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Christmas is a Beach
Ellie Walker knows Christmas as snow-dusted streets, roaring fires, and traditions that never change.
This year, instead of a New York winter, she is sweating through an Australian summer in Salt Bay. She is grieving her father, freshly heartbroken, and forced to sell the seaside inn that once held his happiest memories.
Ellie is not looking for a fresh start. She is here to sign the papers, survive the holidays, and leave.
But Salt Bay, and one frustratingly charming, not-so-handy handyman, have other plans.
Between sun-soaked beaches, small-town traditions, a song about Santa wearing shorts, and a Christmas that looks nothing like the one she knows, Ellie finds herself drawn into a place that feels achingly familiar and dangerously tempting. Enter Jack Bradbury. Local heartthrob. Reluctant dreamer. Town celebrity and part-time Santa. The one man who makes staying feel like a possibility Ellie never planned for.
As old traditions resurface, new ones take shape, and a long-buried family secret comes to light, Ellie must decide what she is willing to let go of, and what might be worth holding onto.
Christmas Is a Beach is a heartfelt holiday novella set in the Worth the Scandal and Maroon Management universe. It is an interconnected standalone, a bridge between stories, and the beginning of a seaside romance series that is only just getting started.
Perfect for readers who
Small town Aussie romance
Christmas stories with meaning and heart
Family scecrets, healing, and love that conquers
Slowburn tension in sun soaked settings
A Hallmark Christmas cliché with Aussie slang and humour
This year, instead of a New York winter, she is sweating through an Australian summer in Salt Bay. She is grieving her father, freshly heartbroken, and forced to sell the seaside inn that once held his happiest memories.
Ellie is not looking for a fresh start. She is here to sign the papers, survive the holidays, and leave.
But Salt Bay, and one frustratingly charming, not-so-handy handyman, have other plans.
Between sun-soaked beaches, small-town traditions, a song about Santa wearing shorts, and a Christmas that looks nothing like the one she knows, Ellie finds herself drawn into a place that feels achingly familiar and dangerously tempting. Enter Jack Bradbury. Local heartthrob. Reluctant dreamer. Town celebrity and part-time Santa. The one man who makes staying feel like a possibility Ellie never planned for.
As old traditions resurface, new ones take shape, and a long-buried family secret comes to light, Ellie must decide what she is willing to let go of, and what might be worth holding onto.
Christmas Is a Beach is a heartfelt holiday novella set in the Worth the Scandal and Maroon Management universe. It is an interconnected standalone, a bridge between stories, and the beginning of a seaside romance series that is only just getting started.
Perfect for readers who
Small town Aussie romance
Christmas stories with meaning and heart
Family scecrets, healing, and love that conquers
Slowburn tension in sun soaked settings
A Hallmark Christmas cliché with Aussie slang and humour
68 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 21, 2025
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January 18, 2026
Moran has such a great way of bringing scenes to life and making the characters feel real, even in a short novella. It’s such an easy, enjoyable read and of course leaves you on the edge of your seat, already desperate for the next book 😍
December 23, 2025
Stars: 3.5/5
This novella was super cute, perfect for an aussie summer. Was nice to see from an “outsider’s” POV.
The spicy scene was kinda underwhelming after all the build up. Also a lot of back and forth, do we like each other or not whiplash.
Also the kindle version was not edited. Like barely.
Otherwise a perfect catch up story!
This novella was super cute, perfect for an aussie summer. Was nice to see from an “outsider’s” POV.
The spicy scene was kinda underwhelming after all the build up. Also a lot of back and forth, do we like each other or not whiplash.
Also the kindle version was not edited. Like barely.
Otherwise a perfect catch up story!
December 22, 2025
El Moran has done it again! With a perfect little Aussie Christmas romance she has made me fall in love with the town, the people, and the story.
December 22, 2025
Cute small novella
This is the cutest little novella with a little twist and the end. Very quick short read but has you kicking your feet. Need more haha
This is the cutest little novella with a little twist and the end. Very quick short read but has you kicking your feet. Need more haha
December 29, 2025
I literally started following @elmoranauthor last night and read this book in one sitting this morning. I LOVE finding new authors, even better when it’s an Aussie setting with a hot, summer Christmas that I can fully relate to 😍😂
Loved this little novella, and it is very short, less than 70 pages. But I love and enjoy christmas novellas so much, and this one was perfect. I love how the author threw in a little twist at the end!
Loved this little novella, and it is very short, less than 70 pages. But I love and enjoy christmas novellas so much, and this one was perfect. I love how the author threw in a little twist at the end!
February 26, 2026
This book was something I didn’t know I needed to read so much, it had everything I needed and wanted and enjoyed it so much. I couldn’t get enough and didn’t want it to end. Who knew an Aussie Christmas novella could make me feel so good, I couldn’t stop smiling the whole time I read it.
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