3.5 ⭐️ Christmas in April! This book has everything we all know and love about Christmas romances. The story follows Sheila as she visits her best friend in a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia at Christmas time. Sheila is a workaholic from Richmond that is going through post-divorce discovery. She agrees to go spend a few weeks in Chestnut Ridge to help her best friend with a tree decorating contest in town. While there she meets the local fire chief, Tucker, and they start to spend time together. Throughout the story, Sheila continues to be drawn to the sense of community and belonging that Chestnut Ridge offers, and that she is currently lacking. Overall, this is a very enjoyable Christmas book about found family, love, and community. The town and community are picturesque and I often found myself tearing up at the generosity and kindness shown by the community. This book is told from a dual point of view, but mostly from Sheila‘s. While an enjoyable story, there was times I felt like it was too long and some of the dialogue with side characters was not needed. Additionally, this book is second in a series. I do not think that I would consider this a stand alone novel as previous visits to Chestnut Ridge were mentioned several times as well as a lot of time discussing the best friends’ past. I found myself wondering if I missed any of Sheila’s story from book 1.