Forever Yours in Christmas Falls

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley for an honest review.

This was my first time reading a book by Susan Hatler and it was an easy, sweet read. Morgan is coming back home to open a hair salon, but her brothers old friend Dallas rented the same space. I really found Dallas to be a great guy, I would have loved his POV but I thought the author did a good job of letting us into his head by the conversations he had with Morgan. I liked Morgan, but the guilt seemed to be controlling her. Overall a good story, not a favorite but a solid read.

4.5☆
Susan Hatler is one of my go-to authors.

What I liked:
The writing style
The characters
Part of a series: Return to Christmas Falls
Standalone
HEA

I look forward to reading more from this author.

FOREVER YOURS IN. CHRISTMAS FALLS by Susan Hatler Hatco Publishers
Morgan coming home to clean house, of old patterns, and to stand up to her mother. To do what she wants to do for a change. That is to open a beauty salon, then there is the mix up there, it's already rented. He would have to be someone she had a crush on in high school. Could they jointly have a business together, doesn't seem like furniture would go with her beauty shop. Landlord out of town, old feud, and blame for it, causes problems for the two of them. A good plot and easy enjoyable reading as all of Susan's are.
Given ARC by Net Galley for my voluntary review and my .honest opinion

If you are looking for a fun chick-lit or rom-com read, look no further. This is part of a new series called Return to Christmas Falls with each book written by different authors. I've read several books by Susan Hatler and have enjoyed them all. She never fails to deliver a fun, humorous, romantic and swoony read, usually with some emotional moments thrown in to make the characters real and relatable.

Morgan has finally done it, she's take that final step that will seal her fate in her mother's eyes. She's returned home, and not with the degree that her parents think she was completing. And she's leased a building for her business, not the bank that they planned on her working at. What's one more thing on her list of making her mom even more unhappy with her? Maybe a tall and very handsome stranger...wait, not a stranger but a childhood friend, her brother's best friend to be exact and her long time crush. The troubled boy of the town. The boy who has returned, is not a young boy anymore and he happens to be in her soon to be shop. Wait, what? How does he have a key? He's leased the building too for a furniture shop? No way! Double No Way!!!!!!! With the landlord out of the country these two will just have to go toe to toe to figure out who gets the lease and their dream shop. Or will they learn to share, compromise and work together? 'Cause, come on, furniture shops and salons go great together...don't they????

This is a great afternoon read, a weekend read or a curl up by the fire (or imaginary fire) with a hot cup of cocoa in the evening read. I have been in bed this weekend not feeling well at all. Trying to sleep but when your mind has a million and one things on it, the sleeping doesn't come easy. I had just downloaded this book yesterday and knew it was the perfect read for helping get my mind off of everything and hopefully rest. Unfortunately, no, I didn't fall asleep but I sure enjoyed my time snuggled up with my book. It only took me a couple hours to read through this one. And I was all smiles, maybe a few tears leaked out (not completely admitting to that one yet) and definitely some chuckles were heard coming from my mouth.

This story definitely has a lighthearted feel to it, but there's also a more somber side of it too. A second chance story. Second chance in life and love. Morgan has conformed to her mother's expectations for many years because she's trying to make up for a great tragedy that was suffered in her family. Yet no matter how hard she tries, she's not happy. Finally taking that leap and taking a chance at fulfilling her dreams of being a beautician and owning her own salon, she returns home and avoids her mom at all cost.

Morgan was a character who has many wounds she needs to let heal. I loved watching her character arc. There were a couple moments that I wasn't sure what decision she was going to make. Fingers were crossed hoping she would make the right one (or the right one according to me). I loved her family dynamics...yes even with her mom acting like she did. We don't see much of the dad until the end but her brother Connor is pretty awesome. I have a feeling he might be a main character in one of the other books in this series. The support Morgan receives from her friends and community was fun to read about. I love stories of smaller communities that rally around each other. I've lived in both big cities and very small communities and am just a little partial to the smaller communities. So I think after experiencing that way of life and loving it, I love reading about it too.

Dallas, well he's just wonderful! Definitely a favorite main male character for me. The chemistry is off the charts in this book. I loved how gentle Dallas was with Morgan. There's quite a lot of figuring out past hurts, Morgan and Dallas coming to understand more about their previous years together and telling each other the other side of the story. All in all, I loved their friendship turned love. Especially as they talked about childhood/teenage moments that they experienced together and how the other perceived it. Cute, fun and swoony!

There is a moment of peril, of course we have to have some angst in our characters' love story. The one that happens near the end of the story definitely was not what I was expecting to happen and the way the characters reacted had me on edge as I sat turning pages hoping it would all resolve happily ever after. I loved the ending, I should clarify and say the last 20 percent ending. LOL!!! Not to say I didn't love the other parts of the book, because I did! I enjoyed it all but was pleasantly surprised and pleased with how the author wrapped it all up together. *happy sigh*

Content: Clean. There are scenes where the characters make out, so a little bit more passionate kissing. Nothing more past kissing though. Some moments of the characters checking each other out. A moment of life threatening peril, drowning and talk about the death of a family member and a mother abandoning her family. I'd recommend for older YA and up.

I received a review copy from the publisher, Hatco Publishing, via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions in the review are my own.

Happy Reading!!!

This was the first book I read by Susan Hatler and I loved it. If you like a good Christmas romance you won't be disappointed !
I loved the relationship between Morgan and Dallas. It was cute to see their relationship evolve since they had crushes for each other when they were kids / teenagers.
The relationship between Morgan and her mother was a little bit annoying since she's 26 and a grown up but it could be understood.
I will probably read the other books from the series, I got hooked to Christmas Falls.

I got this book for an honest review from NetGalley.

This is book five of seven, and has Morgan Reed coming home to Christmas falls. She is wanting to open a hair salon and the building she rented turns is also rented by the person she has had a crush on forever, Dallas Parker. The problem is her mother does not like Dallas, she also does not know that she used her inheritance to go to cosmetology school and not finish her MBA. She does not want to work in the family banking business. Now after eight years she must deal with family, the letter from her choir teacher and if any of the girls are around seeing them especially Ash her best friend. A very moving story form both Morgan and Dallas. Her mother can and is a pain in the caboose, but like the first book you do get some closer and you do see a little bit of work towards saving the community center from the first as well. Overall a good story. All of these books are written by different authors but at least the two books I have read seem to be following from the first book as far as the story of the town.

Forever Yours in Christmas Falls is an emotionally packed romance that touches on so much more than the growing love between Morgan and Dallas. There is a family dynamic here that may not precisely fit every family, but I feel most of us can relate. For years now Morgan has, on the surface, conformed to her mother’s demands of her life. She dressed the part, associated with the right people, and lived a life that wasn’t truly her own. Her rebellions were her circle of best friends in school, a crush on her brother’s best friend and dreams that were far different from her mother’s expectations. Morgan was living or being pushed to live another person’s life… her sister Grace who had died in a tragic accident that haunts people still. Her mother couldn’t see that Morgan wanted something very different, so Morgan did the only thing she could do. She left home, went to school for what she wanted to do and stayed away from home so her parents wouldn’t know what she was really up to. But now it’s time to come home. For herself. For Miss Anna Cate. And perhaps, finally, for the right reasons. It was time to face down her mother – and it wasn’t going to be easy.

A mix-up with the lease of the property that Morgan wanted for her new salon… and the property that Dallas planned on for his handmade furniture store would spark the beginning of their relationship. Two people who had always been attracted to each other, each had their secret crush might now as adults see each other in a different light. There may be a future growing for them… but there are so many roadblocks that they’ll have to navigate. Her past and family. His past and the town’s perception of him. And most of all… Morgan’s mother.

It’s very easy to view Ivy, Morgan’s mother, as the villain in this romance. The truth is that she really isn’t. Oh, she’s stubborn, opinionated, demanding and strict… but she’s also a mom, a fact that Miss Anna Cate makes clear to us and Morgan late in this story. Hey, I’m a mom and I didn’t see Miss Anna Cate’s viewpoint until it was brought to my attention – so it’s easy to see her as the bad guy in this romance.

Both Dallas and Morgan are holding secrets close to their hearts, secrets that have shaped them and need to come out into the open to be healed. Funny how love can do that. There were moments when it looked like they couldn’t possibly find their future, and the emotional feel of those moments flows from the page to the reader so poignantly.

I have always loved Susan Hatler’s romances… but this one goes to another level. I picked up this story from NetGalley and within minutes went and pre-ordered the entire series.and I’m so glad I did for this has been a wonderful journey with friends reuniting, families changing, and futures being forged – and it’s not over yet for there are more stories to come. I was touched by Morgan and Dallas’ romance, by their lives and I would highly recommend this story and the entire series to any Romance reader, no matter the genre. It’s that good.

I purchased this entire series to keep final editions in my own personal Kindle library.

*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley. That does not change what I think of this story. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*

I haven't read any other books in this series but had no trouble with this as a standalone story.

I really enjoyed this, it was a sweet quick read with a great town setting and great characters...I fell in love with Dallas straight away!

Morgan returns to town to open a beauty salon. There is a problem - Dallas is renting the same building to open his handmade furniture store. Do furniture and hair mix? These two are so made for each other. I felt for Morgan feeling like she couldn't be herself and having to always please her mom - ugh. A clean romance with the main leads encouraging and supporting each other. There was angst but not forever. This book made we long for snow and a warm cozy fire. I received a copy from netgalley.

I have enjoyed seeing this relationship going through its initial stages. Read this book in one sitting

This is a sweet and clean book with no cursing and no sex. If those things bother you, there is nothing to worry about here.

This book had a great balance of humor, action, and angst. I laughed out loud a few times (the waitress with the wine was probably my favorite) but I also got teary-eyed more than once, which is fabulous and a trick that not all authors can pull off but Ms. Hatler nailed it with this story.

Dallas and Morgan's past history was long and complicated, and although Morgan had crushed on him for years, and sparks definitely flew when they reconnected, I really appreciated how this author showed them getting to know each other as adults. The fact that they both embraced and accepted that their lives had changed was really great. And the way that they bonded over their previous shared tragedies was beautiful and heart-wrenching. Although this story was fleshed out and paced perfectly and the ending was exactly what I would have wanted, I was disappointing to reach the end because I wanted to read more. (Note to Ms. Hatler: I would very happily read Connor's book, should that come about, even if it were in another series.)

I was very generously granted an ARC of this book via NetGalley and the publisher – I was under absolutely no obligation to write this review, I did so because I really enjoyed this book.

Forever Yours in Christmas Falls by Susan Hatler is book #5 in the Return to Christmas Falls series by various authors.I have enjoyed the books in the series and this one is no exception. The characters are fun and the storyline is well developed. When I was finished reading this story I felt happy and I profess that's a sign of a good Christmas story - it leaves you with a smile on your face and a warm feeling in your heart.

Two people coming back home after yrs of being away, both having hurt in the past both liking each other as kinds and then when meeting up as adults they find what they have always been wanting.

Charming story! I enjoyed the setting and characters. Story flowed well and kept me engaged. Swoony romance and fun plot!

This is the first book I have read by Ms. Halter, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I want to thank the author and Net-Galley for giving me the opportunity to read this heart-warming holiday romance.

The interaction between Morgan and Dallas is great, and I truly enjoyed the story line. The characters are real, and even though this is a short book, the character development is good. The romance is sweet, and I really rooted for them to find their happy ending.

If you are looking for a lovely holiday read, then you will enjoy Forever Yours in Christmas Falls. The lively secondary characters will steal your heart, along with the hero and heroine. Happy reading!

A wonderful book to read during the holidays, full of warmth and romance. Loved it!

This book is part of the Return to Christmas Falls series, where each book is written by a different author. I've not read any others of the series, but it did not distract me or cause me to feel out of touch.

Morgan has decided to return home to open her own beauty salon. However, her parents believed that Morgan was using an inheritance to get an MBA and to take a job at the bank sponsored by her parents. Morgan believes she has to live up to her mother's demands to do this, but this time, she's rebelling and doing what she's passionate about. has finally done it, she's take that final step that will seal her fate in her mother's eyes. Morgan has leased the old beauty shop so she can open Her shop, only to discover that her landlady has leased the same space to her childhood crush to open his furniture shop. And, of course, this is the man her mother blames for the death of Morgan's sister when they were all young. The landlord is incommunicado until after both business planned openings (very inconvenient!). Somehow, Morgan and Dallas manage to make the space work, while growing closer and learning to love each other.

I loved this story and found myself laughing, crying and feeling all of Morgan's insecurities. I was thrilled when she finally stood up to her mother to follow her own path. And loved how Dallas was willing to fight for their love to be finally accepted by Morgan's mother.

Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

I loved this book. Morgan came back to Christmas Falls because she missed it and was keeping it a secret that she was opening up a beauty salon and not going to work at the bank. She tried everything she could to avoid her mother. A funny part of the story was that the space she leased was also leased to Dallas, a boy she had had a crush on as a kid. He was sort of the town trouble maker but there was a very good story around that. A lot of the story was around their history and then their new relationship. I had trouble wondering how a furniture store and a salon would work, but they worked it out in a very inventive way. A good read and well worth your time.

4.5 Stars Forever Yours in Christmas Falls is book 5 in the Return to Christmas Falls series written by multiple talented authors including this one by Susan Hatler.
I loved this story, with every heartbreak is a lesson if only we open our heart to feel and our eyes to see. Morgan and Dallas have a past they need to leave behind but when your past keeps coming back can they believe in themselves enough not to be blinded and hold on to what truly matters, each other.
Great story and one I will be recommending to readers

I voluntarily reviewed an Reader Copy of this book which I received through Netgalley.
I loved this second book, even more then the first one. Great read and very well written.

Delightful. Living up to your mothers expectations can be hard when you don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings and express yourself. I enjoyed the characters and will be reading more of Christmas Falls.

Your after a fantastic Christmas book. Then this book is for you. If your after a fantastic Christmas series? Then this book is for you as you get both. This book is amazing and brilliant on its own but with the rest of the series it’s totally awesome and your going to love both. Great to curl up with a nice glass of wine on a winters day or sunny if you have it. Would highly recommend