Carrigan’s Christmasland Contemporary Romance Book Series by Helena Greer

Season of Love by Helena Greer (2022)

Contemporary romance. Book 1 of the Carrigan’s Christmasland series. Miriam and Noelle are both respectively messes with a huge amount of baggage and trauma, but they find their way together at their beloved Christmas tree farm. When Miriam’s great-aunt Cass dies, she leave the running of the farm and Christmasland to her four fave protegees: Miriam, her cousin Hannah, absentee friend Levi, and new addition Noelle. Everyone is somewhat resentful of Miriam who has not been around for the past decade (dealing with her own family issues), especially Noelle, who is especially sensitive to people leaving. And we also find out that the farm is in poor financial shape and needs to be saved. The story here is messy and emotional and endearing all at once and I’m definitely excited to read more about this ensemble of characters.

Ebook and audiobook borrowed from my local library via Libby.

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For Never & Always by Helena Greer (2023)

Contemporary romance. Book 2 of the Carrigan’s Christmasland series. Emotional and angsty second chance romance between childhood friends Hannah and Levi. Basically Hannah had a childhood where her parents dragged her around the world, so she’s panic-clinging to Carrigan’s Christmas tree farm where she runs the inn. Meanwhile Levi is the son of the cook and handyman of the farm, grew up in the tiny town, and absolutely hated it and wanted to leave and travel the world. Clearly, these two have opposing life goals and I guess they were not good at communicating them out loud. When Levi gets an opportunity to be a cruise ship chef, he leaves and Hannah tells him to never come back. Until now, when he needs to come back because he’s been made part owner of the farm. He rightfully has tons of hangups about being back on the farm, but he’s still very much in love with Hannah and wants to win her back. It was interesting reading how Levi re-integrates himself into the lives of the people he’s been away from for so many years and learns to communicate better with Hannah.

Ebook and audiobook borrowed from my local library via Libby.

Hers for the Weekend by Helena Greer (2024)

Contemporary romance. Book 3 of the Carrigan’s Christmasland series. Tara is the stuffy proper lawyer ex-fiancee of Miriam (from Book 1 of the series) invited to attend Miriam’s wedding to Noelle (a tree farmer at Carrigan’s). She lies and tells her friend Hannah that she has a new girlfriend who she will be bringing to the wedding, even though she does not actually have a girlfriend. Somehow, Holly, the waitress that Tara has a smidge of a crush on (and who also wants under Tara’s skirts) gets involved and they decide to pretend to be girlfriends and go to the wedding together. It’s road trip and Christmasland shenanigans for most of the book, while dealing with Tara and Holly’s respective hang-ups about relationships, friendships, and family. Everyone’s a mess and we revisit the chaotic found family of Carrigan’s. I enjoyed reading the series in order so I could remember the huge cast of characters and how they’re related to each other. Don’t let the cute cover fool you; this one is angsty and emotional.

Advance ebook provided by Forever Books via NetGalley.