Lucy Score is an amazing world-builder and I love all her books. I get sucked into the world and don't want to leave. This book was a really quick and exciting read.

The second book in the series and it continues the spicy rom com series perfectly! Witty banter, hate filled interactions between the main characters that may be a bit more foreplay than actual hate and spicey antics to entertain you for hours upon hours! If you haven't read the first book, you absolutely should! It's extremely entertaining and it gives you a ton of backstory on the characters in the books, but you could read this one and enjoy it without the first although you would be missing out! Cat is a hard-working reality tv star for a home improvement network and Noah is a strait-laced, small-town manager and single dad with no time for nonsense. The two butt heads on the regular based on preconceived ideas of what the other one is like as the sparks fly between them. Great characters that are well developed and realistic, a wonderful small-town setting, a fun, snark-filled plot that is beyond entertaining all combine to make the perfect rom com read!

This book has me so conflicted because it’s not a 3 but it’s also not quite a 4. I loved it but there were also some aspects that I disliked. For one, I think this could have been a shorter book. I don’t understand why every Lucy Score book needs to be so long. The plot was nothing out of the ordinary for a small-town Christmas romance. I also wish the author focused just a little more on the actual preparation for Merry’s comeback holiday event. The whole book was about how MC Cat was going to give Merry a Christmas that no one would forget but we were given very little details about the actual Christmas event.

The main character, Cat, swooped in with her reality TV show to save the flooded town of Merry and give them the Christmas they deserved and the Christmas their residents were depending on. She was immediately introduced to the grumpy town manager, Noah, when she saved him from drowning in the flood. He was so grumpy and she was a ray of sunshine. They bickered throughout a majority of the book. Oh, and did I mention Noah was a single dad???

What made this book closer to a 4 than a 3 was the ending. It was such a tear jerker!!! I couldn’t get over how cute it was that Cat put her dreams on hold for Noah only to find out that her dreams were his top priority. He showed her they could be happy together while still following her dreams of opening a school and caring for his daughter, Sara. It was also so cute to have Sara chime in at the end and express her excitement. It was so heartwarming.

I’d recommend this book if you’re a Lucy Score/Christmas girl like myself but go into it with lower expectations because, in my opinion, it doesn’t compare to her other books. It was, however, a fun Christmas read so for that I’d recommend it and I will probably find myself reading the other book in this series eventually too!

This book was the best way for me to finish my year of reading. The banter was hilarious and the story line was wonderfully written. This book is a Hallmark movie in page form. 10/10 recommend.

When home renovation reality star, Catalina King heard Merry, Connecticut was impacted directly by a hurricane, she flew into action to repair the quaint town, and to help its residents get back on their feet. But when she runs into interference from city manager, Noah Yates, Cat is going to have to fight for every last inch of her expert assistance to even be accepted...

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The Christmas Fix was a sweet and engaging, Christmas-themed, single parent romance! Cat and Noah are on opposite sides of a reality show dilemma... she wants to help Merry, for her TV shows Christmas special, and he wants NOTHING to do with his town being exploited for ratings. But the more time these two feuding antagonists spend around each other, the more their true personalities shine through...

Cat has a super successful home renovation show, which has skyrocketed her into TV fame. But behind the veneer of her television persona, Cat truly cares about fixing peoples homes, and the people of Merry.

Noah is Merry's city planner and a single dad who is protective of the town he loves. He see's Cat as a flashy TV star with no substance, but little by little she reveals just what kind of person she truly is...

I enjoyed this read a lot, but it was definitely a slow one for me. The romance took a back burner to all things renovation, and I was desperate for the timeline to move just a little more quickly. I liked the relationship between Cat and Noah, and the way it progressed. While their first obstacle was getting to really know each other, and to get past their initial dislike, the biggest hurdle they faced was the fact that Cat has no plans to become a permanent fixture in the town of Merry...

I received a complimentary copy of this book for my honest and unbiased review.

I really, really loved Cat in this. In a very male dominated field, she was determined to give her all at every point to show that women have as much power in this industry as men! It was just amazing to watch her work. I also loved that she gave back so much to this town of Merry and that she was just so giving in every aspect of her life and career.

Sweet, sweet Noah. He's a great dad/co-parent with his ex and a great city manager. He is so caring for this town that gave him the best outcome even if his childhood wasn't the greatest.

These two together, fighting or (hotly) getting it on, was just pure entertainment and angst!

This is my second book by Lucy Score and I absolutely LOOOOOVED it. She has such a way with the romance genre. And *chefs kiss* to the book's setting as well as the characters. Still thinking about Noah 24 hours later.

Catalina King never takes no for an answer, which is why she finds herself fighting for her tv show against the scroogiest city manager she's ever met, Noah Yates. Cat knows that the town of Merry is perfect for the show she's been dying to shoot and she just needs to show him how much this will save them. After surviving a devastating flood you would think he would be interested in getting the town back up and running, have some new homes built along with a few businesses, AND get the town holiday festival ready before Christmas. After a little bit of lowball bribery he finally agrees. Now she just has to show (begrudgingly) super hot "Mr.No" Noah that she ALWAYS delivers.

Ahhh Cat & Noah. They are so spicy and have thee best banter. I'm such a sucker for an enemies-to-lovers as well as a man who loses control with the right woman so these two were perfect for me. I really could not recommend a Christmas read enough.

If you are only planning on reading one holiday read this year and you're looking for some good spice...
"Pick me. Choose me. LOVE ME." - this book

3.5 rounded up. i always enjoy lucy's writing and the festive holiday elements made this extra fun for this time of the year. i didn't connect too well with the characters and didn't find myself rooting for them though. overall, would still recommend

Did not finish at 50%. Unfortunately, the male MC was way too pessimistic for me, and he kept rooting for the female MC to fail. I know it was to create tension between them, but then their “moment” was tacky in how they got together. I did not care how it ended.

I was craving a spicy, hallmarky Christmas romance and The Christmas Fix just hit the spot for me. I loved these characters and Lucy's writing is fantastic as always!

Catalina is a reality tv star of a home improvement show. A hurricane caused a lot of damage to the town of Merry, CT where Cat did a remodel a couple years ago. The damage also causes the town’s Christmas celebration to be canceled…until Cat pitches a special that rebuilding the town in time for the Christmas festival. Only Noah, the city manager, thinks this is a bad idea and wants no part of it

This was a fast and easy read, which put me in a holiday mood with all the talk about getting the town ready for their Christmas festival. It is the second book in a series but can be read as a stand alone. I enjoyed this story and added Mr. Fixer Upper (book 1) to my tbr pile.

Read this if you enjoy:
❄️ Grumpy x sunshine
❄️ Single Dad
❄️ Reality TV - Home Improvement Show
❄️ Small towns during the holidays
❄️ Open door romance

This is like a Hallmark movie with some spice added in. Cat campaigns heavily to have her reality home reno show help Merry, CT after a disastrous hurricane brings devastation to the small town. The city manager, Noah, is determined to keep TV cameras out of his town. Full stop. In the end, Cat gets her way but this does not mean that Noah and she begin to see eye-to-eye.

This is a classic enemies-to-lovers romance. These two really and truly hate another from the start. They are each very different and both protective of the things they love. I appreciated that Lucy Score gives these two characters the time and space they needed to turn things around, personally. It made it all feel so much more believable. I adored Noah and his sturdiness. This single dad is a hard worker, protective of his town and its people, and just an all-around good person. Cat grew on me, although I never warmed up to her fixation on being skinny. I wish Score had changed that about Cat with the re-release of this title.

While this book clearly is set leading into the holidays, it didn't feel overly Christmasy, despite the title. I really enjoyed the HGTV-like reality show aspect. I enjoyed all the side characters and the little get-togethers and traditions they shared. All in all, this was an enjoyable holiday read, perfect for anyone who loves a slow-burn romance. There is real chemistry and spice to this book so don't let that small-town feel fool you into thinking this is a true Hallmark-style book. I continue to be a fan of Lucy Score and would recommend this book to anyone looking for a holiday romance with depth to it.

This book was such a disappointment, I'm not even quite sure where to begin. I guess I'll start with the thing that bothered me the most: the rampant fatphobia all throughout the book. At first I thought it was just an off-handed comment by the male lead. Then the female lead just constantly made comments about her body and being worried about getting fat or the way her body would look on camera. There is absolutely a way to discuss the pressures of looking a certain way to be on camera without being fatphobic, but this book really bother me in the way it was handled (particularly the way she spoke about it to a 12 year old girl). The characters' love story just didn't work for me either; it felt so forced. I was honestly more interested in the home renovations discussed than I was in the actual plot.

I know that this is one of her older books that was re-released for Christmas this year, but it honestly makes me not want to read any of her other books now.

I love this book! It really put me in the holiday mood. I will always love Lucy Score's books for sure!

This was a super fun book! I really liked the main characters and loved the town of Merry. I loved this book so much I bought it in two formats. It was a wonderful winter treat!

Tropes: Grumpy/sunshine, rivals to lovers, found family

Thank you to NetGalley, SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books, Bloom Books, and Lucy Score for giving me the opportunity to review this book. All opinions are my own.

I love Lucy Score so when I saw a Christmas romance book by her best believe I was ready! I loved it and it’s just what I needed to cure my need for a spicy hallmark type read! I will never not recommend a Lucy book. I love her writing and characters!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This is the second book in this series and it was amazing. I absolutely loved it. It’s such a perfect holiday book. Add this to your TBR.

I didn’t love this book unfortunately. I think a large part of it was that the enemies portion of the enemies to lovers trope was just too childish? Even though the reason for Noah’s mistrust of Cat was realistic, the way they argued with each other was immature. Cat was honestly annoying and the way she handled things was not great. She’d do kind things, but then plan to shove it in Noah’s face to prove what a great person she was.

The romance also didn’t hit quite right for me. It was kinda an issue for me that they first kissed when Cat was drunk and Noah didn’t get her consent. He also overstepped major boundaries when he decided to enter her trailer and clean, shop, and go through her paperwork. This rubbed me the wrong way and it didn’t feel sweet to me considering they hadn’t known each other long and she didn’t know he was going to be in her trailer.

All in all, not my fav Lucy Score.

What a fun read this was! I adore Lucy Score's small town world building, and have for quite some time. This was a great read- family, small town community, and a spicy love story between our sunny home network star and the grumpy town manager. Perfect holiday read for romance lovers!

Adorable holiday read! I loved all the tropes in this book. The characters were also great. Lucy Score never disappoints and this holiday book certainly didn’t either