mason Klaus, who becomes the other part owner. Mason has a reputation for saving businesses, but not for generosity. When he announces that the annual staff Christmas party has been cancelled, Lyla takes this as a golden opportunity to treat the staff while also knocking him down a peg. And it works… until the party causes a fire in their office building! It will take a lot of money to fix this and Mason offers to cover the cost on one condition: if she accompanies him home for the holidays. Caught between a rock and a hard place, Lyla accepts and is whisked away to Yule, the magical home of Christmas. She must play the part of a loving fiancé during this season or risk losing more than just the company!

This was a magical bite sized book! The setting was creative and festive. The story made sense. And the tension between Mason and Lyla was excellent! The two start out as definite enemies but over time they learn more about each other and begin to soften.

There is like zero spice in this book. So don’t go in looking for lots of spicy shenanigans! But there’s is great chemistry between our lovebirds so that makes up for it!

I do wish the end was a bit more fleshed out. The last few pages just seem kinda abrupt. That said this was still an excellent and enjoyable read! I’ll definitely want to reread it again for Christmas this year!

Unfortunately I had to DNF.

Not sure if it wasn't for me or if the timing played against me but couldn't connect with the authors way of narrating.

I do hope to give it a shot in the future.

Thanks netgalley and the pubkisher for the chance to read the book.

i was pleasantly surprised by the amount of christmas magic incorporated into this novel - fans of christina lauren’s “in a holidaze” will certainly love this book as well! as someone who looks forward to the holiday season, i couldn’t help wishing to visit yule myself! “the naughty or nice clause” was filled with plenty of whimsy and jolliness, making it the perfect christmas read! having said that, this wasn’t my go-to type of romance because i felt like lyla and mason were after each other’s throats for more than half of the book - they either were arguing or admitting to themselves how much they despised the other.

however, i was a big fan of the band of side-characters that made important contributions to the novel. mason’s entire family was so welcoming towards lyla and i loved how they accepted her as one of their own. lou was one of my favorite characters because of her charisma and passion for sleigh-engineering - she’s so cool! anyways… i was excited whenever yule was hosting one of their holiday events because the entire klaus family showed up. but, on the relationship side of things, it seemed as if lyla and mason were were always at odds and i couldn’t figure out the point they “fell” for each other

Not my cup of tea. It was kind of hard to get into. And honestly the main character was annoying...so I really tried to finish it. But I ending up DNFing it :(

The Naughty or Nice Clause is a cute, quick and fun read meant for the holidays season. Though it was a fine read, it wasn't meant to my taste I fear. The story felt kinda rushed and way too fast at some points. Also, the romance (which happens to be the thing I like most in books) is sort of…lacking? They had potential, but I couldn't really feel a real chemistry between them, and their attraction sort of came out of nowhere—which is so sad because, as I’d said, there was potential there. And the ending was way too fast, it left me unsatisfied. Still, I want to add that I really liked all the magical stuff and Kevin (Mason’s younger brother, he’s amazing).

What is it about when she needs help and he rushes to her side?? Gets me every time.

I wish I had squeezed this book in back in December because it had fantastic Christmas vibes. It reminded me a lot of Santa Claus 2 (yes, the movie with Tim Allen) but with a little bit of spice. Lyla father ran a toy company. When he retired, he was bankrupt and had to give his shares to Mason Klaus, an investor, to keep the company running Lyla and Klaus quickly become enemies. The breaking point is when he cancels the staff holiday party. She throws it anyways and it causes a fire. The only was he will forge her? If she comes homes with him for the holidays. As his fiancé.

We have enemies to lovers, workplace romance, fake dating, fake fiancé, a festive Christmas town and just a sprinkle of magic. Add it to your TBR for next Christmas-it will be sure to put you in the mood.

This was a fun and light-hearted book, with merry festive vibes. While I enjoyed the plot, I didn't really feel a connection to the characters. I also felt the conflicts were too easily resolved. I was hoping for some more angst, I guess. Overall, it was a fun book for Christmas.

Loved loved loved it! It was the perfect little holiday read. It left me feeling warm and cozy and was exactly what I needed at the time!

Quick and whitty seasonal read that I absolutely adored. Kate Callaghan created a world I could live in every Christmas. It was super cute with fantastic characters.

I thought this was a very cute, sweet story. I loved how the author came up with explanations for Klaus that were different than the typical scenario. I loved the town of yule and the Klaus family interactions. I didn't feel the relationship progress between Mason and Lyla felt smooth. I felt like they went from hate to being in love very quickly (or so it felt) and it almost made their relationship unbelievable.

3/5 Stars

This one was a fun holiday read. It was a slower start but had some really fun things. I always love a good fake dating or enemies to lovers trope and I did enjoy most aspects of that in this book. But there wasn't anything that really stood out to me with the romance. I'm not sure why, but I wanted more for the romance and the characters.

Over-all, I've recommended this to a few people who really enjoyed it and I'll continue telling people about it but it just wasn't one of my favorites this holiday season.

I absolutely loved this read, I loved all of the Christmas vibes and the story was absolutely heartwarming! Thank you so much NetGalley for the ARC of this read!

**Thank you to NetGalley, the author, & the publisher for a chance to read to & review an ARC of this book!**

Please find my extended feedback below...along with some spoilers (beware).
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Things I Liked:
-I loved the world building in this novel! I want to visit the settings!
-I liked the characters in the story. I felt that they were fleshed out.
-I thought the twist on the Santa legend was interesting.

Things That Didn't Sit Quite Right With Me:
-I did not like the ending. It felt very rushed to me.

Overall, I gave this book 3 stars.

A nice book, flew through the first part of the book but I struggled to get going with it after then. The story itself is fantasy, I'd place it there more than romance anyway, with a long winded inheritance benefactor / rival from Lyla the female lead's father who was supposed to leave his fortune to his daughter but decided instead to leave it to his cold rival in order to some light hearted beyond the grave match making I'm guessing.

Of course, she goes to Yule to try and win back his forgiveness for throwing a Christmas party which he cancelled but she threw anyway with disastrous affects. Staying for 12 days to learn about his family in this magical yet strange winter wonderland village, to make the whole experience more uneasy he introduces her to everyone as his fiancee. Super awkward. Of course, a romance will ensue.

I find it more of a fantasy because it's obviously going to end in romance but of course it has to be so far fetched to even get us there, ergo, fantasy. Not that the magical world isn't well written or inspiring because I'd love to see that.

I'm not sure if I really liked any of the characters. It seems like a Hallmark film which I'm not against but I just didn't really like the portrayal of the characters. It may have been because the book seemed rushed and then the romance section seemed to be serious lacking of something, sure there are whirl wind romances out there but I feel they are more intricately executed, I felt this lacked that expertise handling, I suppose.

Had a lot of potential, but it felt like it missed the bus for me.

Thanks to netgalley and publishers for the free ARC in return for my honest review.


With thanks to Netgalley for my free ARC in return for my review.

DNF unfortunately. I kept putting off this review because I thought eventually I would want to go back and finish the book, but that feeling never came.

This is the first romance book I've read in a long time. I wasn't sure what to expect going into this one, half of me thought I would hate it. But I didn't. It was okay. At the beginning, the characters really annoyed me but then the plot started to get really good and I was enjoying my time with it.
The middle part of this book was the best part of it, in my opinion.
The third act conflict was the silliest thing I've ever read and it all kinda went downhill from there. I don't know if I'm satisfied with that ending either.
This looks like a negative review but it isn't!
I didn't like the first bit, I loved the middle and I started to dislike it again toward the end.
So, it was just okay. Middle of the road 3 stars, I'm gonna forget about it as soon as I start reading my next book.