She’ll save Christmas just to spite him… When a late season hurricane hits Merry, Connecticut, city manager and single dad Noah Yates has to inform the already devastated residents that there won’t be a Christmas Festival this year. No festival means no tourism dollars. A disaster of epic proportions for his hometown. But when home renovation expert slash smoking hot reality TV star Catalina King … star Catalina King shows up with a camera crew and a budget big enough to put the town back together again, Noah balks. Hard. The last time Cat was in town she stirred up trouble everywhere she went. (Residents are still talking about the town’s first and only bar fight.) Noah doesn’t need a TV diva capitalizing on his town’s tragedy or filling his daughter’s head with glitz and glam.
Cat is ready and willing to put Merry back in Christmas mode with a holiday special that will leave everyone believing in miracles and get her friends back in the home they love. But there’s one big problem standing in her way. And his name is Noah Yates. He’s wrong about her and she can’t wait to prove it. Ring those jingle bells because it’s on.
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Beautiful holiday story with all the feels!
If you love funny, amazing and steamy reads, you definitely want to read this one!
THE CHRISTMAS FIX by Lucy Score. She’ll save Christmas just to spite him… The only one thing standing in the way of Cat King saving a small town’s Christmas festival is the grumpy town manager Noah Yates who takes his job very seriously. Blonde bombshell Cat is used to being underestimated, but Noah has an uncanny knack for getting under her skin. They can’t be in a room together without rubbing each other the wrong way…except that time in the dark alley where the rubbing was just right. THE CHRISTMAS FIX is a delightful romance between a dirty-talking hero and a ballsy blonde. Where there is heat, there’s fire—just in time for the magic of Christmas. Lucy Score not just writes sweet, heartwarming, sexy stories but she also adds wit and humor to the mix to create amusing and unforgettable romances .
I loved this story. Cat is a reality renovations star. Noah is a bit of a stick in the mud (in the beginning anyway). She needs him to agree to let her help his town, Merry, which is a Christmas haven that has been destroyed by a recent storm. He craves predictability and doesn’t like Cat. Sparks fly and it’s awesome. I loved how Noah started to relax and how Cat, always a nomad, started to see how wonderful roots are. They are so different but fit together and the banter was awesome. I loved following the whole cast, from Cat’s family (I need to read Gannon and Paige’s story and their parents were a hoot) to her costars and assistant (who all need stories). I adored Sara, Noah’s daughter. And overall, the town was a fantastic character too. This is a fun story that got me into the Christmas spirit in May.
This is a fun book. The first half is all fiery words and grumpy city manager. I loved it alot. Things change in the second half. As the clock ticks down to the end of the job and the possible end of them. The story seems to concentrate more on them (the togetherness) and brief touches on the job.
I LOVE her name!! It just rolls off the tongue so nicely! Catalina King! Just say it over and over. She is the epitome of a strong woman. She actually impresses me with her drive and devotion. Noah must have been a fun character to write. The grumpy guy who says No all the time. It was nice to see him change as the story evolved. Cat though was like his own Christmas miracle.
Overall this is a good story. I did listen on audio. Natalie Duke did a wonderful job with the narration.
Cat is strong and knows what she wants. Noah is a single dad who is a bit uptight and Cat really loosens him up. I love seeing Paige and Gannon again from Mr. Fixer Upper.
I loved the heat, the humor, and the depth of the characters. The enemies to lovers plot is on point and the banter is excellent. The holiday in a small town setting is perfect. I can see this being an annual read for me. I loved it.
The Christmas Fix was so much fun to read. Once I started reading this story, I couldn’t put it down. The pages just zipped by and even though the book was 390 pages in length, the story ended much too soon. I want to live in this amazing town because I feel like I already know all of the amazing people in it. All of the characters were so lovable and relatable – not only the main characters. I enjoyed following the development of the relationship between the two main characters and especially loved non-traditional role of the female main character. Lucy Score has another notch on her (success) head post. Well done!
What a fun Christmas book. I love that Lucy took a group of characters a d a world that we just wanted more of and created a fun and amazing Christmas story from those characters. This book was just enough angst, tension, yearning, and falling hard but trying not to. You couldn’t ask for more from an enemies to lovers story. Lucy is the best at writing hate to in love.
You will not be disappointed with this book and I actually think you will miss out if you don’t read The Christmas fix.
Christmas in July? Why not? This delightful romance is just what the doctor ordered. There’s no town that has more Christmas spirit than Merry. But now they need a Christmas miracle and Cat King is just the one to give it to them. The very skeptical city manager Noah Yates, AKA Mr.No, mistrusts Cat and everything he thinks she stands for. Proving him wrong becomes her mission in life. Somewhere along the way the sparks between them start to fly. Staying in one place does not fit into Cat’s life plans. Getting her to stay almost seems impossible but Noah has to try. What he needs is a personal Christmas miracle and he’s counting on Merry to give it to Cat.
This swoon worthy single dad romance begs to be a Hallmark holiday film… or maybe Netflix, because this one packs heat. Noah and Cat have an enemies to lovers story that’s funny at times, and always sort of sweet. It’s a fixer up lover/reality TV dream book.
This is the first Lucy Score book I’ve read, and I’ll be reading more.
Love love loved this! As a woman who is totally prone to Doing All The Things and skating burnout, I so identified with this kickass shero. It was exactly the story I needed to get myself in a holiday mood. The cameos from Paige and Gannon and their little cutie certainly didn’t hurt 😀 Two thumbs up!
I was so shocked to read at the end of this book that Lucy Score was not going to write Cat King’s book. I am so glad that she took her reader’s suggestions to heart and gave them what they wanted! You first meet Cat in Mr. Fixer Upper and if you are like me, you will like her immediately. Lucy has a talent for writing fierce, independent,intelligent, no nonsense women and this heroine continues that tradition. Then there is the hero. Mr. No. City manager Noah is so buttoned up but will have you swooning so hard. I loved them together so much. I particularly love the boys night chapter and the conversations with the word “funk”, it had me giggling so hard! This was another exceptional read from one of my favorite authors!
The Christmas Fix hadallthe elements Jim love in a book. Cat was a sassy lady with a love for her job, her family and crew. Noah, the City Manager of a small town recently mostly destroyed by a hurricane. When Car comes with big ideas about rehabbing the town, fireworks explode between her and Noah. Thus begins a story of communitycomimg together, humor, two preteens with an admirable vocabulary, and two people slowly drifting together. Fantastic book!
I absolutely loved this story!!! One of the best enemies to lovers romances that I have ever read!! I adored Cat – she was a strong, independent woman who didn’t put up with other’s crap. Especially Noah’s. He definitely judged a book by it’s cover and didn’t give Cat much of a chance to show him who she really was. Once they started working together to help rebuild Merry, CT…..sparks flew and it was inevitable that they were going to get together. So much chemistry and passion between them……I just loved them!!
Overall, this was such a sweet and heartwarming story – perfect for this time of the year!!
It takes a very special author to make me love an enemies to lovers story. Lucy Score is that author. Instead of hating one or both of the main characters, I loved them both with a fiery passion. The reader is given so many beautiful glimpses into the hearts and souls of both of the main characters I truly was smitten with both of them. There are so many emotional moments for Cat and Noah, independently and together I wouldn’t even know where to start to explain. Their story is one of the best I’ve ever read. That rare couple that is strong and successful individually, but together they set the world on fire.
Nobody writes small town like Lucy Score, and the town of Merry and their holiday spirit will have you jingling those Christmas bells! A complete town full of wild and wonderful characters, along with a crazy film crew for a reality television show will have you laughing out loud. Adorable small children, and a guest appearance by grumpy Gannon King completes the gang’s all here vibe. I loved every minute of this book. Perfect follow up to Mr. Fixer Upper!
As always if you are not reading a Lucy Score book you are missing one hell of a good book. That is exactly what The Christmas Fix is. If you love enemies to lovers then you need Cat and Noah in your library now! Noah is a divorced father, city manager and the man known as Mr. No. Noah lives in the small town of Merry, Connecticut that has just experienced a hurricane right before their tourist season with no extra funds to recover in time for Merry’s annual Christmas Festival. That is until Catalina King comes in to save the town and festival. Cat is one strong, single bad mammajamma and celebrity from her renovation show and clothing line. She is more then just a pretty face and this so called flashy lifestyle Noah thinks she devours her life in. Cat has zero patience for assholes and won’t take no from Mr. No for an answer. Watch out now because the more he is negative towards her the more Mr. No doesn’t realize how much fuel he is adding to the fire of Catalina King. This is a sequel to Mr. Fixer Upper but can be read as a standalone filled with small town love, laughter, rollercoaster emotions and one of the most sexiest sex scenes I have read in awhile. Just one click it and read it already!
Cat King is the most kick-ass heroine ever! I loved her in Mr. Fixer Upper and was so happy that she got her own book. This book is a stand-alone so Mr. Fixer Upper doesn’t have to be read before diving into this one. Catalina is smart, competent, successful, and beautiful. She may have a few too many irons in the fire, but then again, if you want something done right you have to do it yourself. She doesn’t do long-term relationships because she is moving around most of the year for her home improvement show, and that is pretty awesome. Who says a female has to desire a relationship or marriage.
Noah…. oh…. Noah…. The townspeople of Merry refer to him as Mr. No, with good reason. He is divorced, the father of Sara, and town manager. Noah is not big on the idea of Cat and her crew swooping in and making a mockery of his town after a hurricane hit and nearly devastated Merry. Cat, after seeing a house that she had already remodeled for a family once, be standing in water wasn’t going to take “No” for an answer. Y’all the chemistry between these two is electric! The scenes where they argue are so hot the desire between Cat and Noah is almost tangible! Yep, this one may get you all hot and bothered, and then have you melting into a little puddle because Lucy couldn’t just have Noah be a flat undeveloped character. Nope, she had to go and make him loveable. Mr. No wasn’t just born playing it safe. It is something he learned from childhood.
The Christmas fix has heart, heat, and sass wrapped in one hell of a Christmas story with a sexy cover as the bow on top. Merry Christmas to us!
2 stars . I quit reading 47% Into this book. It just didn’t hold my interest and seemed rather formulaic. Glad I didn’t buy it and sorry I didn’t quit sooner.