This was a unique Christmas read. I adored the relatable characters and the sense of community throughout the book. I love a small town, Christmas romance. This book was full of holiday magic!

If you're looking for a unique holiday romance then I definitely recommend this book.

Evergreen Christmas (Frosted Firs Ranch Book #1) by Janet Dailey
Publisher: Kensington Publishing
Genre: Romance
Published: September 24, 2024

Evergreen Christmas is the first book in the new Frosted Firs Ranch series by Janet Dailey and it was so much fun!

This book is on the top of my Christmas books this year! The story is magical and filled with wonderful characters! I loved reading this book! I loved the small town and their Christmas competition!

I will be gifting this to all my bookish friends because it is a must read!!! What a great way to bring in the holiday season! Evergreen Christmas feels like it could be the next big Hallmark Christmas movie!!!

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

4.5⭐️ I loved the Christmas games that the whole town participated in and the close knit family feel to the whole book. The Nanas were great and added a little something extra. Most of the characters were likeable and I can't wait to read the other books in the series! This book will definitely get you in the Christmas spirit!
Thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for an ARC of this book!

EVERGREEN CHRISTMAS is still another book released under the name of Janet Dailey whose family is now authoring stories using some of the manuscripts left after her passing. It has been several years now, and many books are popping up. If I look at the list of reviews I’ve penned Janet Dailey appears quite a few times.
Historically her works framed small town life and characters that keep the home fires burning. There is a lot of love that comes through in practically everything she has written and published while alive. And now it seems as if that tradition just may be carrying on.
EVERGREEN CHRISTMAS is unapologetically romantic. No subterfuge, just straight up matchmaking at it’s best. Of course that is carefully disguised. It is a story framing the holiday season. Rich with lovely characters.
Nate and Tucker Reed along with Nate’s young daughter Roxie run a farm with a gift and Christmas tree shop. Jordyn just purchased the farm next door. The town of Noel has welcomed Jordyn and four townswomen better known as the Nanas have made it their business to see to it that Jordyn falls in love with their small town. But we’re smarter than that, aren’t we. We can see through their plans that they have an interest in the lives of Nate and Roxie. The town has seen how absorbed Nate is in his grief over losing this incredibly young wife. His reluctance to move on is on everyone’s mind.
Small towns are notorious for gossip, and so Nate has unwittingly fed a great deal of gossip by turning away from any possibility of a relationship. His life is full. He is dedicated to his daughter. It is intrinsically important for him to avoid any risks that might hurt either one of them. So he takes the uncomplicated way out.
But in EVERGREEN CHRISTMAS the author treats us to a wonderful tale that includes love, family, traditions, friendship, humor, and dreams. All thing considered EVERGREEN CHRISTMAS just may be one of the best.

Love feel good Christmas stories, and Evergreen Christmas is no exception. a charming great start for a new series I hope to continue to read. The witty banter amongst characters and the quirks of town residents is great.

the town of Noel sounds like a place I would enjoy.
I really enjoyed this book. It was fun and easy to read. The Noel Nanas are a trip!
Great book to get you in the mood for Christmas and in the Christmas spirit.
Thanks to the author and Net Galley for the advanced copy

Noel, North Carolina is known for their exquisite Christmas competitions. Newcomer Jordyn Banks decides to take on the resident Christmas tree decorating champ/next door neighbor, Nate Reed, who is also a single dad to his daughter Roxie.
Jordyn is ready to put roots down and finds an adorable place with land for sale for breeding horses. She doesn’t have any family other than her horse, Star. All of the Noel Nanas welcome her with open arms as she starts to navigate life in this community.
Nate lost his wife whenever Roxie was born & has devoted himself to their ever thriving Frosted Firs Ranch. Roxie is quickly enamored with Jordyn & Nate realizes all too soon that he is falling in love with her. He can’t help but wonder if he’s truly finished grieving his wife’s passing & is ready to open his & Roxie’s hearts to someone new.
All of the characters are lovable, especially Jordyn, whose personality truly leaps off the pages & blossoms as the book goes on. The Noel Nanas are unmatched. Nate is the ultimate single dad, has everything going for him, protector, provider, etc. This is truly a feel good Christmas novel that will leave you wanting to jump into the pages & go to Noel, North Carolina yourself.
Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, & the author for a copy of this book. I look forward to reading more by this author!

Evergreen Christmas, by Janet Dailey, follows the story on twenty-something Jordyn Banks as she and her barrel racing quarter horse Star arrive in Noel, NC, to move into the only home she’d ever known at Chestnut Ridge. When Jordyn first arrives in Noel she encounters the Noel’s Nanas, a group of four senior ladies that watch over the town and its residents.

Jordyn came up through the foster system and, while some of the families she spent time with were fine, she never felt as though she was “home.” When she aged out of the system, Jordyn joined the rodeo circuit as a barrel racer and has finally saved the money to establish roots. Upon learning Jordyn’s story, the Nanas take her under their wing. The first thing they do is convince Jordyn to enter Noel’s Christmas Competition to best Nate Reed and his family’s Frost Firs Ranch this year as they have taken the crown the past nine years. When Jordyn meets the broody widower, his adorable daughter Roxie, and his former bull riding brother Tucker, she begins to crave the competition but she just might crave the cozy family more.

This is a lovely holiday story set in a perfect mountain community that makes the reader want to call home. The characters are well described making each one special. I very much enjoyed this book and I do recommend it!

This is a beautiful book and it is so amazing, the story is so lovely and very enjoyable to read. i loved everything about this book and i would recommend to anyone who loves reading to give this book a go. it is a lovely book and i will read other books from this author.

This book was good. The idea of a Christmas romance isn't new, but I think the way it was told was perfect. Jordyn moves to the town of Noel, North Carolina, after a career as a barrel racer in the rodeo.

I think the characters of Nate and Jordyn are good, Nate especially, as the widowed father who is afraid to put his heart of the line, for fear of introducing a new woman into his daughters life, and then it not working out. And Nate's daughter Roxie, who never knew what it was like to have a mother (Her mother, Macy, died after giving birth to Roxie...). Jordyn's character, as the orphaned girl, who bounced from foster home to foster, and never knowing either of her parents, or what having a stable home was like until moving to Noel.

Of course, Jordyn and Nate wind up together at the end of the book. But it's the perfect holiday romance.

Jordyn Banks is a horse breeder who has recently moved to Noel, North Carolina. She decides she wants to win the Christmas Crown by entering this year’s many holiday competitions. But the reigning champs are her handsome single neighbor, Nate, and his charming daughter, Roxie.

As the competitions heat up, Nate needs to decide if he is ready to fall in love again. If his brother and the local Nanas have anything to say about it, his story will end up tied up with a bow.

Why Kirsten loves it
Can I move to Noel? All the hilarious Christmas competitions made me wish I really could move to this charming small town. This sweet romance only had a kiss or two, but featured the sweetest family I’ve read in years. That Roxie is a treasure!

A sweet second chance romance. Both Nate and Jordyn are starting over in their own way. He still hasn’t been able to move on from his wife, who he tragically lost during childbirth. Jordyn is finally planting roots. As a foster child, she never really had a home.

The Nanna’s bring some funny moment, but also cause some problems, even though they mean well. During the Christmas competition, Nate and Jordyn get to know each other and she lets the fact that she wants to be with him known, he pushes her away. Roxie, Nate’s daughter grows attached to Jordyn immediately and that scares him even more.

The interactions they have, as well as the conversations, make the speed of their relationship seem believable. My heart broke for them because I understood where they each were coming from. Just when he realizes his true feelings for Jordyn, she decides that she would rather stay friends than lose him forever. His grand gesture to prove his feelings was perfect.

I really enjoyed this book and hope to see a book for Nate’s brother in the future. I received an ARC and this is my honest, voluntary review.

I think it is wonderful that Janet Dailey had notes left behind allowing her legacy to continue for more generations. I enjoyed this holiday romance and the town of Noel. The Noel Nanas were fantastic. Nate is the attractive widowed dad with an adorable little girl to tempt Jordyn into putting down rots. Highly recommend this one to get into the Christmas spirit.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for advanced copy, and I give my review freely.

Grabs you from word one and keeps you interested right to the last page. Infused with humor and plenty of holiday touches; a thoroughly enjoyable holiday read!

What an amazing, charmingly sweet and full of Christmas magic romance story! The book is well written and was such a joy to read. I honestly couldn't put it down. I love the small town of Noel, NC. The characters are heartfelt and wonderful with adorable Roxanna and Jordyn and Nate having a delightful spark. The story line was fun and had a little bit of everything with loss, second chances, starting over, romance and family. It's a heartwarming, uplifting, and very entertaining holiday love story that will put you in a festive and happy mood. I loved it!

A cute, simple romance. A good weekend read. The Noel Nanas and sweet little Roxie were such bright spots! There were moments the story didn't flow.I have read many Janet Dailey books going back to when she wrote series romance stories in all 50 states. I have to admit I don't like the idea of someone else writing under her name. It just felt wrong.

Thank you to Kensington Publishing and NetGalley for the advance reader copy.

I really enjoy reading books by this author especially her Christmas books. They are always so good that you won't want to put them down.

Jordyn never really had a place to call home because she was in and out of Foster homes all the time. So after she left barrel racing she bought a small ranch that she could start a business from and have a home of her own finally. It was in a little town called Noel.

Now she meets up with four older women who are known to the town as the Noel Nana's. They get her to join their Christmas Competition and take the title away from Nate who has won it the last 9 years in a row.

A really cute story that will make your Christmas season a little brighter.

If you love a sweet, clean, community filled Christmas story, you will enjoy this book.
A cute story of the new bee in town getting to know the people in the community after the women in town take her under their wing. She learns all about this towns Christmas competition as she’s thrust into it. While it’s also a story of two people meeting, and falling at first sight it does fall a little flat. There’s not a ton of character development for these 2characters who feel fairly one sides. She is a barrel racer with long glorious hair and green eyes (we hear over and over) and he is a widowed single dad that runs the farm next door.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the arc.

This was not exactly what I expected of a Janet Dailey book, but it was a perfect cute holiday romance. No drama, light and fluffy...perfect for curling up by the fire with some cocoa and reading while the snow falls.
If you are a fan of books like Susan Mallery's Fools Gold series, this will definitely be a book you will enjoy.

This is a feel-good, light-hearted story set in a small town during the Christmas season. Jordyn is new to town and is excited to set down roots. Upon arrival to town, she is taken under the wings of Noel's Nanas - four seasoned ladies who have an ulterior motive in getting Jordyn to participate in the Christmas competitions. What is unexpected is her attraction to her neighbor Nate, who will be her biggest competitor.

There's certainly plenty to love about this story - small town, romance, Noel's Nanas, Fabio Fraser, a sweet youngster, community, and humor. And a few happy tears were shed at the end.