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Stalking Christmas
Santa
She caught my attention when she shouldn't have. My sweet, little temptation has made it to the top of Santa's naughty list, and rather than a lump of coal, she'll be getting a collar and a prison of my making for Christmas.
I'm about to wrap this beautiful, seductive gift up and devour her for the holidays. Who says Santa doesn't deliver your deepest, darkest desires?
The Gift
One moment, I was free, living my life and preparing for the misery of the holidays, and the next, a mystery man was messaging me and enticing me with my naughtiest fantasies.
All, however, is not what it seems. Rather than a spicy encounter in a darkened room, I find myself a captive for the holidays and kidnapped by a psychopath. The question is, will I still be alive to welcome the new year when he's done with me?
Stalking Christmas is a dark stalker, he-falls-first, forced proximity romance. This book is a standalone for mature listeners. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website.
She caught my attention when she shouldn't have. My sweet, little temptation has made it to the top of Santa's naughty list, and rather than a lump of coal, she'll be getting a collar and a prison of my making for Christmas.
I'm about to wrap this beautiful, seductive gift up and devour her for the holidays. Who says Santa doesn't deliver your deepest, darkest desires?
The Gift
One moment, I was free, living my life and preparing for the misery of the holidays, and the next, a mystery man was messaging me and enticing me with my naughtiest fantasies.
All, however, is not what it seems. Rather than a spicy encounter in a darkened room, I find myself a captive for the holidays and kidnapped by a psychopath. The question is, will I still be alive to welcome the new year when he's done with me?
Stalking Christmas is a dark stalker, he-falls-first, forced proximity romance. This book is a standalone for mature listeners. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website.
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January 7, 2025
I must say this is my first time reading this author
This particular book was recommended to me from a friend……
Buckle up ladies it is a dark one
Santa and the gift’s story
Santa aka Nick Brantford is the Governors eldest son, and basically the Governors fixer
There is nothing Warm and fuzzy about this particular Santa Claus…. Oh no no this is a Santa Psychopath, and Chrissy just made it on his naughty list …Santa wants to do unspeakable, unhinged things to her
Chrissy is more than just an obsession for me;
The Gift AKA Chrissy Cranbrook, has grown up hard, she is a Boston native. Who has spent most of her formative years being shuffled from one house to another in the foster care system.
Chrissy works two jobs just to make ends meet………. bartender/waitress at a strip club at night, this is where the ‘gift’ first met “Santa” and then her 2nd job was as waitress during the day at a greasy spoon diner, where she 1st met Nick
Damn I just loved to pieces, both Chrissy’s bffs… her roommate Daisy and her Demon dog called Toothless
I would recommend this book to anyone that is looking for a very bloody and kinky Christmas,
January 12, 2025
holy smoke
December 7, 2024
I got this for review on booksirens.
This was the best combo for the holiday season. A very dark romance which very intense and addicting scenes. But a hint of christmas vibes, well more like messed up christmas vibes. I just found myself a new author I think for when I'm in the mood for the more darker and hinged side of the genre. I don't want spoil anything so I'm saying as little as possible. But I loved the ending and I adored her friend Daisy.
This was the best combo for the holiday season. A very dark romance which very intense and addicting scenes. But a hint of christmas vibes, well more like messed up christmas vibes. I just found myself a new author I think for when I'm in the mood for the more darker and hinged side of the genre. I don't want spoil anything so I'm saying as little as possible. But I loved the ending and I adored her friend Daisy.
November 11, 2025
If you love a dark stalker romance with a completely unhinged serial unal!ver with sociopathic tendencies then this is the one for you. I'm not going to lie, I loved this book was more than I should have. But do you know what? I'm not the least bit ashamed for loving all of the dirty and deranged things that happen in this book.
Is this deliciously unhinged in the best possible way? Yep. Is our MMC a pitch black sociopath unal!ver who becomes an obsessive stalker? Yes, yes he is. Does the sight of blood turn this man on? You bet your bottom dollar. Is there a lot of questionable things that happen in this book? Yeah, yeah there is. But will all of these things make you love this book even more? Yes they will. Listen, I am fully aware this book will not be for everyone and that's ok but if you love to take a walk on the deliciously dark side then this is the one for you!
I loved the plot of this one. Nic is a deranged psycho who unal!ves people for fun. He literally gets off on it. Like the way this man beat his meat throughout this book made we wonder how he didn’t tug himself raw. But you know what, rock on with your bad self. Now he meets our heroine in a strip club and sets his sights on her as his next victim after she gets him kicked out. And what started off as revenge quickly turned into an unhealthy obsession on Nic's part. And in true Stockholm fashion, Chrissy falls for that deranged psycho. Is it realistic? nope but will you gobble it up? yep.
At the end of the day, this was the unhinged dark Christmas romance I didn't know I needed this holiday season. I am know adding every single A.L. Maruga book on my tbr!
Is this deliciously unhinged in the best possible way? Yep. Is our MMC a pitch black sociopath unal!ver who becomes an obsessive stalker? Yes, yes he is. Does the sight of blood turn this man on? You bet your bottom dollar. Is there a lot of questionable things that happen in this book? Yeah, yeah there is. But will all of these things make you love this book even more? Yes they will. Listen, I am fully aware this book will not be for everyone and that's ok but if you love to take a walk on the deliciously dark side then this is the one for you!
I loved the plot of this one. Nic is a deranged psycho who unal!ves people for fun. He literally gets off on it. Like the way this man beat his meat throughout this book made we wonder how he didn’t tug himself raw. But you know what, rock on with your bad self. Now he meets our heroine in a strip club and sets his sights on her as his next victim after she gets him kicked out. And what started off as revenge quickly turned into an unhealthy obsession on Nic's part. And in true Stockholm fashion, Chrissy falls for that deranged psycho. Is it realistic? nope but will you gobble it up? yep.
At the end of the day, this was the unhinged dark Christmas romance I didn't know I needed this holiday season. I am know adding every single A.L. Maruga book on my tbr!
December 14, 2024
It’s all a little, ok, it’s a lot unhinged in a s3rial k!ller MMC, a cane corso called Toothless who is anything but, our FMC carries a smidgen of darkness and her her friend Daisy is as unhinged as the MMC.
All in all it makes for a very dark, bl00dy Christmas read. I enjoyed it though felt it was a little rushed at the end after the build up throughout the book.
All in all it makes for a very dark, bl00dy Christmas read. I enjoyed it though felt it was a little rushed at the end after the build up throughout the book.
December 21, 2024
santa who is a stalker ? count me the fuck in 🎅🏼❤️
i was in such a mood for a holiday read but i also needed some dark and depraved. this hit the spot !! a serial killer dressed as santa who’s current obsession is a strong woman who has been through whatever life throws at her.
if you’re looking for a masked stalker, serial killer, captor / captive, pierced peen, he falls first, knife and blood play, gore, touch her and your hands will be delivered to her front door, short but the plot keeps you going, and smut 😮💨 absolutely add this to your tbr !!
chrissy is such a baddie. she never catches a break but she caught the eyes of nic one night during work 🤭 nic is itching for a bloody christmas and chrissy had landed on his radar, become his next target. he is set on killing her which leads to him stalking and planning out his next moves. i loved his character development honestly. his level of unhingedness and obsession was so hot 🥰 he comes to know chrissy like the back of his hands the more he stalks her and finds out her deepest, darkest fantasies !! chrissy is such a relatable character. she is just as unhinged and fiery. they are the perfect couple and meant for each other 🖤 nic found chrissy in moments of wanting to end her but she pulls the humanity out of him. and chrissy found nic in moments of hate but someone to finally explore her dark desires with. the spice was 🥵 and the plot was 😵💫
it did feel a bit rushed towards the end but the build up was so good !! this was a short and quick smutty book with a dark plot that had me on my toes. i loved a good stalker romance and adding a bit of holiday spirit ??? I’M INNN !!
🌶️🌶️🌶️
i was in such a mood for a holiday read but i also needed some dark and depraved. this hit the spot !! a serial killer dressed as santa who’s current obsession is a strong woman who has been through whatever life throws at her.
if you’re looking for a masked stalker, serial killer, captor / captive, pierced peen, he falls first, knife and blood play, gore, touch her and your hands will be delivered to her front door, short but the plot keeps you going, and smut 😮💨 absolutely add this to your tbr !!
chrissy is such a baddie. she never catches a break but she caught the eyes of nic one night during work 🤭 nic is itching for a bloody christmas and chrissy had landed on his radar, become his next target. he is set on killing her which leads to him stalking and planning out his next moves. i loved his character development honestly. his level of unhingedness and obsession was so hot 🥰 he comes to know chrissy like the back of his hands the more he stalks her and finds out her deepest, darkest fantasies !! chrissy is such a relatable character. she is just as unhinged and fiery. they are the perfect couple and meant for each other 🖤 nic found chrissy in moments of wanting to end her but she pulls the humanity out of him. and chrissy found nic in moments of hate but someone to finally explore her dark desires with. the spice was 🥵 and the plot was 😵💫
it did feel a bit rushed towards the end but the build up was so good !! this was a short and quick smutty book with a dark plot that had me on my toes. i loved a good stalker romance and adding a bit of holiday spirit ??? I’M INNN !!
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December 9, 2024
"My sweet little temptation" line threw me off bc the FMC was the opposite of sweet. She was nasty in attitude and rudeness. I would have been happy of she got murked and the twist is that she wasn't the real FMC but someone else. With the way she behaved it reminded me of "those service industry employees who approach you with disdain before you even speak and just continue the 'tude throughout service and by the end you think man I think they don't enjoy the job" and do you want to read that as a romance 🤔. I personally didn't. So DNF
December 3, 2024
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶🌶🌶🌶
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Absolutely LOVE this dark romance! It definitely is an unhinged one, and I have a weakness for unhinged MMC's.
The MMC, Nic, did not take it well when the FMC, Chrissy, kicked him out of the bar for being next to the wrong person. He was itching for something to do for the holidays, so he decided to make Chrissy his next target. Too bad he found her too interesting to just end her existence.
Nic is pretty damn unhinged, and he has no emotions at all, so do not go expecting romance off the bat. He truly wants to torture her, and not in the always fun way. I really did like his development of a character, and his level of obsession. He read Chrissy like a book, even when she wasn't ready to admit to her desires.
Chrissy is a strong FMC, and has lived through some shït to get her where she needs to be. I respect that, and she is a relatable character in many ways. She is in her late twenties and he is in his early thirties, so they are grown and act like it. Sometimes that is a rare combo.
This is a short book, but the plot was still very much present, and added to the story. Sometimes short books are mostly şmüt (not complaining) but this one was a great combo. The spice be spicing, so the plot was just an added bonus.
⟣Tropes⟢
✅ Touch her and 💀 (or have your hands delivered to her doorstep)
✅ Dual POV’s (first person)
✅ Serial Unaliver
✅ O/JP MMC
✅ Captor/Captive
✅ No OW drama
✅ No OM drama
✅ Found Family
✅ Pierced 🍆
✅ No Pregnancy
✅ He falls first
✅ Stalker
✅ Masked MMC
✅ 🔪 Play
✅ 🩸Bløød Play
✅ Gore for sure - keep that in mind!
✅ HEA
I found out at this point there is no trigger too strong to keep me away. It is actually just a grocery list for me now. But there are definitely some triggers in this book, so please read the triggers before starting this book, your mental health matters.
***I was given this as an ARC for free and writing a review voluntary. All opinions are my own.***
🌶🌶🌶🌶
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Absolutely LOVE this dark romance! It definitely is an unhinged one, and I have a weakness for unhinged MMC's.
The MMC, Nic, did not take it well when the FMC, Chrissy, kicked him out of the bar for being next to the wrong person. He was itching for something to do for the holidays, so he decided to make Chrissy his next target. Too bad he found her too interesting to just end her existence.
Nic is pretty damn unhinged, and he has no emotions at all, so do not go expecting romance off the bat. He truly wants to torture her, and not in the always fun way. I really did like his development of a character, and his level of obsession. He read Chrissy like a book, even when she wasn't ready to admit to her desires.
Chrissy is a strong FMC, and has lived through some shït to get her where she needs to be. I respect that, and she is a relatable character in many ways. She is in her late twenties and he is in his early thirties, so they are grown and act like it. Sometimes that is a rare combo.
This is a short book, but the plot was still very much present, and added to the story. Sometimes short books are mostly şmüt (not complaining) but this one was a great combo. The spice be spicing, so the plot was just an added bonus.
⟣Tropes⟢
✅ Touch her and 💀 (or have your hands delivered to her doorstep)
✅ Dual POV’s (first person)
✅ Serial Unaliver
✅ O/JP MMC
✅ Captor/Captive
✅ No OW drama
✅ No OM drama
✅ Found Family
✅ Pierced 🍆
✅ No Pregnancy
✅ He falls first
✅ Stalker
✅ Masked MMC
✅ 🔪 Play
✅ 🩸Bløød Play
✅ Gore for sure - keep that in mind!
✅ HEA
I found out at this point there is no trigger too strong to keep me away. It is actually just a grocery list for me now. But there are definitely some triggers in this book, so please read the triggers before starting this book, your mental health matters.
***I was given this as an ARC for free and writing a review voluntary. All opinions are my own.***
December 19, 2024
Stalking Christmas is a wild ride and one I highly recommend! As always, A.L. has delivered the most unhinged, morally gray man of my bookish dreams. Tropes: dual POV, dark themes, st@lk!ng, forced proximity, k!dn@pp!ng, enemies to lovers, masked man, he falls first, dub c0n, strong FMC, extra spicy, HEA, there’s a playlist! This book also comes with a lot of TWs, so please check those out before you dive in. This was a five star, five spice read for me!
Chrissy (FMC) is barely scraping by. Her job at the str!p club and the diner aren’t cutting it. IF only she could bring herself to do more than bartend and service, she could be raking in the money like her roommate. Can she bring herself to submit to her desires and thoughts of a faceless person using her? She might not have to worry about it. Santa knows what she wants for Christmas.
Nic (MMC) has been minding his business, k!ll!ng, and cleaning up mess after mess for his family. His vitims aren’t usually hard to choose since Santa’s naughty list is long, but the smexy bartender wasn’t initially among them. Until now. Obsessed doesn’t begin to describe his fascination with her, and he’s going to make sure she gets everything she doesn’t know she wants for Christmas.
Chrissy (FMC) is barely scraping by. Her job at the str!p club and the diner aren’t cutting it. IF only she could bring herself to do more than bartend and service, she could be raking in the money like her roommate. Can she bring herself to submit to her desires and thoughts of a faceless person using her? She might not have to worry about it. Santa knows what she wants for Christmas.
Nic (MMC) has been minding his business, k!ll!ng, and cleaning up mess after mess for his family. His vitims aren’t usually hard to choose since Santa’s naughty list is long, but the smexy bartender wasn’t initially among them. Until now. Obsessed doesn’t begin to describe his fascination with her, and he’s going to make sure she gets everything she doesn’t know she wants for Christmas.
December 23, 2025
Unhinged, deranged, bonkers, you name it… that’s this book. Man was it a ride. I had a good time reading this but now I need a pallet cleanser 😅😂.
Also if you pick this up after reading this review… maybe read the trigger warnings lol.
4/5 purely for unhinged vibes.
Also if you pick this up after reading this review… maybe read the trigger warnings lol.
4/5 purely for unhinged vibes.
November 26, 2024
If you are looking for a cute holiday romance this book isn’t for you. If you want an unhinged stalker, serial unaliver dressed as Santa whose latest obsession is a stripper and how he can possess her then carry on reading.
A L Maruga writes dark books and this is possibly her darkest and most demented to date and I’m all here for it. Loving her first take on a holiday romance I’m hoping it’s not her last, I feel there could be a story in itself with Daisy and Micah, the side characters from this book.
Chrissy and Nic our MC’s are the perfect pairing for one another, their crazy suits one another and whilst Chrissy finds someone to finally explore her dark side with, Nic finds in Daisy someone to bring the humanity out in him.
There’s some seriously spicy scenes but as normal checking TWs are a must.
A L Maruga writes dark books and this is possibly her darkest and most demented to date and I’m all here for it. Loving her first take on a holiday romance I’m hoping it’s not her last, I feel there could be a story in itself with Daisy and Micah, the side characters from this book.
Chrissy and Nic our MC’s are the perfect pairing for one another, their crazy suits one another and whilst Chrissy finds someone to finally explore her dark side with, Nic finds in Daisy someone to bring the humanity out in him.
There’s some seriously spicy scenes but as normal checking TWs are a must.
December 10, 2024
I reach down and grab the hands I cut off of Jerry, that are wrapped in his shirt, and trudge through the thick crop of Evergreen trees, back toward where I left my vehicle. I’m going to have to do a deep clean inside of it to ensure that none of that asshole’s DNA is left behind.
I look down at the bloody bundle in my hands. Why the fuck did I even keep these? I don’t usually do mementos of my kills, I’m not deranged. Maybe I should gift them to Chrissy as a peace offering between us? I, of course, couldn’t let her know they were from me, but maybe they would bring her some satisfaction, that there was one less grabby asshole wandering around that she would have to deal with. Would she look at them with admiration for my hard work, or with disgust?
The logical part of me is yelling inside of my thick skull that no one gifts women bloody hands, but the psychotic part of me is telling that one to shut the fuck up.
I'm a sucker for a good unhinged stalker/serial killer romance. Throw in some holiday cheer and yeah... of course I'm going to read it.
Stalking Christmas was OTT and wildly entertaining. The triggers are plentiful and the kink is heavy. The only reason why I didn't give this five stars is because the ending felt very abrupt and anti-climactic... which is a shame because what A.L. Maruga had going here was fantastic. Still thoroughly enjoyed this one, though!
If you're in the mood for something dark and fucked up but also festive, this book will probably be for you.
I pull back from her lips and stare down at her, as her glazed, brown, lust-filled eyes stare back at mine, challenging me to hurt her.
Fuck, I will never get enough of her, and I know I’m completely fucked because of it.
She’s changing who I am, and what I believe about myself. With her, I don’t wish to be the cold and callous killer. I don’t want to murder her for sport. Instead, I see her in my future at my side forever. How can that be? How can, in such a short time, this woman, this little raged-filled hellion, have changed what I believe to be true about myself?
Okay, one more quote, because part of what makes this book so damn fun is Nic. He's certifiable, but it's also kind of endearing how he has an existential crisis when Chrissy starts having him feeling feelings...
The last couple of days have made me a frazzled, pathetic mess, with emotions and feelings that I don’t understand how to process. Honestly, I don’t fucking get it. Someone could take a gun and point it at my father’s head right now and pull the trigger, and I would shrug and walk away without a care in the world, or a backward glance, and that asshole raised me from birth.
Yet everything about Chrissy causes a reaction. She’s sad, I lose it. She doesn’t eat, I become unhinged. She’s in pain and doesn’t tell me, I want to rip out my own hair. She’s crying, and I want to level the whole world.
Where the hell is all of this coming from? Is this what they describe as love? Am I in love with this girl? I’ve never loved anything, to my knowledge. The closest I have ever come was to tolerate something with slight affection, and that’s my brother, Micah. Even on a good day, I would probably shoot him without the slightest hint of remorse.
December 15, 2024
I can’t get past using blood as lube or murdering just for funsies- But anyways happy holidays?
February 6, 2025
No es una historia de Hallmark Channel. 🤣
-Stalker
-Secuestro
-Gore
-No Consentimiento
-Desmembramiento
-Uso indiscriminado de tranquilizantes.
Nicholas es un asesino serial y además se dedica a limpiar los desastres de su padre (el gobernador) y su hermano menor. En una de sus salidas, llama su atención una de las meseras en un local nocturno. La persigue, la investiga y decide que va a ser suya a toda costa.
No suele ser mi tipo de lectura pero no puedo negar que la lectura fue entretenida. Una vez acostumbrada a la situación, claro. 😂
El final fue demasiado abrupto. Un minuto Chrissy estaba en modo: Te voy a matar, desgraciado, y al siguiente: Pobre de ti que veas a otra chica. Yo no comparto. 🙄
📖
The only thing possibly missing from her perfection, is her crimson blood pouring from her various orifices, and the sound of her screams for my mercy.
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There is something about Chrissy, and her reactions, that elicits a morbid fascination and causes my blood to heat with constant desire, not only for her blood and death at my hands, but for her life.
-Stalker
-Secuestro
-Gore
-No Consentimiento
-Desmembramiento
-Uso indiscriminado de tranquilizantes.
Nicholas es un asesino serial y además se dedica a limpiar los desastres de su padre (el gobernador) y su hermano menor. En una de sus salidas, llama su atención una de las meseras en un local nocturno. La persigue, la investiga y decide que va a ser suya a toda costa.
No suele ser mi tipo de lectura pero no puedo negar que la lectura fue entretenida. Una vez acostumbrada a la situación, claro. 😂
El final fue demasiado abrupto. Un minuto Chrissy estaba en modo: Te voy a matar, desgraciado, y al siguiente: Pobre de ti que veas a otra chica. Yo no comparto. 🙄
📖
The only thing possibly missing from her perfection, is her crimson blood pouring from her various orifices, and the sound of her screams for my mercy.
_
There is something about Chrissy, and her reactions, that elicits a morbid fascination and causes my blood to heat with constant desire, not only for her blood and death at my hands, but for her life.
December 5, 2025
it was fine…..
December 16, 2024
5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
5 🌶🔥🥵🌶🔥
5 🎅🔪🎁🎄☠️
A.L. Maruga, you have combined my favorite tropes together all in this one book. You made me a fan of Christmas stories with that dark erotica horror romance twist to it.
I loved every page from this book. I had a movie playing in my head when I was reading this. It definitely would make the Hallmark channel blush and probably say, "WTF!!!", a lot. It had just the perfect amount of horror and smut mixed together. All I have to say is I wish I could be Santa's gift.
You better watch out! Santa has his sights set on you, Chrissy! You're on his naughty list.
5 🌶🔥🥵🌶🔥
5 🎅🔪🎁🎄☠️
A.L. Maruga, you have combined my favorite tropes together all in this one book. You made me a fan of Christmas stories with that dark erotica horror romance twist to it.
I loved every page from this book. I had a movie playing in my head when I was reading this. It definitely would make the Hallmark channel blush and probably say, "WTF!!!", a lot. It had just the perfect amount of horror and smut mixed together. All I have to say is I wish I could be Santa's gift.
You better watch out! Santa has his sights set on you, Chrissy! You're on his naughty list.
November 19, 2025
I can’t get over how lame this one turned out to be.
December 4, 2025
Wow what a short unhinged smutty time this read was !!😳😮💨 It has smut but there was good plot too!
Ladies, don’t ever get Santa kicked out of a club because then you’ll get kidnapped by a serial unaliver aka Santa and make your dark fantasies come to LIFE!!!😅😮💨
This is my first dark Christmas novella and it didn’t disappoint! This was actually SMUTTY and I was here for it. The MMC is so unhinged and psychotic! Did I mention he’s pierced ?! There were several scenes that had me like WHAT😳 😂😅 there was so much 🩸 play😮💨😮💨 I liked the FMC and her friend. They kept me entertained and she wasn’t ashamed of her dark fantasies. The MMC DELIVERED!!
Oh she also has a cane corso named Toothless and I love him!! 🐾 😍
It’s on KU.
It’s on audible. Not duet
Ladies, don’t ever get Santa kicked out of a club because then you’ll get kidnapped by a serial unaliver aka Santa and make your dark fantasies come to LIFE!!!😅😮💨
This is my first dark Christmas novella and it didn’t disappoint! This was actually SMUTTY and I was here for it. The MMC is so unhinged and psychotic! Did I mention he’s pierced ?! There were several scenes that had me like WHAT😳 😂😅 there was so much 🩸 play😮💨😮💨 I liked the FMC and her friend. They kept me entertained and she wasn’t ashamed of her dark fantasies. The MMC DELIVERED!!
Oh she also has a cane corso named Toothless and I love him!! 🐾 😍
It’s on KU.
It’s on audible. Not duet
January 4, 2025
Stalking Christmas by AL Maruga is dark romance holiday novella. What a wild ride this short story was! It was a great dark romance for Christmas though. It hit all the right spots for the holiday and for dark books.
Santa is an unhinged as they come. He has his eye on Chrissy his little temptation. Santa definitely is naughty and way more into his gifts in this book.
A great dark romance holiday read!
Santa is an unhinged as they come. He has his eye on Chrissy his little temptation. Santa definitely is naughty and way more into his gifts in this book.
A great dark romance holiday read!
December 10, 2025
This was such a wild little holiday ride. Definitely not your cozy Christmas romance, but I had way more fun than I expected. Chrissy getting snatched by her very enthusiastic stalker “Santa” was unhinged in the best dark-romance way, and I was honestly giggling at how committed he was to being both terrifying and… weirdly charming? It’s twisted, fast, a little ridiculous, and exactly the kind of chaotic festive chaos I like to read in December. Not for the faint of heart, but absolutely entertaining. 🎄🔪
December 30, 2024
Stalking Christmas was dark and festival moment. The book cover caught me attention on my!!!!! I loved this story. It was a thriller of an page turner and the suspense was totally intense. I was on the verge of my seat and I couldn't even put it down like literally. It was an action packed of drama and chaos. OMG this was the best romance moment for Santa and Chrissy . His desire for her is going to captivating and mind blowing of danger and madness. Was her life in danger and she was going to his for the night is over. He was determine to find her one way or another before the night is over.
I highly recommend this book and you won't be disappointed.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. Trina Jones
I highly recommend this book and you won't be disappointed.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. Trina Jones
July 7, 2025
I love a holiday-themed story. But a holiday-themed dark romance with an obsessive stalker MMC, is the way to my heart!!
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
December 4, 2025
Wouldn’t classify this as dark romance as much as I would just violence and r@pe. If that’s something you like… Enjoy! If not, I highly **do not** recommend this book.
December 28, 2024
A DARK CHRISTMAS TALE
This is my first A.L. Maruga book and what a way to start. This is dark, depraved, unhinged and absolutely wrong in so many ways that had my little black heart beating excitedly as I read this on Christmas Day!! Santa has set his sights on his very own Chrissy present and will stop at nothing to ensure she is wrapped up neatly for his enjoyment over the festive period. There is a connection on a dark level between the two characters who explore their individual darkness while despite all the depravity are drawn together. This was next level darkness, so if your looking for sugar plum fairies, white Christmas and holly decked halls, this is not the book. BUT if you like taboo themes and a crazed Santa who ticks all the boxes for his own naughty list, then this is definitely for you.
This is my first A.L. Maruga book and what a way to start. This is dark, depraved, unhinged and absolutely wrong in so many ways that had my little black heart beating excitedly as I read this on Christmas Day!! Santa has set his sights on his very own Chrissy present and will stop at nothing to ensure she is wrapped up neatly for his enjoyment over the festive period. There is a connection on a dark level between the two characters who explore their individual darkness while despite all the depravity are drawn together. This was next level darkness, so if your looking for sugar plum fairies, white Christmas and holly decked halls, this is not the book. BUT if you like taboo themes and a crazed Santa who ticks all the boxes for his own naughty list, then this is definitely for you.
January 4, 2025
Love it the way he was obsessed with her and way she was being out feelings he never got before her and her dog best character in the book
December 23, 2024
So Santa is a serial killer and a masked stalker who falls in love with his new victim. I liked the story at the beginning, with a kick start of a serial slasher move, and also ripping limbs off people who “touch” his gift. BUT I also got the ick at the same time. He is always humming to Christmas tunes and playing Christmas music..like why?
It felt very rushed at the end like all of a sudden the book needed to wrap up so a lot happens in the last couple chapters that just went too fast for me.
And “the gift”…she was a big dumb dummy. I enjoyed her best friend better who gave me Sibil and Harley Quinn vibes.
3.5 stars for me.
It felt very rushed at the end like all of a sudden the book needed to wrap up so a lot happens in the last couple chapters that just went too fast for me.
And “the gift”…she was a big dumb dummy. I enjoyed her best friend better who gave me Sibil and Harley Quinn vibes.
3.5 stars for me.
December 30, 2024
Possibly the darkest, weirdest, craziest romance I’ve ever read. Had to take a few breaks, lol. Good story.
December 28, 2024
I ate this book up and then asked to please have some more, sir. So good!
December 23, 2024
They sure did use the word cunt a lot
December 10, 2024
*MF
*Dual-1st-PoV
*Contemporary
*Dark Romance
*Lots of TWs
*Stalker
*Obsessive MMC
*Serial Unaliver
*Holiday themes
*Fast Burn
*Standalone
Dark holiday based spicy read
The story follows our fiesty FMC Chrissie who has managed to pee off the wrong person… Santa…our obsessive, rather psychotic MMC 🙈 although these two absolutely work together, he offers her the chance to explore her deepest and darkest desires (although not always with her knowing 😳) and she manages to somehow generate emotions within him. There is a strong character/relationship development for them it’s just a shrouded in dark elements but it works for them…and definitely anyone who enjoys a dark romance! Although this is enemies to lovers the chemistry between these two is on from the beginning 🌶️ and the spice is over plot in this one it is rather kinky spice but oh so 🥵🥵 there are so many TWs (Captive/ Dub&Non-con/ dru&&ing) so please do check these if you are unsure.
*Dual-1st-PoV
*Contemporary
*Dark Romance
*Lots of TWs
*Stalker
*Obsessive MMC
*Serial Unaliver
*Holiday themes
*Fast Burn
*Standalone
Dark holiday based spicy read
The story follows our fiesty FMC Chrissie who has managed to pee off the wrong person… Santa…our obsessive, rather psychotic MMC 🙈 although these two absolutely work together, he offers her the chance to explore her deepest and darkest desires (although not always with her knowing 😳) and she manages to somehow generate emotions within him. There is a strong character/relationship development for them it’s just a shrouded in dark elements but it works for them…and definitely anyone who enjoys a dark romance! Although this is enemies to lovers the chemistry between these two is on from the beginning 🌶️ and the spice is over plot in this one it is rather kinky spice but oh so 🥵🥵 there are so many TWs (Captive/ Dub&Non-con/ dru&&ing) so please do check these if you are unsure.
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