The Christmas Shop: A Novel

Nancy Naigle

Oct 2018 · Sold by St. Martin's Griffin

About this ebook

From USA Today bestselling author Nancy Naigle, The Christmas Shop is a heartwarming Christmas story about finding your passion for life and love.

A holiday retelling of You've Got Mail that will make you fall in love with the Christmas Season!

Angela Carson wants nothing more than to be the third-generation to run her family’s holiday store, Heart of Christmas, successfully. They’ve weathered over sixty tourist seasons, major hurricanes, and urban sprawl, in their old decommissioned lighthouse. But the national chain that set up shop in their small North Carolina town of Pleasant Sands may be more than Heart of Christmas can survive.

Encouraged by her niece to ask Santa for help through the Dear Santa app, Angela gives in and lets the words fly in a way that, if Santa were real, would no doubt land her on the naughty list. What’s the harm when it’s just a computer-generated response?

Geoff Paisley has been at his mother’s side running the mega-chain Christmas Galore for the last ten years. When his mother falls ill, Geoff promises to answer the Dear Santa letters in her stead. Soon he realizes the woman he’s been corresponding with on Dear Santa is Angela. How could the woman that grates his every last nerve in person have intrigued him so deeply through those letters?

When Geoff reveals that he’s her Dear Santa, will Angela be able to set aside their very public feud to embrace the magic of the holiday and possibly find true love?


* Originally published as Dear Santa

Ratings and reviews

This is my first read by this author and I truly enjoyed these enemies becoming more. When her store starts having problems thanks to the chain store that's come to town. Angela tries to make some changes and is trying to avoid closing the doors on her store. I love the banter and back and forth letters, although I kept waiting for them to realize who they were writing. The letters to Santa at the beginning of each chapter were priceless. Overall great easy read without too much angst but a whole lot of fun. As I said this is a new to me author and I truly enjoyed her style and will most definitely come back for more.

ARC for honest review with no compensation, received from Negalley and St. Martin’s Press Angela is the owner of Heat of Christmas, a store that has been in her family for generations. She has seen the times changing but when another store comes to town, Christmas Galore she knows she can no longer compete. She knows she has to make the hardest decision ever and when her niece tells her to email Dear Santa and ask for help and a miracle she does. What she doesn’t expect is to get a personal email back which then starts a wonderful romance until the truth comes out as to who Dear Santa really is....Geoff the owner of Christmas Galore!! This book is what Christmas is all about...hope, holiday spirit and love!!

Dear Santa is a good holiday story. Angela Carson loves her store"the Heart of Christmas" but sales have been going down, and continued going down. Especially, after the new mega chain-store arrived in town … the "Christmas Galore". Geoff Paisley is part owner of new store and also the new guy in town. A chance meeting / glance across the coffee shop between Angela and Geoff bring both of them hope for a very merry holiday. That changes once Angela finds out who Geoff is. Geoff is now the enemy, but is he really. I loved reading the letters to Santa and how one particular letter that Angela sent at her nieces urging started something beautiful. Change is never easy, but sometimes something better comes along. I received an Advance Reader Copy from NetGallery for an honest review.

About the author

USA Today bestselling author NANCY NAIGLE whips up small-town love stories with a dash of suspense and a whole lot of heart. Now happily retired, she devotes her time to writing, antiquing, and the occasional spa day with friends. Her books include Christmas Joy, Dear Santa, and Hope at Christmas. A native of Virginia Beach, she currently calls North Carolina home.