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Gingerbread Mutiny: A Magical Holiday Romantic Comedy
Ivy Evergreen is a disaster.
But she's also a brilliant botanist on a mission to find the rare Caribbean Sunset Spice for Santa's new cookie recipe. Which she conveniently forgets to mention when hiring the merchant ship Compass Rose as escort. Plus her good-luck gingerbread men have a tendency to come magically alive and cause absolute havoc.
Ship's Navigator Merry Twiggler likes her world orderly, her charts precise, and her emotions under control. She's spent years building a reputation as the best navigator in the Caribbean. Then Ivy boards with her cheerful chaos, and suddenly there are living gingerbread men staging tiny mutinies, reorganizing maps, and somehow steering the ship off course while Merry tries very hard not to be distracted by Ivy's infectious enthusiasm.
As they sail from island to island, Merry discovers that Ivy's disasters come with genuine genius, infectious joy, and a kind heart that makes everything brighter. Ivy finds that behind Merry's grumpiness are devastating rare smiles and hands that are equally skilled at navigation and gentleness.
But when Ivy's deepest insecurities threaten both the mission and their growing connection, Merry must convince her that some people are worth the mess—gingerbread mutinies, chaotic magic, and all.
A swoony Sapphic Christmas pirate romance about choosing yourself, finding family in unlikely places, and learning that love doesn't require perfection—just someone willing to navigate the chaos with you.
But she's also a brilliant botanist on a mission to find the rare Caribbean Sunset Spice for Santa's new cookie recipe. Which she conveniently forgets to mention when hiring the merchant ship Compass Rose as escort. Plus her good-luck gingerbread men have a tendency to come magically alive and cause absolute havoc.
Ship's Navigator Merry Twiggler likes her world orderly, her charts precise, and her emotions under control. She's spent years building a reputation as the best navigator in the Caribbean. Then Ivy boards with her cheerful chaos, and suddenly there are living gingerbread men staging tiny mutinies, reorganizing maps, and somehow steering the ship off course while Merry tries very hard not to be distracted by Ivy's infectious enthusiasm.
As they sail from island to island, Merry discovers that Ivy's disasters come with genuine genius, infectious joy, and a kind heart that makes everything brighter. Ivy finds that behind Merry's grumpiness are devastating rare smiles and hands that are equally skilled at navigation and gentleness.
But when Ivy's deepest insecurities threaten both the mission and their growing connection, Merry must convince her that some people are worth the mess—gingerbread mutinies, chaotic magic, and all.
A swoony Sapphic Christmas pirate romance about choosing yourself, finding family in unlikely places, and learning that love doesn't require perfection—just someone willing to navigate the chaos with you.
91 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 13, 2025
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Marina Tempest
41 books6 followersLesbian adventure romance writer. I love to write stories!
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January 2, 2026
3.5 stars. This series are sweet and funny short reads that are great palate cleansers between longer books
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