e-Audio, 1 hr 30 min
Narrated by: Amelie Griffin
Release Date: November 12, 2024
Published by: Amazon Original Stories
Read from: November 8, 2024
Stand-alone
Source: Netgalley (I received an ALC from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)
Content Warning: Sexual Content, Death, Medical Content, Fire/Fire Injury, Injury/Injury Detail, Cursing, Grief, Death of Parent
For Readers Interested In: Romance, Short Stories/Novellas, Funny, HolidazeThis Christmas, a hot fireman makes a holiday rescue and sparks fly in this funny, sexy holiday short story by bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur.
When Everleigh Dangerfield’s baking disaster necessitates a call to 911, firefighter Griffin Brantley douses the flames in the kitchen, but the ones he stokes in Everleigh are an entirely different story. Unfortunately, Everleigh’s only visiting and doesn’t do casual hookups, no matter how smoldering the temptation. But Everleigh’s holiday mishaps have just begun. And Griffin is seemingly always on call. If Everleigh is game for a change of plans, he can give her the merriest Christmas of her life.
Alexandria Bellefleur’s Merriment and Mayhem is part of Under the Mistletoe, a stirring collection of December romances that thrill and tingle all the way. They can be read or listened to in one swoony sitting.
*MY THOUGHTS*
This is going to be short since this is a novella, but I had to go ahead and write a tiny review on it since I got it from Netgalley. I remember listening to it and then being immediately mad that I only had this one? (Netgalley denied me for the others smh lol) But this was definitely very fun.
Ok so this one had me laughing from the beginning to the end. Why did Everleigh get into all this shit? Like everything she did was a disaster lol But I was glad for it because their meet cute had me SWOONING! Y’all know I love a good meet cute. And this one was THE ONE. Lmao I don’t think I’ve ever read one that had some burnt Christmas cookies tho.
The romance was very sweet. I hated their first date tho. I didn’t understand why she thought her disaster prone ass would have done any good in that situation? She wasn’t anywhere near as trained as they were. I thought it was weird that that was her first reaction lol But whatever the case may be, it made for a really good next scene lol
Ok so who would have thought that this one was going to have smex in this super short read, but still, it was there. And it was actually good. I had to pause it at one point because I wasn’t expecting it lol But it was good. Definitely made me want more of the story tho because smex in an hour and a half felt really fast.
This one was really good and again, it made me sad that this was the only one I got approved for. But then again, once I made my way through all of them, I actually enjoyed this one the most? I got laughs and swoons and surprises all in one. Definitely the THING that makes holiday stories for me. I hope y’all add these shorts to your holiday reads!
Overall, I give this
