Book Review – Snow Place Like Home by Lacey Baker

Snow Place Like Home
Lacey Baker
Publication date: October 10, 2023
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Holiday
Format: ebook

On a rare trip home for the holidays, Ella may have finally uncovered the secret to a joy-filled future by getting lost in her past. Ella Wilson has avoided home and the holidays for nearly a decade. For her, the season is plagued by a jinx that’s brought nothing but painful her mother’s death nearly two decades ago, her fiancé’s abandonment last year, and now the loss of her job as an art curator. But without work to occupy her, home is exactly where Ella has ended up. And somehow, she’s also been roped into planning the town’s Christmas tree auction—side by side with her first love. Seth Hamil knows that home is where the heart is, and for him, it’s always been the sleepy community of Bellepoint, Pennsylvania . . . and for a while in high school that included Ella Wilson. Since then, he’s been married and widowed and has spent the year throwing himself into his career as a music teacher and trying to keep his wife’s memory alive, starting with the church fundraiser she launched to support local kids. So, despite their history, Seth isn’t about to let his wife’s vision for the event be easily dismissed by Ella’s temporary presence and big-city ideas. To find a way to work together, the two strike a Ella can incorporate her splashy ideas into the auction if she will allow Seth to show her why Christmas is about more than decorations. Soon both begin to wonder whether fate has brought them together for a fresh start—and if Christmas wishes really can come true.

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Okay first of all I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher for giving me the chance to read this amazing story. I dont normally read holiday books especially when it’s not even Christmas yet. I can tell you I loved this book. This book was a sweet fluffy romance but wow the emotions. This book made you feel all the emotions that Ella and Seth felt. I felt like I was watching a great Hallmark movie while reading this book.

Now this book is about Ella an art curator who just lost her job as the place was closing. She feels like it is once again the Christmas jinx that strikes again. Ella used to believe in Christmas wishes until she lost her mother when she was still a young child. When she left school, she made sure she left the small town as quickly as possible but now she has to go back to the small sleepy community of Bellepoint, Pennsylvania. Ella has decided to go back to her aunt’s home while she plans to start job hunting but while there, she gets roped into planning the town’s Christmas tree auction. Side by side with her very first love Seth Hamil.

Seth knows that home is where the heart is and for him it has always been the small community. He has been married and widowed. He would like to keep his wife’s memory alive and that is starting with the Christmas tree auction. Seth would not let Ella easily dismiss his wife’s memory. He decided to work together and compromise but still made sure to keep the feel of Christmas. Seth has decided to teach Ella what Christmas feeling is all about. Soon they found out that they still have feelings for each other even though they never actually dated in the past.

I could feel the chemistry between Ella and Seth from the beginning. I felt like I could relate to these characters, and I always love reading books with small town settings. I really hope there would be a sequel maybe with Seth’s sister. I would totally reread this book and I tell you now to go get yourself a copy when you can and start reading!