I was really looking forward to this book.  I liked the premise and the start.  The idea of a haunted or cursed publisher who must appease a doll or dry trying was interesting, but not what I was expecting.  I expected a bit more Christmas or holiday to be honest.  WIth a title like secret Santa and the cover I expected something more like Black Christmas or Crampus.  You could take this book and set it at a birthday or a staff training day and still get the same story.  So for that aspect I didn’t like it.  I also was not a fan of the ending.  It felt like so much was maybe not building up, but more like chugging along, and then the end was ramrodded in.  Overall i did like this book, but I’ll never read it again.  And am disappointed I bought it for someone else without reading it first.