I loved this!

It was cute, funny and festive and was a delight to read. I adored the characters and the writing style, I definitely recommend it.

Wow! I LOVED this!!! The banter was spot on, I laughed so much reading this. I loved the growing friendships and how Maggie’s warmth spread out onto others and she really saw people and cared. Her friendship with Frank, Jasper and Leo is so great, she looks out for them and they see that, they see that she protects them and does things to make them feel valued in the workplace. In return, it was touching to see them all step up and look out for her over Christmas. She brings the best out if people.

Leo and Maggie are lovely together, I loved how Leo was smitten king before her and looked out for her even when they weren’t together, the scene when he books her an über to make sure she gets home was so touching and showed a deep level of care.

The added twist that was put on Maggie from HR made things even more interesting and I must confess to shedding a tear or two when Leo finds out, and again when Jasper steps up to take one for the team.

I loved their friendship and the epilogue really made me so happy, I loved every single character, well, maybe not Jan from HR!

I can’t wait to see what’s next as so far, every single book by Kristen Bailey has me laugh out loud at some point of reading.

Kristen Bailey has wowed me yet again with another captivating, heartwarming, witty, and endearing book. I loved the friendships, the banter, the cute situations, the chemistry, the dilemma(s) and the animals in this book. Plus, this book takes place around the Christmas holiday so you will get some festive holiday cheer as well.


Maggie is the head of the IT team which works in the basement of a financial firm. She does her best to make their working situation enjoyable. As she will be alone for the holidays each of the three men that she supervises invite her to spend the holidays with them. What a great way to get to know them better. Before they break for the holidays, Maggie is given a tough choice to make.

Maggie is a wonderful character and very easy to like. She comes across as fun, kind, charming and someone who would be fun to have around. I enjoyed getting to know Frank, Jasper, and Leo, the three men that Maggie supervises as well. It was lovely to read a book where I enjoyed and cared for all the characters. I especially enjoyed the focus on relationships in this book. I appreciated how Kristen Bailey showed the character's strengths and vulnerabilities. The bonds they formed while working together were strong and felt real. Let’s not forget the workplace romance as well. I enjoyed the banter, the chemistry, and the flirty interactions.

We Three Kings is a wonderfully written, delightful and charming rom-com which put a smile on my face and had me turning the pages.

I look forward to reading more of Kristen Bailey's books.

This is a gorgeous work life romcom. Maggie is the boss of the IT department which is housed in a dreary basement, newly and gradually up cycled by Maggie and her three coworkers. There is a general sense of kindness and joviality between four workers, when Christmas approaches and Maggie decides to not spend it with her family (parents who are going on a cruise) each of the three men take it upon themselves to share a part of Christmas with her. How she spends her time with them, how their relationships develop, and how the love is shared in friendship and romance is extremely well portrayed in this lovely story.
There are undercurrent of course, problems to be overcome and new pathways to forge.
I totally brilliant story.
This is the second book I’ve written by Kristen Bailey add it is a delight.
Thanks to #NetGalley for the opportunity to have read this ahead of publication and exchange for an honest review. I will be recommending this to many.

Kristen Bailey writes the best holiday books! This story follows Maggie as she spends Christmas with each of her three coworkers. The plot offered enough friction from Maggie’s work-related stress to keep things interesting without getting too heavy for a holiday rom com. I loved each of her coworkers and following her time with them. The writing is light and funny but also very sweet. This is the perfect book to read by the light of a Christmas tree!

Thank you to NetGalley and Storm Publishing for the ARC given in exchange for my honest review!

This was a funny and sweet holiday rom-com! I loved the main character, Maggie. Maggie and her misfit co-workers become family as she spends one-on-one time with them over Christmas break. As an only child, I love a good found family trope. The romance is fade to black or off page completely but the lack of spice didn’t take away from the story.

I really enjoyed this book. It is indeed a Christmas romance but it had a lot of depth to it. The romance was pretty well incidental. I enjoyed the work place interactions with the different characters and the dilemma facing the main character. It was very good read. I found it well written with an unusual plot.

Loved this book! It was a complete joy and had me laughing throughout. It was also heartwarming, romantic, and pure escapism. Who wouldn’t want a best friend like Maggie, the IT boss who is like family to her small team of 3 men who all think the world of her? She is given an impossible decision to make which threatens their close bond but this story does not disappoint in any way.

'We Three Kings' is the third book I have read by author and school teacher Kristen Bailey. Returning to the Christmas theme of 'Five Gold Rings' this is another feel good romantic novel. Set in an IT department I was able to relate to having worked in IT for nearly 40 years. Another enjoyable book from this author that provides perfect reading entertainment. Thanks to Storm Publishing and NetGalley for the chance to ARC this book.

I did not want this book to end. It literally made me feel like I was being wrapped up in a big hug. The support, warmth and love that radiated from the pages between the characters was amazing. Was the ending predictable, sure, but it truly did not matter. I loved the dynamics between the characters. The book just radiated love and happiness. Maggie is head of IT and manages her 3 geeky but charming guys, who have become like family. She commits to spending the Christmas holiday splitting her time between the 3 of them, when right before break she finds out that she will have to fire one of them. Despite having the most incredible holiday, she struggles with how to save her work family - and her heart. A must read for everyone that loves a feel good story and Christmas.

Thank you Netgalley for my advanced reader copy.

I love everything Kristen Bailey writes and this was no exception! It's filled with heart and joy and holiday spirit. It is also laugh out loud funny like all of her books. I kept reading parts out to my husband because I had to share what was so funny with someone.

I loved Maggie and the three kings so much. Their dynamic was perfect and had all the great found family vibes I adore. I loved Jasper the most with his dry wit and snark. Frank was so sweet and that wedding was hilarious! Leo is sweet and loving and so supportive and I absolutely adored his family especially his Nana. I was fretting the whole time wondering what Maggie would do but I think the choice she made was the right one in the end.

I loved that we got a short update on Eve and Joe and their Burger King crowns. I just wish they had a bigger part to play in the story as I loved their connection in Five Gold Rings.

Can't wait for the next Christmas rom-com from Kristen Bailey!!

I received an early digital reader copy of this book through Netgalley and the publisher for my honest review.

I really liked this one! It was more of what I've come to expect from this author: a sense of humor, interesting characters, ridiculous situations, and (like last time) not what I'd call spicy, but definitely more innuendo and direct references than previous books (and I'm here for it). Maggie is the IT manager and right before Christmas is told that in the new year she has to let one of her three employees go. But she and the three men have bonded and are becoming like family, to the extent that they each invited her to spend part of Christmas holidays with them since she had no plans. First with Frank at his sister's wedding (we met him in another book), then with Jaspar with his posh, rich family for a couple days, and finally with Leo up in the Lake District with his family. She and Leo have been growing closer and things continue to develop. But she doesn't tell any of them about the looking redundancy. Friendship and found family is integral to this story, and though the romance is present and enjoyable, if was really more about the friendships between the four of them. I honestly wanted more when it was done! Thank you to Storm Publishing for the arc, it comes out Oct 14/24.

Kristen Bailey really has the art of writing a 'feel good book'. There's always alittle humour and always compassion in whatever she writes and often you find yourself reading and thinking you've experienced something similar.
This book was no exception, Maggie was going to make the right decision for her. I found myself giggling as I read the book.
The moral of this story is to show someone kindness, it costs nothing but it can mean alot!
Kristen your books are laugh out loud hilarious and at times emotional, thank you for always writing!
Thank you to Netgalley and Storm Publishing for an early read of a fantastic book!

Thank you Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book. These opinions are completely my own.

This may be the more adorable book I have read this year. I'm not usually a fan of holiday romance stories, but this isn't one really. It's a story of friendships and all types of love..

Read with a blanket, hot cocoa and popcorn for maximum enjoyment.

Thanks to Kristen Bailey, Storm Publishing, and NetGalley for the ARC; my opinion is my own.

Maggie is the manager of the underappreciated IT department for a London company. When she’s faced with her first Christmas alone, her three employees organize her holiday time to be rotated between them: she attends a wedding as Frank’s plus-one, visits Jasper’s family’s elaborate estate, and visits Leo’s close-knit rural family for the holiday itself. Just before the holiday, HR tells her she has to choose one of the three to be let go in the New Year.

I think plenty of people would like this book for the sweet characters, funny set pieces, and wholesome seasonal set dressing, but it wasn’t for me. It was a real slog to get it finished in time to post my review.

Partly that’s because I can’t get into romances with a power differential. But I also felt like there were a lot of cliched characters (the cute moppets, the best friend who is an overwhelmed but wealthy mum, the earthy unfiltered granny). There were plot elements that were dropped in but not particularly authentic or connected. There were many passages where Maggie muses in a banal way values (the importance of family, etc) that felt flat and uninteresting.

This is the first book that I have read by Kristen Bailey and I sincerely hope that it won't be the last, it has so much"feel good" factor, it made me laugh out loud and by the end I was an emotional wreck.
Four people work in the IT department of a financial assets company and four more diverse people you couldn't imagine but they gel together so well. Maggie is the team leader but the bottom line is that they are all really good friends, Frank is brilliant but naive and insecure, he comes from an Asian family with a very controlling mother, Jasper comes from a dysfunctional wealthy family, private school educated but the wealth doesn't stop this kind hearted man from also being the grump in the team, Leo is the Northern lad, considerate, kind, with more than a passing crush on Maggie.Christmas party time approaches and as usual the invitation for the IT department to attend the company Christmas dinner doesn't arrive, the people in the dingy basement office are once again forgotten. Maggie does her best to compensate the team by arranging a Mexican Christmas party in November with hilarious consequences.
Maggie's parents are spending Christmas on a cruise and as Maggie didn't want to be the only one under sixty she opted to spend Christmas alone with the TV, wine and junk food. Unbeknown to Maggie, the team arranged for her to spend a few days with each of their families in turn, days filled with much love and laughter but Maggie has a secret that she is keeping from them, a secret that is causing her heart to break, a secret that will effect all of their lives........will Leo ever look at her the same again.
I loved this book from the very first page, the author has created such wonderful characters. Thank you Storm Publishing for this ARC, my review is voluntary.

IT Crowd meets Hallmark Christmas movie. The mashup I never knew I needed! A+ writing and perfect holiday vibes. Did reading this in early October make me want to skip spooky season all together? You betcha! The perfect comfort read to get you in the Christmas spirit. So pop on some Bublé and put on your Christmas PJs because this book is perfection. There was so much slow burn for spice but it stays devastatingly closed-door.

Maggie and the boys are hilarious! I laughed so much I alarmed some of my customers at work. Our three kings are quirky, unique geeks with hearts of gold. You fall in love with each of them so easily and it breaks your heart that Maggie is forced to choose between them. The found family is as heartwarming as the Christmas season. I’ve never wanted to go back to England so badly! It makes me so nostalgic for the UK at Christmas time. I would 100% recommend this book and will be buying a physical copy ASAP to add to my shelves.

Cons: Would have loved a bit more romance at the end to fulfill the immensely powerful slow burn.

Can we all have 3 male friends like these please. Or colleagues. They all pull together when they hear Maggie is going to be alone for the holidays. Spending a few days with eqch,she gets to know these quirky but genuine men.
This was a delightful read. And i think it take a special author to do chic lit and or romance well. Where you dont do to over the top,faffy or clichéd. So it sounds proper and genuine. Well, this author smashes it. And I could feel the talent coming off the pages. Loved it.

Maggie spends part of the Christmas period with each of the 3 men in her IT team. A wonderful, funny story of friendship and love. Ideal reading on a cold ,wet day.

I really enjoyed this book. It had a wonderful festive feel and had elements of Bridget Jones to it. Maggie was a fun character to read as were the rest of the characters.

This is a perfect, cosy, fun festive read that will have you laughing and smiling whilst reading, perfect for an autumn weekend.