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Merry Little Kissmas

Lauren Blakely (2025-09-08)

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age18+

Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentSteamy
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Not yet tagged

Synopsis

Wanted: A fresh shot at love for the holidays. But fake dating my brother’s grumpy best friend? He’s my new client, for Santa’s sake! As a professional matchmaker, my biggest job this holiday season should be simple: find a date for the sexy single dad hockey player—aka my brother’s best friend—for his team’s fancy Christmas Eve gala. Sure Rowan’s hot as a crackling fire and spicier than a gingerbread man, but he hasn’t just sworn off romance. The Christmas hater has made a bet that I can’t find him a holidate. What’s a matchmaker to do? Win, of course. Even if it means fake dating the grinch myself to get him ready for the real thing. Only...these fake dates at Christmas tree farms and hot cocoa competitions in the snowy small town of Evergreen Falls start to feel a little too real as I get to know the man behind the scowl. Somewhere between kisses under the mistletoe and a snowed-in night in his cabin curled up by the fire (where the stockings aren’t the only thing hung), I realize I’m in over my elf-loving head. And when Rowan opens up to me at last about his painful past, I’m determined to give my brother’s best friend the holiday he deserves. But what if the only gift I want him to unwrap this season is... me?

Tags

Holiday RomanceSports RomanceMatchmaker Romance

Merry Little Kissmas: content & age rating

Intended for adult readers (18+).

This contemporary romance contains steamy scenes and sexual content between consenting adults, including implied intimacy with innuendo ('stockings aren't the only thing hung'). Mild language and mature romantic situations.

What to know going in

This book has no graphic violence, steamy sexual content, and mild language.

Who'll love this

Adult readers will enjoy this playful holiday romance with a grumpy single dad and a sunshine matchmaker who discover real love through fake dating.