Charming Premise: The story follows Kira North, a city girl who inherits a struggling Christmas tree farm from her estranged grandfather. Determined to save the farm, she heads to the small town of Dream Harbor and clashes with the grumpy but undeniably attractive local, Bennett Ellis.

Grumpy Sunshine Trope: This book perfectly embodies the classic "grumpy sunshine" trope, with the cynical Bennett clashing with the optimistic Kira.

Themes of Family and Community: The novel explores themes of family, community, and finding your place in the world. Kira's journey of self-discovery as she embraces the challenges of running the farm is both heartwarming and inspiring.

I had read Pumpkin Spice Cafe and felt there was no plot, I didn't feel that way with this one and glad I gave it a chance!

This series is so cute I love it, so Gilmore girls vibes. I can’t wait for the other books! I love this small town so much.

Stars Hollow but make it spicy 🌶️

The perfect wintery/Christmas book! I didn’t even mind reading it past Christmas which I can’t say about most Christmas books!! This was my first Laurie Gilmore book and I will 100% be reading the rest of the series.

Read if you love:
Small town romance
Christmas
Strong FMC
Cinnamon roll MMC

Thank you NetGalley for my arc. This was a good cozy holiday read. I’ve read the other books in this series and this one though is probably my least favorite. I didn’t really like the main character, Kira.

Absolutely loved this one, hands down my favorite of the Dream Harbor series. Such a cute background story of two people who didn’t mean to fall in love. Bennett is home for the holidays visiting family. Kira is the new girl in town (who is out of her element moving to the northeast from the south), who just bought the Christmas tree farm. Bennett becomes further acquainted after being tasked by the other locals to scope out the new girl and her property (it’ll make more sense when you read it.) When they agree to have a holiday fling, they didn’t expect to fall in love. Definitely one of my favorite romance reads of 2024.

3.5 ⭐️

The Dream Harbor series continues, and it’s CHRISTMAS TIME! 🎄

Although this was my least favorite of the books, I still enjoyed it. I loved Bennett and his helper attitude. I enjoyed the town as always, and the side characters still hold a special place in my heart.

Grumpy versus sunshine isn’t my usual cup of tea, and that could play a part into my feelings for this. I did eventually really take a liking to Kira, as well, though.

I’m eager for this Spring to come so I can continue the series!

Super cute Christmas romance. Perfect for the cozy holiday season. I highly recommend it for this time of year.

Thanks for the opportunity to read this advanced copy. I lucked out and had just read the first two books in this series. It was a super cute festive read. Hallmark movie in book form. Thoroughly enjoyed.

The Christmas Tree Farm by Laurie Gilmore is the perfect cozy read for the holiday season. The charming small-town setting, a little romance *slightly spicy, and the magic of a Christmas tree farm make it a feel-good story from start to finish. It’s light, heartwarming, and left me with a big smile.

This was a solid Christmas read! I liked Kira’s growth throughout, and Bennett was sweet. It felt cozy and Christmas and nothing too special, but I had a good time reading it!

Thanks to NetGalley and Harper 360 for this ARC!

A grumpy x sunshine holiday treat set in a great small town tree farm. I loved Bennett from the start and Kira had great growth! Of course, the dogs were a highlight! I enjoyed this more than the Pumpkin Spice book, but still missing a little something.

A cute, holiday read. I didn't love this one as much as the first two but alas it was cute. The main character was just a little to grumpy for me but she came around eventually.

This was so cute, spicy, amazing, I just loved loved it so much. Definitely had to grab a signed copy because it was so amazing!

This book was so so cute! My favorite of the series so far. I loved the holiday vibe included and the inclusion of letter writing.

This series is great if you need a quick dose of comfort. I think this has been my favourite installment so far, mostly because Kira has the most personality out of all the characters I've read about in this series. I also just loved the cosy Christmas vibes. Oh, and the dogs!!

4.5 stars!
I love this series so much 🩷 there is just something about the town in this book. It pulls you in. The secondary characters are the cutest and it has all of the Gilmore Girl vibes. I wasn’t sure if I would love this one as much as the other two since I didn’t know much about the two main characters. But as always, the author had me invested in their love story and personal character development. Don’t let the covers fool you, these books are super cozy reads but also spicy 😉 Kira isn’t very likable at first, but the more I read the more I understood her. Having a twin sister myself, it can be hard going from always having that person around to growing up and being more of your own person. Bennet was so caring 🥹 The book also had a cozy mystery. It was nice to visit Dream Harbor again! Very excited for the next two in the series to release next year!!

I really enjoyed this author's writing. I haven't read anything by them before, but I really got into the story and the pacing of it. The characters were well developed and lovable.

The Christmas Tree Farm by Laurie Gilmore is the third small-town holiday romance in the Dream Harbor series. A grumpy meets sunshine, snow storm forced proximity romance complete with hot cocoa, family and new beginnings. You’ll want to curl up by the fire and enjoy this one.

This is the third standalone romance in the Dream Harbor series. The first two, The Pumpkin Spice Cafe and The Cinnamon Bun Book Store, are sitting in my TBR pile waiting for me. I am looking forward to reading them. While other couples in the small-town made appearances, I do not think I’ve spoiled anything by reading this one first, so dive in!

Kia North made a hasty decision to give herself a fresh start and ends up buying a farmhouse and Christmas Tree farm, sight unseen. Turns out the farm needs a lot of work, and to pay for it, she’ll need to open up the Christmas Tree farm. Did I mention Kia hates Christmas?

Bennett Ellis is home visiting his sister and enjoying Dream Harbor from her coffee shop as he works remotely. Bennett moved to California for all the wrong reasons but won’t admit that to his family.

I loved the small-town of Dream Harbor and laughed at the mystery surrounding the tree farm. The tale has all the trimmings of a Hallmark movie, with cute pups, a grumpy meets sunshine couple and a winter blizzard to keep them in forced proximity. It had sexy moments, tender moments and delivered character growth.

Mix in family, Christmas tree lightings, celebrations and truths for a sweet small-town romance that I quickly inhaled. It took a while to warm up to Kia, but the secondary characters and townsfolk added to the story, and allowed the author to develop Kia. I ended up closing the book filled with the warm and fuzzes one hopes for in a holiday romance.

I recommend The Christmas Tree Farm to fans of small-town holiday romances and Hallmark Christmas movies.

If you are looking for a hallmark movie like book then this Christmas romance is for you. It has a little spice and is a quick read.

I loved that this was a good guys don’t finish last story. Definitely the spiciest of the books so far. Great easy read!