This was a super sweet and charming small town holiday romance that sees a Toronto ER doctor returning home for Christmas, hitting her head and waking up one year in the past. If you like time loops stories, Hallmark movies, big-hearted, holiday loving families and towns, plus a swoony dimpled baker MMC, this book is sure to delight. Karma Brown writing as Kristine Winters pulled off the perfect cozy, lighthearted and funny holiday romance. Be sure to look for it when it hits shelves in October! Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital copy in exchange for my honest review.

This is my, "Christmas in July" book. What a treat reading a Christmas story right smack in the middle of a heatwave 🥵🎄☀️👙 Written by 🇨🇦 author Karma Brown under the pseudonym, Kristine Winters.

This one is cute and fun and delivers on all the Hallmark vibes. There's plenty of Christmas cheer, foods and activities all throughout the story. Libby Munro is an ER doctor from Toronto who travels back to her small hometown of, "Harmony Hills" for Christmas with her family. The town is Christmas-obsessed and so is her family. Libby is dealing with a breakup and questioning her past choices. She meets a handsome green-eyed stranger who helps her when her car breaks down to get to town. At the Christmas tree lighting ceremony she gets run over by the stranger's potbellied pig - named, "Mary Piggins." When she wakes the next day she finds herself at Christmas time one year earlier when she is still with her ex-boyfriend. Just what is going on? I'd suggest you add this one to this year's Christmas line-up of books if you want to find out if this Doctor can find the "cure" to her odd circumstances!

Publishes on October 7, 2025

I'd like to kindly thank NetGalley and Simon & Schuster Canada for granting me access to this Advance Reader's Copy.