"We Three Kings" is a charming holiday read that captures the heartwarming spirit of friendship and self-discovery, reminiscent of Bridget Jones's Diary. Maggie, the quirky and lovable protagonist, finds herself in a tricky situation: she must make one of her three friends and teammates redundant. As the story unfolds, Maggie embarks on an unexpected adventure with each teammate, each journey brimming with humor, warmth, and a touch of holiday magic. These moments reveal the unique and endearing qualities of each character, making it impossible not to root for them all. Through Maggie’s dilemma, readers are taken on an emotional journey filled with laughter, compassion, and the hope that she'll find a way to keep her friends close without losing any of them. This is the perfect feel-good read for the holiday season!

I'd like to thank Netgalley and Storm Publishing for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I adored this book! Perfect for the upcoming Christmas season. A little predictable but still such a lighthearted, fun book!

"We Three Kings" is a heartwarming holiday tale that mixes laughter, friendship, and romance in just the right proportions. Maggie Field, the head of IT, is ready for a quiet Christmas until her three quirky colleagues—Frank, Jasper, and Leo—draw her into an unforgettable festive adventure. Kristen Bailey masterfully crafts Maggie’s dilemma of having to make one of her beloved team members redundant, setting the stage for both touching and hilarious moments.

Each stop on Maggie’s holiday journey—from playing a fake girlfriend to rescuing foxes—reveals the warmth and unique personalities of her team, especially Leo, who is not only charming but complicates her choice with undeniable chemistry. Harrie Dobby’s narration brings Maggie’s vulnerability, humor, and inner conflict to life, enhancing the cozy holiday feel of the story.

While the plot occasionally dips into predictable territory, it remains an enjoyable, lighthearted listen perfect for fans of romantic comedies and holiday stories. Maggie’s story is a lovely reminder of the importance of friendship and love.

Perfect for the Christmas season this book had some really fun parts but also had their deep ones, I don't want to enter in much detail otherwise my review is going to be very long.. I loved Maggie, I loved Frank and Jasper and Leo they were so amazing.
Personally for me and yes I did loved the love story but the friendship between the characters and the magic of Christmas really made this book special, it was such a beautiful read

In "We Three Kings," we meet a tight-knit IT team—Maggie, Jasper, Frank, and Leo—who've turned their basement office into a second home. When Maggie, the IT Manager, reveals she'll be spending Christmas alone while her parents travel, her coworkers refuse to let that happen. Before she knows it, she's lined up for a whirlwind holiday tour: attending a wedding with Frank, visiting Jasper's family estate, and spending Christmas with Leo in the Lake District.

But just before the office closes for the holidays, Maggie receives devastating news: she must make one of her team members redundant. As she embarks on her festive adventure, she tries to push aside this looming decision. Instead, she throws herself into supporting Frank as he faces his overbearing family, rescuing baby foxes at Jasper's countryside estate, and discovering Leo's childhood home and family.

As the holidays unfold, Maggie's relationships with her coworkers deepen, especially with Leo, where friendship begins blooming into something more. But how can she pursue these feelings knowing she'll have to shatter their team dynamic after the holidays? Will their magical Christmas adventure—and the spark between Maggie and Leo—survive the difficult decision that awaits?

Kristen Bailey's newest novel beautifully captures how this motley crew of coworkers becomes a family. It's heartwarming to witness Maggie's individual connections with each team member and her profound influence on their lives. The story is filled with delightful, laugh-out-loud moments that readers should discover for themselves. "We Three Kings" is a charming holiday read that will leave you smiling.

Cute and funny Christmas story!
When writing this book I feel like the author must have been watching the IT crowd and thought “hmmm I could take this idea and turn it into a rom com”.
Maggie is the head of an IT department with three men and she offers to help them for various events over the holidays. However at the last moment her boss tells her she must let go one of her workers. Maggie must navigate the holidays whilst debating who to let go and battling her growing feelings for one of her colleagues.
This is a lighthearted story with lots of funny moments. I felt like the chemistry wasn’t quite right with the two leads as it came out of nowhere. Despite that it is still worth reading if only for the remarkable similarity to the British tv show The IT Crowd.

I voluntarily read an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are mine.

Wow! I have loved all of Kristen Bailey's books, and this is no exception! It is an absolute delight from start to finish. I loved ALL the characters. Kristen Bailey has a way of creating characters that I wish I could be friends with in real life. The friendships and love story are so heartwarming, and as always, I laughed out loud reading this book. As with Five Gold Rings, I think this would make a fantastic Christmas movie! I can't recommend this highly enough.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC!

Kristen Bailey is the queen of Christmas rom-coms... or ones set during other times of year... or basically just the queen of rom-coms in general! I love love love her humour and the banter between her characters, and that for me is better than grand romantic gestures or spice of any level. Grand old British humour at it's finest!

Maggie is a thoroughly delightful character with a huge heart and a sweet tooth! She gets put into a terrible position by her bosses at work and has to choose one of her team to dismiss over the Christmas period. Her team are her family and this year due to her parents being on a cruise, the 3 lads had conspired between them for Maggie to be spending parts of Christmas with all of them.

The fun that follows includes being a fake girlfriend while setting up her 'boyfriend' with someone much better, putting awful family members in their place, rescuing baby foxes in a reindeer onesie and stealing wedding cake...and that's before the romance even gets started!

I really love the way that Maggie and Leo start, find each other, take selfies with donkeys and end up together too. I think I've found myself a new book boyfriend crush for sure! The community of families that surround the characters are joyous to read about and such a heartwarming part of the story. My favourite of course being Leo's family dynamics. The smile didn't leave my face.

I did see the way the job situation panned out quite early on although if I had my way with the ending, the Wiseman company could shove their Christmas tree where the sun don't shine and they would have all gotten better jobs for a company that deserved them. Really wanted to knock the smile off Jan's face.

A 5-star read! Thank you so much to Netgalley, Storm Publishing and the queen herself Kristen Bailey for a huge big smile on my face with this ARC. All opinions are my own.

As of October, when I read this, We Three Kings has been my favourite festive read so far. The narrative style felt really fresh and the comedy elements were natural. Maggie was a genuinely funny character and that made her super likeable.

Speaking of Maggie being funny, I don’t usually include quotes in ARC reviews as they could be taken out as this isn’t the final version of the book, but Maggie says the funniest thing when she sees the house Jasper grew up in. “Their house has wings. Do you know what I own that has wings? Sanitary towels.” I literally laughed out loud at this, which is rare for me to do with a book. I loved that Maggie would talk directly to the reader as it made the story feel more personal and made the comedy so effortless.

There are so many hilarious moments in this book that I couldn’t talk about them all without this review being thousands of words long. Maggie is a stronger woman than I because I would have died of embarrassment more than once if I went through some of the antics she did. Her hiding behind the curtain when people came into her room, pretending to be a bird so they wouldn’t know she was there and then having to reveal herself gave me second hand embarrassment in the best possible way. I was cringing and laughing the whole time.

I adored all four of the main characters. They had such a wonderful dynamic together and it gave me strong The IT Crowd vibes - which I love. If I had to pick, I’d say Frank was my favourite because he had the most development. He starts out very shy and clueless and while that doesn’t change too much, he becomes much more confident. Also, he has some very funny lines that I can’t mention for spoiler reasons.

Usually the romance is the part of these books I like the most, however, the friendships were way more special to me. You already know they’re good friends at the start of the book, but you see friendships develop into family.

Reading this in October meant I wasn’t feeling too festive, however, there’s a lot of Christmassy events throughout We Three Kings. Christmas Day at Leo’s in particular was heartwarming as it reminded me of childhood Christmasses. I think if I’d read this in December I would have felt off the charts festive.

We Three Kings was my first book from Kristen Bailey and it won’t be my last. The effortless comedy and wild antics are something I need more of in my life.

This is a lovely, light-hearted read that is set around the Christmas holidays. I loved meeting Maggie and getting to know the three men she works with - Frank, Jasper and Leo. It was a great setup that she was going to spend part of the Christmas break with each of them and I loved the way we got to know all of them better. I did find it was a little more weighted to Maggie and Leo's story and this felt a bit long-winded for me. I thought I would love the romance element but I preferred seeing Maggie with Frank and Jasper. On the whole though I did enjoy this book and the Christmas Day at Leo's reminded me so much of my childhood Christmases so the nostalgia of the hugely busy family holiday was wonderful. I would recommend this one.

Maggie Field is the manager of the IT department at a large London corporation. Tucked away by the company in a geeked-out basement office away from the gleaming ones upstairs, she shares the space with her three co-workers and now closest friends Frank, Jasper and Leo. (view spoiler) Frank is your awkward never-been-kissed, heart-of-gold type with mommy issues, Jasper is posh, bitingly funny, blunt and only half out of the closet with his family, and Leo is the smart, kind, thoughtful scruffy one who seems to be saying and doing all the right things in Maggie’s eyes lately. Why didn’t she notice him this way before?

When HR informs her right before the holidays that they’re making staff cuts and she needs to choose one of her team to be made redundant, she’s faced with an impossible choice. How can she say goodbye to any of them? One thing’s for certain, she can’t possibly tell them about it right now. She’ll have a few days to figure it out, as the boys have devised a plan for her to spend a couple days with each of their families so she won’t be alone for Christmas.

From fake girlfriend/accidental bridesmaid snafus with Frank’s dysfunctional family, helping Jasper thwart his entitled half brother’s fox hunt, and learning all of Leo’s most embarrassing secrets from his tight-knit family, Maggie experiences a week she won’t forget while the clock ticks down to decision time. As she and Leo grow closer, will their time be up when it’s just gotten started?

As can be predicted with this genre, there is a third act conflict, but I consider it more of a hiccup. It’s low drama and pretty clean with flirty banter, a little sexual tension and a couple mildly spicy moments, but no truly open doors. Ironically, if I had to make any complaint at all about this book, I might’ve turned that thermostat up just a TINY bit more, but I’m very happy regardless. The pervasive feel good holiday vibes have me ready to break out the hot cocoa and jingle bells before I’ve even brought the pumpkins in!

If you want a charming, funny Christmas romance with a winning quartet of MCs and fabulous side characters, this may be just the right one for you. It’s as much a love story to close friends and family as it is about finding “the one”, and it’s an easy addition to my all-time holiday favorites list!

Maggie Field is head of IT, at a financial firm.
She is happy to be on her own for Christmas but her three work colleagues Frank, Jasper and Leo all invite her for part of the holiday.
The drawback is she has been told she has to make one redundant.
I liked this story with its quirky characters very much.
I raced through it enjoying the interactions of the characters.
It was well written and fun.
It would be a nice read at Christmas It felt really festive.
Thanks to the publisher and netgalley.

4.5 ⭐ rounded up!
This was a sweet holiday rom-com that was equal parts hilarious and heartwarming.. oh my heart! I loved all the boys and their friendship, and how they wanted to look after Maggie over Christmas🥹. Each family visit had fun interactions while she learned more about each of them outside of work. And then there's sweet Leo.. I was rooting for them!! I adore how Kristen Bailey's writing style and how she brings all of her characters to life! 👑🦊🥂❤️

If you love workplace romance and holiday cheer, then this is your book! Lots of laugh-out-loud moments and swoony scenes, it’s a cozy read that will definitely leave you feeling warm and festive!

Thank you to Netgally and Storm Publishing for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This book was unexpectedly adorable!!! I loved the IT basement dwellers aspect of it. I loved that it truly showed men & women can be just friends. And I loved the Leo of it all.

Leo, Frank, and Jasper are such a fun cast of characters. The author did such a fantastic job of bringing them to life. They really seem like guys I'd love to hang out with.

Maggie. Dear, sweet Maggie. She has the biggest heart. She's my favorite!

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

3.75 out of 5 stars!

I hadn't read anything by this author before, but I often came across her books on my feed. When I saw this one—with its captivating cover and intriguing premise—I knew I had to give it a try. Plus, it's set during Christmas, and I can never resist a festive read!

This delightful Christmas story blends friendship and sweet romance perfectly. I loved how Maggie's holidays unfolded with Frank, Jasper, and Leo, filled with fun antics, quirky relatives, and a fake dating twist. The bond among the co-workers felt genuine, evolving into a true family by the end.

This was such a nice and adorkable Christmas story about love, family, friendships and more!!

I simply adore this author's books, and We Three Kings is as wonderful as all the others!

The characters are wonderful - who doesn't want to find their true best friends? People that you can laugh with, a second family, as it were?

This book is filled with the familiar naughty humour that we come to expect from Kristen Bailey's books, and there are also endearing moments that really give you the Christmas feeling.

Thoroughly loved it!

This book was super cute and I actually laughed outloud. You won’t want to miss this! Kristen Bailey definitely knows how to entertain an audience through words!

Thank you netgalley SO much for the chance to read this. I adored every single second.
Maggie, the head of an IT team, spends the holidays with her subordinates as she wrestles with the need to let one of them go. There's Frank, a slightly awkward man who takes her to a traditional wedding, gaining a wing-woman in the process. There's Jasper, a wealthy but very down to earth gay man who needs a girl best friend in his life. And there's Leo, the workplace romance, who has always secretly loved her and finally given his shot.
Do not get me wrong: the workplace romance is adorable here. Leo is top notch and his family is perfection. But what worked for this story was everything else. This is a story of friendship, celebration, and the beauty of vastly different families and how culture drives memories. Its about the family we have and the family we make. It's humorous and joyful and very PG 13/closed door. Most importantly: Maggie is just wonderful. Maybe shes a little too perfect but I don't care: she has a heart of gold, and this was exactly the Christmas rom-com I needed to gear me up for the season.

This was a super cute and quirky holiday romantic comedy about found family and fake dating! This book had me laughing out loud at all the high jinks that Maggie finds herself in while attending Christmas events with her three male coworkers.

I really loved Maggie's character and the journey of self discovery she goes on. I also enjoyed all the male characters and their quirks that make them all one big happy IT family! I adored that Frank was the stereotypical IT guy, Jasper was the rich kid, and Leo was the quiet one. How all these characters came together as one group was very well written and had me wanting more.

While I did find this book to be extremely cute I felt like the story dragged out a little too much and I wish there had been equal time spent at each of the guys Christmas celebrations.

This was a such a different and fun Rom com! Couldn’t even imagine having to make the decision that Maggie had to make.

It was fun, festive, cosy and the characters were so loveable and hilarious. It’s like the IT crowd in book form