Christmas Camp

by Karen Schaler

From Karen Schaler, the award-winning writer of the Netflix viral hit A Christmas Prince, comes a Christmas story chock full of festive spirit!

Haley 'the Grinch' Hanson's idea of the perfect Christmas is escaping into work and avoiding all the traditional distractions. Over the years, she's sacrificed her personal life to climb the ladder at a prestigious advertising agency. Now she just needs to land a coveted Christmas toy company account to make partner. But first, her boss thinks she needs a holiday attitude adjustment, so he ships her off to Christmas Camp - a mountainside retreat promising to revitalise even the most determined Scrooge's festive spirit.

Arriving reluctantly at the snowy inn, Haley meets the owner's handsome son, Jeff, and feels an instant spark. Yet despite the attraction, she's determined to 'graduate' camp as fast as possible so she can get back to work.

But it's impossible to resist the charm of the season and soon even Haley starts to live in the moment, growing ever closer to Jeff. Although when he discovers she's been conspiring with his dad to defeat Jeff's plans for the future, it will take all the magic of Christmas to bring these two hearts together . . .

'This is the perfect grab-some-hot-chocolate, snuggle-with-a-blanket, feel good holiday story. It is positively dripping with Christmas and I love everything about it' Goodreads reviewer

'Heartwarming and full of Christmas spirit!' Goodreads reviewer

'The story is adorable. Also I really want to go to Christmas Camp' Goodreaders reviewer

• ISBN10: 0062950231
• ISBN13: 9780062950239
• Publish Date: 24 September 2019 (first published 16 October 2018)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: Collins
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 448
• Language: English

Reviews

[Romance Schmomance]

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I'm going to start off by saying that I'm not big into holiday reads, I'm not exactly sure why. And I'm positive that makes me sound like the Grinch, but I do love seeing them on the big screen. This was my first holiday read probably ever. I kept seeing everywhere that Christmas Camp is a Hallmark movie, I've been living abroad for the past year and a half, so not having Hallmark during the holidays have been a major buzz kill. I found this read rather enjoyable, but the romance lover in me just needed a bit more.

Christmas Camp was a first time read by this author, I had no idea that this author is the reason we have A Christmas Prince, probably one of my favorite holiday movies to watch. I loved the premise of this Christmas Camp that Haley has to go to. I wouldn't say that she's a Grinch, but she really needed to take a step back and set her priorities straight. Nothing against dedicating your life to your work, but you definitely need to enjoy your life and spend it with the ones that matter the most.

Obviously the whole concept of getting a promotion, Haley would have to attend this camp, but it was a bit too far fetched for me and too me away from the story overall. And it had me not really connecting with her character at all. But I loved all the supporting characters instantly especially the owner, Ben.

Like I mentioned earlier, I really wanted more in the romance department. It made it tough to believe that Jeff and Haley had a thing for each other, there were hints here and there, but not quite believable. I saw that this was a movie first before she wrote the book, which explained a lot.

Christmas Camp is a easy holiday read that you can definitely enjoy with a hot cup of cocoa. I will personally watch the movie in my pjs, curled up on the couch eating some popcorn, though! The Christmas Camp Wedding will be releasing in just the matter of days, I'm looking forward to reading that one!

Major thank you to William Morrow for the advanced reader's copy!