This is the perfect Christmas read, an enemies to lovers, small town holiday romance.
Lyla’s father ran his own toy company, and she thought she’d take over for him after he died. What she didn’t know is that her father left his shares to Mason Klaus, an investor who cuts costs in order save the company. He nixes the Christmas party, so Lyla throws one. Unfortunately, there’s a fire and some damage.
Lyla agrees to go home with Mason after his father dies in exchange. Much to her surprise, Mason lives in a small village at the North Pole. His father has passed down his job - as Santa. She and Mason must pretend to be engaged to satisfy the Council, and as they get closer to each other and Lyla experiences the North Pole, Mason moves from being her enemy to something much more.
I loved this cute romance, 5 stars.
Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed as in this review are completely my own.

I really liked this holiday book! The setting was really cute and I love a good enemies to lovers book. I really couldn’t put the book down. Def recommend it!

Lyla and Mr. Mason Klaus run her family’s toy business in not so perfect harmony. Mason cancels the company Christmas party and Lyla takes matters into her own hands. It ends up ending in disaster, an accidental fire, that ends up damaging the office pretty badly. Mason is furious but offers Lyla a deal to forget the whole thing. She must go home with him for Christmas after his father’s passing. Lyla has no time to disagree before being whisked away to a faraway place — The North Pole?? As a Christmas fanatic Lyla is intrigued by this magic town but are the town’s stipulations and secrets enough to make her want to stay? And is Mason Klaus enough to resist or is he just the same stubborn boss she’s always known? Check out this sweet Christmas book to find out!

I really enjoyed this one! I just finished watching all the Santa Clause movies and the little Yule town gave me sweet North Pole vibes! I just love the Christmas village atmosphere. It was a sweet romance and I loved the banter between Lyla, Mason, and his family! Also it provided just a small amount of spice which was perfect!

This book was released November 8th! I would like to say a HUGE thank you to Netgalley for this ARC! Go check it out 😊

This is a fun and interesting twist to the fake dating trope that is set in the holidays. 

What if your partner in the family business asks you to be his finance and he turns out to be the next Mr. Klaus from the North Pole.

Lyla partly owns her family’s toy company with the scrooge Mason Klaus. The company is slowly going under, and Mason just seems like he is making it worse. Such as canceling the company Christmas party that they have every year.

But Lyla was determined to have it anyway and had it at the company. But that didn’t go well unfortunately, there was a massive fire in the kitchen, and it will take a ton of money to fix up. Money that Lyla’s company doesn’t have.

Mason offers to help pay if by one condition, if she goes home with him on the holidays. By home, he means the North Pole or Yule. Also pretending to be his fiancé. But Mason was hiding a secret and running from a past no one knew about. Mason is none other than Santa’s son who is next in line for the Christmassy throne.

There they worked towards convincing the town that they are a real couple and during that Lyla gets to know the town and family as well.

This is a book I wanted to love, this story feels original, and it was a really cute idea for a story. I mean, fake relationship with Mr. Klaus? But unfortunately, it fell a bit flat for me. The premise of the book sounded really good, and it just felt like something was missing from it all.

I didn’t see the romance between Mason and Lyla. I didn’t see the chemistry between the two. Mason felt so disconnected throughout the whole story that personally didn’t feel convinced they were meant to be together.

I think this book would have benefited Mason’s point of view as well where you see more of his life in Yule and why he is running from it.

Even though this book was on the shorter side, it felt drawn out in the middle. Nothing was really happening. Especially between Mason and Lyla.

The ending I felt was strange and rushed. Not sure what was happening at the end.

Like I said, very cute read. Just wish it was executed differently.

This book was really fun. I really liked it. The enemies-to-lovers, coworkers hating each other falling in love, the Christmas in it, the cozy vibes. All the nice side-characters in the book and the LOVELY way Yule was described. I felt so soaked into the story, totally emerged. I loved it a lot! And I am so glad I actually read it now, in December, around Christmas. Really lovely!

Cute Christmas theme ✔️
Not your usual meet-cute ✔️
A little bit of magic ✔️

If you are looking for a holiday read that ticks all the boxes, look no further!

The perfect Christmas read that can be easily devoured and leave you with a smile on your face.

4 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Special thanks to Netgalley for providing me with this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

This was such a cute book. I enjoyed it so much. I will be looking for other books by this author! I was pulling for the two MCs.

Yeah, this one fell flat for me.

I did like the twist on what happens at Santa's workshop. I did like Mason's brother Kevin.

But I just didnt' feel anything. There was no spark between Mason and Lyla. The romance just felt forced.

Sorry Kate, as i have liked other books of yours, but this felt a bit like a Wish version of a Hallmark movie to me.

Other will love it, but it was a miss for me

“𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 – 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦.”

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝑲𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒈𝒉𝒂𝒏 🎅
Out now.
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𝘘: 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩?
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BOOK REVIEW: Had no idea what this book was about and I loved it. Definitely go into this book blind!
It was Christmassy and definitely put me in the festive mood.
It follows Lyla and Mason Klaus. They are work colleagues and they hate each other. Mason blackmail Lyla into being his fake girlfriend (later finds out to be his fake fiancé). They go to a magical village that Mason has not been home for years and we discover Mason secrets (one of the best part of this book is the plot and Mason double life).
This book was such a fun and quick read. The angst and the tension was so good. It had so many good tropes in and the magical village was very creative. The only thing I would mention was the ending felt rushed and very conveniently ended but that's okay cause Mason made up for that.

This book contains:
-Fake dating
-Enemies to lovers
-He always had a thing for her
-one bed/ one cabin
-Christmas vibes on steroids.
-Grumpy x sunshine vibe
-Gold dust

☆☆☆☆/5
🌶/5

Defintiely recommend this one for a quick and festive read. Thanks Netgalley and to Kate for the ARC.

So wonderfully cute! Absolutely adored Yule and everyone in the Klaus family. This book is the perfect winter, cozy up by the fire romance!

This book felt like a Hallmark Movie! It was filled with Holiday warm and fuzzies! It did the enemies to lovers trope well!

Lyla's father has retired and instead of receiving the toy company as she always dreamed, she finds out the majority shares have been sold to a man named Mason Klaus. Not only is this man ruining her future dreams, he is cold hearted and so easy to loathe. The night of the work Christmas party Lyla finds Mason drunk in his office and proceeds to get him home safely. Turns out the other employees almost burnt down the building and now they will be out of work until the new year. Mason takes this opportunity to return home to his estranged family and he brings Lyla with him without letting her know any of the details. As it turns out, Mason Klaus is next in line to become Santa Claus and he's from a magic protected village. From here, they put on a ruse that they are an engaged couple so that she is not thrown from the town with her memories erased. Over time, Mason begins to see the town and his family through Lyla's eyes and his grumpy demeanor begins to change. One would never guess there could be love on the horizon for Lyla and Mason Klaus.

I enjoyed this novel. It was a super cute and quick read, perfect for the holidays. I liked that Santa's role was changed a bit for the story, which made it unique. It was a very slow burn enemies to lovers story with a magical twist. Some of it was a bit cheesy but that's to be expected in a Hallmark Movie premise story. It didn't make me like it any less. The only part that bothered me was the wolves scene which was pulled directly from Beauty and the Beast. Other than that, I recommend it to any one looking for a quick holiday read to get in the Christmas spirit. Thank you, Netgalley and for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.

This was a really fantastic feel good book and really puts you in the Christmas spirit, loved this story it had a bit of everything didn’t want to leave it down . Would really highly recommend this book to everyone, such a great story.

What an adorable holiday read! I absolutely loved this novel and finished it in less than 24 hours. The enemies to lovers plot is always a good one in my opinion and I loved the main characters as well as the characters in the village. Thank you to Netgalley and author, Kate Callaghan for an excellent holiday read!

Fluffy festive fun.

I really enjoyed this but towards the end I realised how much all the characters had been winking. I think they might’ve got some of that Dust in their eyes…

I loved this book, I would give it 3.75 stars

I loved the whole concept of Lyla with her toy company and Mason being a Klaus was very cute, especially the whole idea he is becoming santa claus and the whole town in the north pole

overall i found the book super cute with how Lyla's and Mason's relationship developed over time, with them moving from rivals to friends to falling in love. wish there was a sequel with their cute little kids

I had the pleasure through Netgalley to read ‘The Naughty or Nice Clause’ by Kate Callaghan - a.k.a. @callaghanwriter .

This was a rather enjoyable festive read that just felt really cosy … despite the fact it is Summer here in New Zealand. Additionally, it was this wonderful mix of the Santa Clause films starring Tim Allen (most notably the 2nd and 3rd films minus the “Welcome to Canada …. Ayyyyyyyy ……. From a village full of elves), ‘The Proposal’ (which happens to be one of my favourite comfort films) and ‘The Hating Game’ by @sallythone - which is a book I thoroughly enjoyed this year. If any, or all of these similarities intrigue you definitely give this one a go!

This book was so surprisingly sweet and magical! I wasn’t really sure what to expect going in but it was the perfect holiday read! Only negative I can give is that I felt like it could have used 1-2 more chapters as the ending felt a bit rushed and unresolved. Would have loved a few extra pages of their reconciliation or even an epilogue to show how their relationship worked out! Overall really loved it though!

Actual rating 3.75 stars

The naughty or nice Claus was a fresh and cute take on the Christmas holiday trope. I loved the setting and Yule and wish that it was real.

At the same time it felt like the main characters lacked depth. The book was light and fun and I did like the all the characters except for one but their storylines could have been more developed.

Would I reread the story? Yes. Will I recommend it as something light, fun and cute?Yes. Is it my favourite among holiday romcoms? Not really.

I snagged this gem via @netgalley a while back, and I finally got to finish it yesterday. This story involved some of my favorite tropes (enemies to lovers, fake dating, etc.) while promoting the Christmas spirit. I loved Mason and Lyla’s personalities, although I wish their romance was fleshed out a bit more. The overall concept of bringing an outsider to Yule was intriguing, and I loved the magical realism of this story. Callaghan’s novel is fairly inclusive for an Irish Christmas story too, so that was a nice change from the holiday reads I’ve encountered so far. I would say this quick read is perfect for helping you get into the holiday spirit while working towards meeting your yearly reading goal 🎄