Mistletoe and Mayhem

Charmed Away Temp Agency #5.5

by Amy Padilla

The Charmed Away crew is home for the holidays! This series of vignettes gives you a glimpse into how our favorite couples celebrate the holidays, and the chaos that ensues along the way!

Genres: M M Romance, Fantasy, Dragons, Paranormal, Christmas, Fae, Romance

189 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 14, 2025

Reviews

[Abigail Beckwith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Here's Amy Padilla's "Mistletoe & Mayhem." It is a series of vignettes in her Charmed Away Temp Agency series.

["The Charmed Away crew is home for the holidays! This series of vignettes gives you a glimpse into how our favorite couples celebrate the holidays, and the chaos that ensues along the way!"]

I loved this. I loved seeing all of these couples still so happy and still so in love. I was obsessed with seeing them grow and continue to devote their lives to their loves. It was the perfect sprinkling of more plus some holiday magic (and real magic), a perfect diversion from real life.

#theincubssassistant #thedragonsaide #theshapeshifterssecretary #thevampiresreceptionist #thetelephathstemp #thedemonsattendant #MistletoeandMayhem #charmedaway #charmedawayseries #charmedawaytempagency #charmedawaytempagencyseries #amypadilla #books #queerbooks #queererotica #bodicerippers #bookstagram #bookphotography #ilovebooks

[❀ Jess]

I only read this for Eli and Al's chapter to see if I'd get a continuation to that marriage comment from their book! BUT I DID NOT. 😠

[Hayley · Rating 3 out of 5]

cute snippets into holiday cheer. I liked seeing into the lives of the established couples for holiday times. I enjoyed other stories more than others of course. Just a sweet taste of life after their books.

[Becky A · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Mistletoe and Mayhem" received TWO AND A HALF stars.

As with all novels like this, I had my favorite and not-so-favorite stories.

The novel gained *stars* for these items:

* gained for: "The book caught my interest in the first five pages."

1/2 * gained for: "I thought about the book when I was forced to set it down and re-enter society."

* gained for: "There were no info dumps, poor writing, or copy edit mistakes that jerked me out of the story."

The novel failed to gain stars for this item:

NO STAR gained for: "I was sad when the book ended. I wanted more!"

NO STAR gained for: "That's it. I'm hooked on this author. I will automatically try anything she/he/they writes."

[Mandy (MP Book Reviews) · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Charmed Away crew is home for the holidays! This series of vignettes gives you a glimpse into how our favourite couples celebrate the holidays, and the chaos that ensues along the way!

I loved this collection of short stories that enabled me to have a glimpse into the lives of the couples from the series over the Christmas period. Some were better than others but they were all enjoyable. Some were more emotional than others but they all contained the intensity of their mate bond. Easy to read and understand. They were MM stories with mature content.

[Lois · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five fantastic stories set in the Charmed Away world, set at Christmas. These were really fun catch ups with our favourite Supes and their mates. Supernaturals don't celebrate Christmas and it was a lot of fun seeing them out of their element during the festive season. Learning about traditions, decorating trees and giving gifts. Sometimes steamy, sometimes silly, occasionally sad, but always loving. I loved it. 5*

[Hailey · Rating 3 out of 5]

𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - This was cute and nice to see the characters again after all the books.
𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞: 🌶 🌶 - mini stories with each having one mini spicy scene
𝐆𝐨𝐚𝐥: 126/12

This was such a fun book to read with all the little mini stories. I really loved being able to see the charaters again and the time differneces was interesting becuase this sereis spans across a few years so to read the stories as time progressed was cool!

This book has:
🌑 MM
🌑mini stories
🌑 set after main books

[Hilary Maitland · Rating 4 out of 5]

fun Christmas shorts

Fun to read these Christmas shorts.
My only quibble is that the Author often breaks with what she established as a major theme of a couple. In these shorts she has Dorian enjoying a blood cocktail when the whole Kian- Dorian romance is built on Dorian getting sick from any blood that isn’t Kian’s. This could be fixed with a simple sentence or too but it always bothers me when it is like the author forgot a whole major premise.

[Zoe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holiday Chaos

I love this collection of novellas from the Charmed Away/Spellbound crew! The friendships and found family in this series is just so cozy and fun. I love Taron making chaos everywhere he goes while also doing things that are super sweet. I really loved reading more about all my favourite couples and seeing them be happy together living their lives. This series is so much fun and I need more of them!

[Manlove · Rating 3 out of 5]

I do wish the KU algorithm could deliver these recommendations in late December. Alas. It only seems to deliver in the new year, so I'm probably training it to do that to me. Sigh.

Overall, I enjoyed revisiting the couples I loved! I may have given it three stars since some of the middle to late couples have not stuck all that much in my memory.

Still a great collection! I just preferred the first few stories.

[☔️ Stormy Day Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish more authors would do this!

It was so fun getting a peek into each of the couples lives from the Charmed Away series! I truly wish more authors would do this. I love this series and am always keeping an eye on the release date of the next book but I somehow missed that this was coming out. Such a great holiday surprise.

[Die Raben · Rating 5 out of 5]

Charming Festive Tales

A series of sweet short stories about out usual gang of characters as they celebrate Yule and Christmas, what’s not to love.

For the record, I have to say the last few lines of Kian & Dorian’s Tale after Kian pits the sunblock on for Dorian - best lines ever!

[Maggy Helwig · Rating 5 out of 5]

A sweet fun collection of holiday shorts

This is a fantastic revisit to much loved characters. I really love seeing how the relationships have grown, both romantic and platonic. The Charmed Away Temps series is a one-click of mine and this is the perfect addition.

[Eileen · Rating 4 out of 5]

At first, I thought about really reading it as an Advent calendar, but who did I want to fool? As if I could wait so long... 😂❤️
I loved it very much, maybe I'll really read it again now in December? We will see. I think Averys/Ozen's story was the weakest 😅🙈, I loved the rest though... 🥰🎄❄️

[Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

💜💜💜💜💜

This a paranormal mm romance holiday special for the “Charmed Away Temp Agency” series. This book is filled with short stories that all should be read after book 5 of the series. I really enjoyed visiting with our favorite mated couples over the holidays!

[Jessica Gorgen · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved it

I loved this book. 5 stars for rating, 4 for spice. It was nice to revisit all the couples and see them as a bit more established. And Taron and Kian were super entertaining as always.

[Lisbeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

loved it

[Aryona Richards · Rating 5 out of 5]

So freaking adorable

I loved the little Snapshot of each couples holiday, and Them having a party It was so great Would totally recommend must read for the holidays

[Kendra Patterson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short, quick stories of each couple having a Christmas holiday. I liked the gatherings and camaraderie. Definitely worth a day of reading.

[Sarah A · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great selection of holiday stories (mostly Christmas related) from all the mated pairs in the previous books.

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

a fun catch-up

A fun way to see the guys and how they celebrate the holidays. A lovely glimpse of how they are all doing.

[Lee Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holiday Special

I loved this holiday book! Revisiting our favorite couples as they celebrate their own holiday traditions as well as Christmas was wonderful!

[YinYangReader · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 Stars rounded up.

[Sarah Baines · Rating 5 out of 5]

⛄❄🎄

Mistletoe and Mayhem is a fab and fun festive tale featuring all the couples (so far!) at Spellbound. I loved it.

[Darryl Bailey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Was good to get some holiday fun with the gang

[romance_reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

sweet holiday short stories

It was cute going back to all these characters and getting a snapshot of their celebrations. These stories were sweet and spicy and just great.

[Suzanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

A short story during the Christmas season for each of our couples.

Ali stair and Tony attend the same party without any resolution before or problems after

[Hani · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not much in way of plot, but lovely vignettes.

[isthisakink · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5. A very cute mess, so we’re gonna rate it as such.

[T.A · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!

I loved the collection of stories about all the couples of the Charmed Away series. It as a nice glimpse into their lives.