Wrapped Up in Christmas by Kristen Painter [Review]

Wrapped Up in Christmas (A Frost & Crowe Mystery #2) by Kristen Painter
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: January 16, 2025

A Frost & Crowe Mystery
1. Lost in Las Vegas
2. Wrapped Up in Christmas - Paperback | Kindle
3. Mystified in Music City
4. Nixed in New Orleans
5. Nightmare at the North Pole

Related Series:
(find all the books in the series on the 1st book review)
Jayne Frost
1. Miss Frost Solves a Cold Case

Nocturne Falls
1. The Vampire's Mail Order Bride

Kristen Painter
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Princess Jayne Frost and Prince Consort Sinclair Crowe have been called back to Nocturne Falls for Christmas so that Jayne can help out at the short-staffed Santa’s Workshop.

Being back means seeing some old friends, but also finding new trouble that Jayne just can’t stop thinking about. Are the random break-ins really someone trying to ruin Christmas? Because as Santa Claus’s niece, that feels personal to her.

But when the real reason for the break-ins gets unwrapped, Jayne decides to do everything in her power to put an end to the problem.

Too bad it might also mean the end of her.

Thoughts on Wrapped Up in Christmas: Jayne and Sinclair are back in Nocturne Falls to help at the toy store during the Christmas season and THINGS are afoot. Some of those things are decidedly Christmassy and some are VERY MUCH NOT.

On the Christmassy side, Jayne is filling in for one of the workers at the toyshop so they can deal with a family emergency. It isn't hard for her to fall into old work routines and spend time with her friends in Nocturne Falls. She and Sin have a sweet camper to go home to at night and all the sweets she can handle.

On the non-Christmassy side, a series of break-ins around town have the NFPD stumped. As a whole, the break-ins bother Jayne and Sin because who would want to ruin Christmas? As an official North Pole delegate (and Santa's niece), Jayne isn't keen on anybody experiencing a bad Christmas. So she straps on her detecting cap and she and Sin start investigating.

A little winter elf magic, donuts that make Jayne swoon, present-buying, food-eating, and a fair amount of investigative leaps to get to the bottom of this potential holiday mishap. That said, this is a dangerous situation Jayne and Sin have stumbled into and it's going to take some quick thinking to get out of it unharmed. *thumbs up*