I really enjoyed this sequel to The Tourist Attraction! Such a funny romantic book! Once again I found myself in love with Moose Springs and all of the people!

Mistletoe and Mr. Right is a sweet romcom that is also often laugh out loud funny. It features the snowy location of Moose Springs, Alaska and takes place the two weeks before Christmas. While the book features many of the local characters introduced in the Tourist Attraction (the author's first book in the Moose Springs series) this book focuses on Rick and Lana. They are two lonely souls determined to remain that way. But **spoiler alert** in true romcom fashion love wins out, a Christmas decoration destroying moose is exposed and the future of Moose Springs may be saved. Treat yourself to this book and add the first book in the series to your TBR pile.

I received Mistletoe and Mr. Right from Netgalley as an eARC in exchange for a review.

Mistletoe and Mr. Right follows Lana, wealthy heiress to a real estate power family, and Rick, townie owner of a run down pool hall. Lana has been infatuated with Moose Springs since was young, and Rick has called Moose Springs home his whole life. Lana and Rick's paths have crossed many times, but this holiday season sparks fly.

This was a very cute, feel good romance. Rick and Lana both had very clear personalities. The story moved along very well with plenty of conflicts and resolutions. I was disappointed there was not more plot regarding the Christmas Moose, since it was implied to be a larger part of the story than it turned out to. The biggest reason this story does not get a higher rating is because I have a feeling I won't remember this story by Christmas time.

Mistletoe and Mr. Right has all of the makings of an amazing Hallmark Christmas romance wrapped up in a book: a small town, an adorable couple, and a quirky story.

Lana Montgomery loves Moose Springs. After years of coming to the small town, Lana decides to build luxury condominiums in the hopes that it will drive tourism to the town. Unfortunately for her, the townspeople all hate the idea. While Lana tries to persuade the town that she is on their side, Lana also finds herself falling into a fling with Rick, a handsome man dealing with his own past. Moose Springs means a lot for Lana, but does it also mean disappointment or heartbreak?

After reading this novel, I am officially ready for Christmas, Hallmark movies that make me smile, and a nice cup of hot coco. Lana and Rick's romance was incredibly adorable. It's everything a romance reader like me wants - lots of flirting, fun banter, and SO MUCH sexual tension. I mean, rawr.

I also think the backstory with the Santa Moose was very cute and fun. It gives the story a nice quirky twist that makes it different from other romance novels. But the quirkiness did not stop there. I loved all of the banter from all of the characters. The inhabitants of Moose Springs are so entertaining to read about (especially Graham, which means I am definitely going to read Morgenthaler's book about him, The Tourist Attraction).

My only annoyance was how often Lana used "dearest." I get that it's supposed to be like her thing, but the way I read it in my mind was almost condescending. Although, I can get that other people might feel differently. Overall, really enjoyed this book and am now fully prepared for the holiday season.

I didn't read the first book in this series, but I don't think it was necessary to. I definitely will, but I don't think I missed anything. I did think this was a little long and took a bit to get going, otherwise it was a nice read!

Thank you to NetGalley and SourcebooksCasablanca for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I would recommend reading the first book in the series before this one. It gives the background for both of these characters, and the MC from the first book feature prominently in this one.

I would recommend if you're looking for:

-holiday romance
-small town romance
-opposites attract
-friends to lovers
-slow burn steam
-single father
-a moose intent on destroying holiday decorations
-a BNB stuffed full of stuffed squirrels

Cute is the best word to describe this book. The romance between Lana and Rick is quiet. All about knowing the other person, the secret glances and observations as you fall for someone. I did miss the tension and banter of the first book, but Lana and Rick's romance is a a beautiful story of two people coming back into the world, both of them hiding away. It is a closed door romance.

I am looking forward to the next books in the series. Fingers crossed the twins get their own love stories.

Rating: 4 stars

**Review will be published October 6th!**

ADORABLE.

This book was everything Christmas and romantic and I just loved it. I was incredibly excited when I got an ARC because I loved The Tourist Attraction and knew I needed to read Lana’s story as well.

I loved how Lana and Rick’s relationship developed. It could have been very insta-love, but didn’t come off that way at all. They were both sweet on each other and had the CUTEST interactions. I couldn’t help but smile at the antics they would end up in. And the conflict between the two (as expected in a contemporary romance) wasn’t silly or over-hashed. It really fit into their situation and understanding of the differences between them. Which made the ending even more tender and I am just smitten with Rick and Lana y’all. Opposites attract trope that I thought was perfectly well done.

Even as separate characters they kept me interested. I didn’t mind which point-of-view I was reading because I was invested with both. The pace moved quickly and even side stories fit in well (hellooooo the cuteness that is still Graham and Zoey).

This is such a good Christmas-time read and am so happy I found this series. I can’t wait for more stories because I want to know about all of these characters. These books are easy to read, add just enough drama, and make you have the biggest smile.

Overall audience notes:

Contemporary romance [Christmas]
Language: a little
Romance: kisses / make-outs; a closed door scene
Violence: a tranquilizing gun accident, a side character in a nearly deadly car wreck
Content warnings: brief sexual harassment of a side character, a near drowning of a child

As a sequel this missed the bus. Tourist Trap was such a success and a cute Rom Com, this didnt have the same warm and fuzzies. We weren’t introduced to the Moose Springs characters as well at the beginning- not a great stand alone book.

Uber wealthy Chicagoan Lana Montgomery may have finally met her match in Moose Springs native Rick. Already divorced and taken in his nephew, Diego, Rick is a bit scarred and wary of getting too serious again. But once Lana steps into his life- it’s all over.
Lana needs someone to tie her to one place and not flying everywhere to work for the family business- The Montgomery Group.
Can their differences and love keep them together or will her town ventures tear them apart?

Mistletoe and Mr. Right by Sarah Morgenthaler is the second in her Moose Springs series and focuses on Lana Montgomery, a powerful real estate mogul who is in line to take over her family's vast empire. But she lost her heart to Moose Springs, a small town north of Anchorage, Alaska when she was a child. She's in town to try and build on her family's legacy and spend some quality time with her best friend.

While campaigning for her newest building project, she meets Rick, a local recluse since his divorce and owner of the pool hall downtown. Sparks fly between the two, but trying to navigate a relationship when one is always on the move and one is settled will prove to be more of a challenge for them than they first realize. There's also a belligerent moose on the run who has a strong dislike for all things Christmas.

I enjoyed seeing the relationship between Lana and Rick develop. It seemed realistic and sweet but never shying away from the difficulties of trying to please family expectations and yourself. Lana's friends in town were fun but I would have liked to see more interactions with people outside of her strong supporters.

I'm looking forward to the next book in the series where I hope to find out more about Moose Springs, the Christmas Moose and if any more of the Montgomery clan plan on visiting Moose Springs.

Note: I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via NetGalley and the publishers.

Sarah Morgenthaler is my favorite writer of 2020. I enjoyed revisiting the town of Moose Springs. This story is sweet and the characters are wonderful.

I super wanted to love this because of the awesome premise, but the writing style is just not clicking. Wouldn't be fair to the book if I finished and rated it lowly. DNF.

I DNF'ed at 20%. It was just a little too slow for me and I really couldn't connect with any of the characters. I wanted there to be more of a romance plot and less of a chasing after a moose type of plot. I also didn't think the two supposed love interests could relate to each other enough and the chemistry was poor from what I read. I wasn't rooting for them, therefore I had no interest in continuing this story and decided to put this down.
Thank you to the author, publisher, and Netgalley for allowing me the opportunity to read this. It wasn't my cup of tea, but it could be yours! (My rating of 3 stars was just to put it in the middle since I can't give a true rating)

Mistletoe and Mr. Right is the sequel to The Tourist Attraction (which I haven’t read). While it took me a little bit to get into this one, it was a quick, funny read.

Set in Moose Springs, Alaska at Christmas, Mistletoe and Mr. Right opens with Lana (one of our main characters) discovering a giant penis drawn in snow. Hilarious right? Lana wants to turn Moose Springs into a tourist attraction, but the locals disagree and are determined to run her out of town.

Things I liked:
The setting. I feel like Alaska at Christmas would be perfect… Especially since this novel didn’t really mention the freezing temperatures or the continuous dark.
Rick has a grumpy old cat and a sweet hedgehog he dresses up in clothes! Freaking adorable.
The secondary characters are all likable, quirky and funny. I can see many more books featuring the town of Moose Springs.

Things I disliked:
The chapters were too long for me. I tend to prefer short chapters— especially in a light read like this.
This one isn’t steamy enough for me. I prefer being present for the good stuff!

Thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for the ARC of this book, the opinions are my own and are freely given.

~4.5⭐Rating~

"Lana loved Moose Springs in a way she’d never loved anything before. It had stolen her heart and soul since her first visit as a young child, and she was determined to drive a stabilizing steel bar through the picturesque Alaskan town’s shaky, tourism-driven economy no matter what."

With a family more money conscious and coming from a world where it's all business all the time, Lana could not help but just fall in love with the quaintness of Moose Springs. From the time she was a kid this place has held a special spot in her heart and now with her best friend Zoey having moved there, Lana seems to be even more drawn to this small Alaskan town, so when the opportunity to help inject some much needed revenue into the town comes up Lana jumps at the chance. Not only would her luxury condos bring in money into the town but it would be a good addition to her family's portfolio. The only problem being her family just cant see the point to investing in such a small town and added to this the towns people now hate her for wanting to make their small town into a tourist hot spot. Clearly tying to swing the new condo project and getting the town to like her, Lana decides it would be a good idea to also volunteer to find the Santa Moose, who is out to destroy all things Christmas. Finding herself stuck between a rock and a hard place Lana does not let this stop her from pushing on, plus it doesn't hurt that she cant seem to get enough of hot local pool hall owner Rick.

"It’s my life. I have the right to be happy, Rick. So here’s the best terms I have. I love you,” she said simply . “You’re the first, really. And I’m hoping you’ll be the last. Because if this is what love is like, it’s…” She hesitated, voice catching. Warm, strong hands took her face in them, broad shoulders blocking away the rest of the world. “It’s what, Lana?”“It’s scary. Terrifying. I want to throw up a lot of the time, and Montgomerys do not throw up.”

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After his divorce Rick has never been really interested in getting back out there, but there is just something about Lana Montgomery that Rick finds himself more and more consumed by what Lana and he could have but will his fear of being left by another woman be just to much to overcome?

“Hey, L? You look gorgeous, darlin.’ Every man deserves a heart attack in heels at least once in his life.”

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I can't say it enough I love Moose Springs! This town has something magical about it and Morgenthaler has managed to knock out another brilliant read. I loved meeting Lana in the previous book and I'm happy to say her story was just as good. I absolutely loved Lana and that she wanted to find a place and people to call home. Her desire to better this town even though the residents fought her every step of the way only proved that she was good to her core. As for Rick, what was not to like about him, he is a simple guy that didn't have any ultra motives. Also how cute was he with Dala the hedgehog and the snooty cat! I also loved watching Zoey and Lana trying to catch the elusive Santa Moose, what a hoot!

“Are you mad at me?”“For thinking I was a moose?” Rick reached up to tug the end of the same hair tendril he’d been fixated on all night. “For trying to capture you.”“You did that a long time ago.”

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I absolutely loved Mistletoe and Mr.Right this book was hilarious, cute, heartwarming and brilliantly written. The thing I love the most about this series is how easy it is to get invested in the secondary characters! I still want Easton to get his own book and now I really want Killian to get his own book too! Do yourself a favor and read this novel you will instantly love Moose Springs.

Okay this is a very cute story but I felt like it got off to a slow start. I was struggling to get through the first little bit but in the end, it was worth it.

Another winner in the Moose Springs series! This is the follow-up to The Tourist Attraction. I really enjoyed the first book and liked this one even more. It was funny with strong and well-written characters. I loved reading about life in Alaska in I'm looking forward to the next book in the series! 5 stars.

Thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for the ARC of this book, the opinions are my own and are freely given.

Loved this book, the story of Lana and Rick. Lana is from a rich family and their holding company has bought up large numbers of buildings in Moose Springs to try and get support for a new development. But the whole town seems to be against her, except for Rick who stood up for her. She is drawn to him, but he is a struggling business owner whose wife left him so what do they have in common?
It is the second book in this series, and the setting is great - I want to go to Alaska now! Hoping there will be more books in the series.

I would say it is more a winter book than a christmas book

A sequel to The Tourist Attraction, Mistletoe and Mr. Right provides a look at the holidays in Moose Springs, Alaska (the book can be read stand alone but has glimpses of updates to the first book's main couple) .

Lana and Rick, supporting characters in the first book get their own story. Complete with a Santa Moose, inappropriate snow drawings on the mountain side, tranquilizers, and love. A cute, quick, funny read to allow escape from the pandemic world.

It is almost Christmas in Moose Springs Alaska and Lana is trying to make progress on her new plans for the town. But the town is not interested and Lana's family is questioning if her decisions make sense for the business so it does not seem like the makings of a merry Christmas. Add in a local business owner that makes her feel a certain way and a moose determined to destroy all of the Christmas decorations in town and Lana has her hands full. A story of friendship and making the life that you want, where you want it.

As a born and raised Alaskan, I truly love these stories set in Moose Springs. I really enjoyed diving into Lana and Rick’s love story but I didn’t prefer it over The Tourist Attraction. I wasn’t the biggest fan of Lana, she annoyed me a lot of the times and I didn’t like how her work life played such a huge part in this book. Rick was swoon worthy and I want him as my own boyfriend. While this wasn’t my favorite it was still delightful and I totally recommend Mistletoe and Mr Right.

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC.