3.5⭐ Elisha Rowe is a successful film liaison, and she wants to put her hometown of Piney Peaks on the map. She has her heart set on filming a Christmas movie at the historic Christmas house in town. But when she asks, she's denied permission by Mr. Hot Stuff. But, you know what they say. It's easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission!

Ves Hollins is only back in Piney Peaks to sell the house he inherited from a distant relative, and he's not a super fan of Christmas. As the story unravels and the two get to know each other better, opposites attract, and they are drawn to each other.

I really loved the small town atmosphere, the Christmas vibes, and the Hallmark feel of this cute holiday romance. The connection between Elisha and Ves didn't wow me, but they were cute. I love a grumpy-sunshine romance, and wrapping it up with snow and Christmas made me happy. 🙂

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the eARC in exchange for an honest review!

A cute, cozy Christmas romcom that wouldn't be out of place on the Hallmark network. Good setting, charming characters. A pleasure to read, gets you warmed up for the holiday season!

A small town Christmas romance! It was a very quick and fun read. I definitely feel like this book and story could be a Hallmark movie.

Thank you NetGalley for the arc of this book.

This book is exactly what I want in a Christmas romance. It was sugary sweet and had the whimsical magic of Christmas woven throughout it. The town of Piney Peaks feels like it's the perfect little Hallmark small town, with all the festivities and cheer leading up to the holiday. Elisha and Ves are perfect opposites of one another, and I loved the progression of Ves's little grinch heart growing bigger each chapter. The slow burn burned, and the spice we were gifted by the time we got there was definitely a bonus! There were quirky side characters, plenty of laughs, some well written adult issues, a twat of an ex-fiance and many swoony romantic moments!

Thank you NetGalley for the advance reader copy!

Tags: Christmas romance, small town romance, grumpy sunshine, opposites attract, slow burn
Spice: 2.5🌶
Third person/Dual POV

This was a 5 star read for me!!! I love all things christmas and this book had all the ingredients of a Hallmark movie sprinkled with a little bit of spice!!! This read was a cute + cozy christmas story. The chemistry between the two main characters kept me hooked to see what would happen next.

I enjoyed the authors subtle representation of inclusion throughout the book and the facts thrown in about Goa!

Received a ARC via netgalley!

Cute Christmas rom com. Grumpy vs. Sunshine. Definitely hallmark Christmas movie worthy. I liked the friendship and family themes in this book. Some smut. Highly recommended for Christmas romance lovers.

Read this over my flight the other day, it was a really good flight read! It was super gripping and flow-y, and the main ship was so adorable. It's a grumpy/sunshine, small-town, forced proximity, Christmas themed book, and the book pretty much nailed all these tropes.

TWs - death of a close friend/family member, estranged parents, divorce of parents

-- ty to the author, the publisher and Netgalley for an advanced copy!

“Seek magic and you shall find it.”

This book gave me all the hallmark, Christmas, warm, cozy vibes!❄️🎄✨ I laughed so much and the writing was amazing! I just became a fan of this author.

⚠️CW: Please check the warnings as the book may not be suitable for all readers. As always, protect your mental health.💛

Tropes:
✨Grumpy/sunshine
✨Small town
✨Fake Dating
✨Spicy🌶️

Instead of sleeping in and enjoying the nice weather, Elisha is woken up by attention-seeking cats. Wanting to go back to sleep she assumes someone is breaking into a neighbor's house. So what does Elisha do?

Nothing says “let’s catch a thief” like grabbing a plastic candy cane that weighs nothing to hopefully scare them away. At least that’s what Elisha assumes. This whole scene I could not stop laughing at! It was so hilarious!😂

Elisha wants to put her town back on the map by creating the sequel to a very old but popular Christmas movie the very own Christmas House. It won’t be as easy as she thought.

“That’s what we do around here. We welcome. Well, and also go through your trash, apparently.”

Meet Ves, the city man that is everything business and grumpy. He doesn’t date especially during holidays. Yet the magic of the small town will have him reconsidering a few things.

Elisha was such a funny character. I loved her and all the sunshine vibes she brought to the story. Her family was so welcoming and supportive. Anyone would love and want to be a part of it.

I enjoyed the diversity in this book, the vibes, how amazing all the food was described. It even made me hungry lol If you’re looking for a good Christmas book, this is one to grab! I’ll for sure be reading it again when we get closer to the holiday season.

Thank you, Lillie Vale and Penguin Group, for the EARC! As always, my review is my opinion and thoughts. This review will be shared on my Instagram (Alexandriavwilliams_) and blog https://www.sidekickstyles.com/blogs/lit-sidekick-chronicles-adventures-in-bookish-bliss shortly.

Elisha, the MC is so interesting. I think Vale did a great job creating her and then a complete opposite with the male MC. Their adventure is funny and heartwarming. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. Four stars.

3.75 out of 5. This book is an ode to Christmas movies and how can I not love that. A girl obsessed with movies living in the backdrop of a famous Christmas movie? sign me up. There is less tension and more just friendliness throughout but it was super cute. Also the red scarf - too cute. I have to admire her movie choices. Her favorite Christmas movies are some of mine: Love Actually and The holiday (the British have just done it so much better). Also I Was obsessed that on her trip to NY she wanted to revisit all the places in her movies: Breakfast at Tiffanys, serendipity and Enchanted, I mean those are some seriously beautiful NY moments and great movies in my book too.

This one is for the Hallmark with Spice lovers!

Wrapped with a Beau is packed with Christmas joy and plenty of delicious sounding sugary sweets. Opposites attract in this small town romance. I liked the dynamic between the MMC & FMC. It was adorable and funny. I especially loved how these two met (it was hilarious). The small town holiday vibes were strong here and made me wish I was there.

Definitely recommend if you are in the mood for holiday romcom with some spice!

This was my second book by Lillie Vale and I loved it as much as I did the first one! If you read and enjoyed The Decoy Girlfriend, chances are you will like Wrapped with a Beau as well. It takes place in the same universe but follows different characters. It had a lot of the tropes I love in romance books- witty banter, small town charm, and characters that know right off the bat that they’re into each other. Vale does a great job of writing realistic characters, even though the storylines still contain the fluffy and spicy content most romance readers look for as well. This is a perfect read for the holiday season, as it takes place in December and references Christmas a lot, but it’s a fun read no matter when you choose to read it. I received an ARC through NetGalley and read the book in July and still found it such an enjoyable read.

Wrapped with a Beau

I loved this story! I loved it from the very beginning with Elisha thinking someone was breaking into the house across the street! You couldn't help but fall in love with her. Everyone in this small little town loves Elisha! Her beloved neighbor Maeve passed away and her great nephew inherited the house. From their first meeting, things don't go as planned. Elisha being a romantic and Ves not believing in love or that is life with ever end in a happy way. Ves was never shown much love growing up with his parents nasty divorce and being sent to boarding school. The only love he remembers is the one Christmas he spent with Maeve in Piney Peaks.
Lillie Vale does a wonderful job creating a beautiful Christmas story in the small town. You will fall in love with almost all of the characters. Of course we have one we don't like but you will soon know why!
Grab a hot cocoa and curl up with a blanket and enjoy reading Wrapped with a Beau.

I DNFd this book at 65% I was buddy reading with a friend and they finished before me and confirmed it didn't get any better so I decided not to waste my time with the rest. Unfortunate because I really enjoyed the authors last book!

Disregard star rating as I didn't finish the book

Give me a Lillie Vale book, and I know I will enjoy it. And that goes double for this one, because I'm a huge fan of holiday romances. So one of my favourite authors writing a Christmas romance was a recipe for success. And I enjoyed this SO much! I loved the small town setting, the humour, the holiday vibes, and especially the dynamic between these characters, which was so much fun to read. I saved this book for a (literal and figurative) rainy day, and it was the best treat I could have asked for and really cheered me up!

In the beautiful town of Piney Peaks, a beloved Christmas house was made famous by the Sleighbells under Starlight, a romantic holiday movie... but now fifty years later a new love is going to take place in that house and it's going to take place between the city boy who inherited the famous house from his great aunt and the hometown girl who is set on getting the rights to film the sequel to the beloved movie for the same house and put her hometown back on the map! Elisha Rowe loves her hometown of Piney Peaks, she adores Christmas, and most of all she loves the movie Sleighbells under Starlight and she adored Maeve, the woman who owned the house before she died and left it to her great nephew... the same great nephew that Elisha might have assumed was an intruder in the house and attacked with a giant candy cane... whoops. Elisha's job is to secure the authorization from the owner of the house for the filming of the sequel to take place in the same house as the original movie, something she promised she could do and she did in fact have Maeve's signature before she died... but now that said great nephew owns the house the signature is void and she'll have to convince this grinch of a city boy to sign. Ves Hollins is not a Christmas person, in fact he is the ultimate grinch, and he wants nothing more than to sell the house his great aunt left him and return to the city. Ves has always had a really bad family life, his aunt Maeve was the only person to actually care about him, but opening that can of worms means facing his feelings and thats definitely not something he wants. Yet the moment he steps into his aunt's home he is nearly attacked by a very cute but slightly unhinged woman in elf pjs and when he realizes that he cant get the house appraised until the New Year, it means he's stuck in Piney Peak all Christmas... and stuck getting to know the irritating but very cute woman who lives across the street from him. Elisha and Ves are opposites but the more time they spend together the more their feelings grow, yet they both know that anything that happens between them is bound to end since Ves is going to return to the city and Elisha would never leave her hometown... it would definitely take a Christmas miracle to get these two together. This was definitely a very Hallmark Christmas movie type of read and I enjoyed it overall! It did have some spice which was great and overall, would definitely recommend it for anyone looking for a cute Christmas romance read!

*Thanks Netgalley and PENGUIN GROUP Putnam, G.P. Putnam's Sons for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

Wrapped with a Beau by Lillie Vale is the perfect holiday romance story!
I adored this cute little rom-com and it had everything you would expect in a holiday read.
This was a perfectly light, funny, tender-hearted rom-com that has all the Christmas feels.
A sweet small town vibe, extremely likable characters, opposites attract and if you love the grumpy/sunshine trope you’ll love WWAB.
The descriptions of the scenery were stunning. The setting was picture perfect. And the writing was captivating.
The author has written these characters with depth that shows throughout the story. Both main characters have some really solid character development. I really loved their individual personalities.
Overall, a great book to cuddle up with and get lost in the pages as you devour every word.

"I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own."

Thank You NetGalley and G.P. Putnam's Sons for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this amazing eARC!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

"Wrapped With a Beau" by Lillie Vale is a delightful rom-com that would be absolutely perfect to read during the winter holiday season. It's set in a quirky small town full of charm and atmosphere, and filled with a variety of colorful characters. Our leads, Elisha and Ves, were fleshed-out well and had believable emotional arcs over the course of the book. This book made me laugh and gave me butterflies; it felt like I was watching a fun, fizzy holiday romance movie. Such a delight!

I was obsessed with Lillie Vale’s “The Shaadi Set-up” and couldn’t get enough of it. Inhaled is an understatement. Unfortunately, with this one, it was not the case. I read it before bed three nights in a row. Each night, I didn’t remember what I had read the night before, and it wasn’t drawing me in when I woke up in the morning. A bummer, for sure. Stopping at 21%.

Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin for the ARC.

This book had everything I’d usually want in a little romance. It was super Christmas-y and cutesy small town Hallmark movie. But there was something about it I just didn’t care for. I felt disconnected from the characters and didn’t feel any real chemistry from them. I think that was my main issue with it.

The bones were there for a perfect Christmas story though!