Merry Mistletoe Kisses

by Sarah Hadley Brook

When Axl sees his old college crush at a holiday party, he is surprised to find out the guy not only remembers his name, he remembers hanging out with Axl years ago.

Spending time with Kevin is a dream come true and he makes peace with the idea that it might just be for the weekend. But his heart has other ideas and he’s falling too hard, too fast, and has no idea what Kevin is feeling. Is this just a weekend fling or something more?

50 pages, ebook

Published December 1, 2025

About the author

Sarah Hadley Brook lives smack-dab in the middle of the Heartland and is the mother of two wonderful young men, as well as two cats. During the day, she works in the nonprofit world, but reserves evenings for her hobby-turned-passion of writing, letting the characters she conjures up in her mind take the lead and show her where the story will go. When not working or writing, she can be found reading, working on dollhouses, trying her hand at new recipes, or watching old movies and musicals. In her ideal world, Christmas would come at least twice a year, Rock Hudson and Doris Day would have co-starred in more than three movies, and chocolate would be a daily necessity to live. She dreams of traveling to Scotland some day and visiting the places her ancestors lived. Sarah believes in “Happily Ever After” and strives to ensure her characters find their own happiness in love and life.

Reviews

[Sandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Freebie from the JMS advent calendar 2025. Cute, but way too short to be anything but an amuse bouche.

Also, I'm expected to believe that Axl has seen Hot IT Guy, but doesn't realize it's someone he knew? Yeah, okay. I'm not convinced.

The angst seems a bit far-fetched also, but whatever. Set at Christmas time, it's a quick read about a insta-love romance. Took me about an hour to read.