4⭐️

The Christmas Tree Farm is the third book in the Dream Harbor series that centers around Kira—Dream Harbor’s newest resident, and Bennett—Jeanie’s brother who’s visiting for the month. This is reverse grumpy x sunshine and boy is Kira grumpy. Bennett is just the sweetest guy. All he wants to do is help Kira but she’s reluctant to have someone help her because of her past.

I’m obsessed with Laurie’s writing style. I was giggling and kicking my feet at the banter in this book. Laurie has a way of making her characters lovable even if they are grumpy.

This cute little wholesome hallmark cover looking book gets awful spicy about 60% in so be prepared for a full 360°.

This has been a feel-good series and I’m definitely looking forward to the rest of the Dream Harbor books!

This is my second book by Laurie Gilmore, and I am HOOKED! Reading this book has been as much fun as attending a festive Christmas party. I adored Kira and Bennett. They got off to a bit of a tough start as Kira is kind of a grinch. Lots of great conflict in this story. Bennett is definitely the one to melt Kira’s icy heart or is it his dogs that actually started the thawing. I love Dream Harbor and its cast of colorful characters. I enjoyed a little cameo of a past couple. The writing is top notch. The pacing was on target and the story kept me engaged the entire time. The character growth was as perfect as the spicy scenes. This one is a great read for the holiday season! This author is definitely on my have to read list. Huge thanks to Harper 360 and Netgalley for allowing me to read and review this wonderful story!

I love this whole series!!! it gives such comfort, tenderness, season cheer, spicy hallmark moments, and oh so much love!

Kira and Bennet are in different phases of life and yet find themselves bringing her Christmastree Farm back to life. I love their authentic, humbling, exhilarating start to their relationship, and how it grows into something so tender, spicy, and loving. just a perfect holiday book to this already adorable seasonal series!

thank you for the arc!

The perfect cozy read for those who want to be thrown into holiday vibes and cozy worlds! The romance and friends are incredible and I loved this book!

Super cute holiday book. I love this series.
It’s a very easy read on the brain. I love the enemies to lovers trope. Great character building and I loved it!
Highly recommend.

This series keeps getting better and better! I did not think I was in a Christmas mood yet but this book immediately got me there. If you love Hallmark Christmas movies (and sometimes with they were a little spicier) then go head and make yourself a cup of hot chocolate and curl up by the Christmas tree this holiday season with this book!

This was such a cute and had all the classic hallmark Christmas movie vibes you could wish for! The grumpy sunshine trope is always a hit with me especially when the FMC is the grumpy one.
I definitely think this is my favorite book out of the series so far because of how cute and cozy it was!

Happy Pub Day to @lauriegilmore_author and The Christmas Tree Farm! I was so excited to get this ARC off @NetGalley from @harpercollins360 that I might have squealed when that approval email came through!

I have FALLEN for this Dream Harbor series and this was no exception. As sweet and steamy as the first two of this series, this follows Kira North, grumpy Christmas hater and new owner of the Dream Harbor Christmas tree farm (that she bought sight unseen for a fresh start). And our little Stars Halloween-esque town is jonesing for their Christmas trees while Kira struggles to get ahead. When she realizes she needs to re-open the farm to make money, the town delights because now they’ll have the chance to search her farm for the rumored buried treasure… or buried body depending on who in town you’ve heard the story from.

Bennett is on vacation from his bustling life in California when he unwillingly gets recruited to ‘check up on’ Kira, since he’s a ‘neutral party’ in this town’s drama. And the rest, as they say, is history.

I always love when we get a grumpy FMC and a MMC whose whole goal is to break down the walls around her heart.

This reads like a rom com Hallmark-y Christmas story with a little added intrigue and a dash of spice! Pick it up today!

I think I like this book the most out of the three that have been released. Bennet and Iris were such a good addition to Dream Harbor! Such a fun quick read for the winter season! Will definitely pick up again as a yearly Christmas read!

this book is the perfect warm cozy holiday hug
if you're looking for an easy seasonal read, this is the one

Let’s dive into Dream Harbor once again with the third installment of the series, The Christmas Tree Farm. If you enjoyed The Pumpkin Spice Cafe and The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore, you’re in for another heartwarming holiday treat with this one.

This time, we follow Kira, our grumpy FMC, who’s just moved to Dream Harbor after buying the old Christmas tree farm. Reviving the farm was never part of her plans, but financial pressures mean she has to get creative. Meanwhile, Bennett, the sunny MMC, is in town visiting his sister (the Pumpkin Spice Cafe owner) for the holidays. Kira’s strong-willed independence clashes with Bennett’s open-hearted generosity, but their chemistry is undeniable.

At the heart of the story is the journey both characters take to grow beyond old patterns: Kira’s quest for self-reliance and Bennett’s aim to balance his kindness without losing himself in another. This cozy read, full of holiday charm, leaves you wondering if their relationship will be a path to healing or a repeat of old mistakes.

Overall, The Christmas Tree Farm is a perfect fireside read. Warm, inviting, and brimming with small-town magic, it’s a solid 4 stars for me. I can’t wait to continue with the following two books planned in this series.

Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher, for this ARC ebook!

Dream Harbor, book 3. I didn’t read the second yet, but these can be read standalone. Ben comes to visit his sister and meets the newest resident, Kira, who owns the old Christmas tree farm. It’s a cute story and I liked it better than the first!

I loved this book. I was so excited to receive an arc of this because I loved the first two books so much. The pumpkin spice cafe and the cinnamon bun one. This is the third one in the series and it was very cozy and I loved it so much. My first Christmas read of the year and it did not disappoint. Can’t wait for the 4 book to come out next year.

Even though it’s October, I got to read this cute little Christmas book. Kira bought a Christmas tree farm without even realizing it, she it was a regular farm and she hates Christmas. Running out of money she realizes she has to get the Christmas tree running but she has no idea how to do that. In comes Bennett who stumbled across her and he is a fixer and keeps coming into her life to help. Their relationship is so adorable and I love Bennett, he is the sweetest. They both have not the greatest past but they can’t help their attraction. I kinda wish Kira wasn’t so feisty.

I absolutely loved this 3rd book in the Dream Harbor series! The romance was so sweet and spicy, the setting of the Christmas Tree farm was perfect, and returning to the fun characters of Dream Harbor was a delight. Bennett was truly an amazing book boyfriend. And the snowed in scenes will live rent free in my mind for a long time. This is the perfect Christmas spicy romance for this holiday season!

As it gets closer and closer to the holiday season, I've been filling up my TBR with more and more Christmas books. Luckily, that included this ARC from Laurie Gilmore and Harper 360.

This is the third book in a series of interconnected standalones and you do not have to read the other books in this series to read this book, but the other books do give backstories on the relationships of other characters that are in this book. This book was a quick read and did have Hallmark movie vibes. The relationship was just downright cute and Bennett was always trying to do his best to take care of Kira. It's perfect for getting into the holiday spirit so if you're looking for books to add to your holiday TBR, look into adding this one.

The latest in this series is just as cozy and adorable as you could hope for, and with a bit of spice. I like to call these books “Hallmark after dark.” I fall more in love with the town and people of Dream Harbor with each installment and this was no exception. Just in time for the holiday season, grab a hot drink and a blanket and enjoy the grumpy new comer and the visiting nice guy and root for them to get over their nonsense and get together already!

Thank you for the ARC!

Kira buys a Christmas tree farm sight unseen ans is over her head. She doesn’t want to open it up, but is forced to make money. There’s a lot of problems with the house and her neighbor is around to help her despite her not wanting him around at all. As with the other Dream Harbor books, life will bring these opposites together and the sparks will fly and there will be spice! A Christmas tree farm adds to the seasonal fun.

I am so lucky to have received this ARC and was so so excited for it, yet still wasn’t feeling the Christmas spirit so felt myself a bit hesitant to start it. Getting back into Dream Harbor was so easy at the beginning of this book! It feels like being welcomed to a neighborhood again. Such a warm and cozy place made the perfect setting for a Christmas tree farm and helped bring me towards the feelings of holiday spirit! Kira’s character felt very “Luke-esque” from Gilmore Girls, along with the full cast of quirky characters mentioned through town meetings and typical small town shenanigans. The way the town welcomes you back whenever you pick up a Dream Harbor novel is one of my favorite things about this story!

The dedication on this book is very accurate in saying that this book is definitely the epitome of a spicy Hallmark Christmas story! Kira and Bennett are such a sweet pair with a beginning that felt like an enemies to lovers with some forbidden tension. The forbidden part being due to their own prerogative yet that gave a new, interesting feel to the characters in providing them some depth and dimension! Their chemistry was hot, as was the boiler (eventually), and the overall character of Bennett with his change in personality from public to private *wink wink* was perfect and can I say, spicy!? 🌶️😏

Kira and Bennett, and all the little pups, make such a sweet pairing and a great little holiday love story! The Christmas tree farm setting really brought about the holiday feels and was the perfect setting to get into the upcoming holiday season!

I’d be remiss if I didn’t mentioned the ending of the book, whereas I won’t reveal what it was (this is a no spoiler review), I was honestly a bit disappointed. The middle to end of the book began to increase the feel of a nostalgic, old-timey love story which melted my heart! I’m a sucker for love in all forms!!! The overall ending, though, regarding the mystery of the dead body (iykyk), felt like it killed the feel of the old-timey love story. Something that could’ve been sentimental and sweet felt squashed in the way the book was moving towards the future rather than celebrating loves of the past and that wasn’t a favorite of mine. Overall I rated this book ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5! A very sweet, enjoyable read that made me smile, yet I feel the ending could’ve accumulated the feelings of nostalgia and an old-time love story but unfortunately fell a bit short in the delivery. The overall feel of Dream Harbor still welcomed me back and provided me a reading spot that felt like home! I plan to keep coming back to the sweet town and am in much anticipation, and very hopeful for, Mac and Annie’s story! (Please tell me this is in the works, I’m begging you!!!)

I feel like the more books that is added to this series the better and better they are getting! I thought this was such a cute and sweet holiday read! This was such a cute and had all the classic hallmark Christmas movie vibes you could wish for! The grumpy sunshine trope is always a hit with me especially when the FMC is the grumpy one. I definitely think this is my favorite book out of the series so far because of how cute and cozy it was! Kira views herself in a negative light thinking of herself as selfish and not a fan of Christmas when really she is the sweetest and most selfless person. Bennett is a sweetheart that just wants to help anyone and everyone he can and will do anything to make sure Kira is happy.

I love the little world that’s been created in Dream Harbor it feels so cozy and tight knit and you can really connect with each of the characters. I feel like as the series has gone on the books just keep getting better. Definitely recommend for all the Christmas lovers.