After a bit of a wait, this cozy series is back for a fun finale! Jacqueline Frost (aka Julie Anne Lindsey, Bree Baker, Julie Chase) brings her welcoming characters from the Christmas Tree Farm back for Holly and Evan’s wedding, and of course a murder to be solved.
Although this author excels at creating fun mysteries and characters, this gang is my personal favorite. “Cookie” Cutter just can’t be beat.
I can’t bear to spoil anything! Please trust that if you love Julie and/or cozy mysteries, you’ll love this. When you do, be sure to find her Cozy Queens Facebook group, where she’s very active (and frankly, just as charming and likable as her writing style.)

Loved it! Thanks to NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for allowing ARC access.

Holly White works as an innkeeper in their family-owned tree farm, Reindeer Games. Her family also has a cafe ☕️ called the Hearth and her mother is a baker while her father’s a lumberjack 🪵.

Her friend Caroline had opened her shop a couple of years back with a little help from their friend Cookie, and Caroline’s Cupcakes had become an instant hit.

It’s one week before Christmas in Mistletoe, Maine and business at Reindeer Games Inn is booming, the annual parade is about to begin and Holly’s set to marry her fiancé Sheriff Evan Gray on Christmas Eve night in the big barn on their property.

For the parade, Mayor West, Caroline’s father has invited a group to perform would perform *The Nutcracker*, a holiday staple and emblem of Christmas since 1892. An effort to draw in tourists and promote local businesses.

The mayor has also made arrangements for the choreographer and several key dancers to stay at the inn 🏨

But when Tiffany Krieg, the lead ballerina 🩰 turns up dead in a float during the parade, it’s up to Holly to find out who’s responsible for the murder before Christmas and her wedding day

Thank you to Jacqueline Frost, NetGalley, and Crooked Lane Books for the arc of this book.