HOT FOR THE HOLIDAYS features THIRTEEN scorching books from bestselling authors! Read them with a steaming cup of hot chocolate curled up by the fire...
THIRTEEN BOOKS INCLUDE: A Gansett Island Christmas by Marie Force A Real Man Holiday by Jenika Snow Sweet Liar: Dirty Sweet Book 1 by Laurelin Paige Christmas Shopping for a Billionaire by Julia Kent Getting Scrooged by Eden Bradley Holiday Heat by Noelle Adams On the Twelfth Night of Kinkmas by Tamsen Parker Christmas Eve: A Love Story by M. O’Keefe Lost To You by A.L. Jackson Red & White: A Snow White and Rose Red Retelling by Sierra Simone Say It First by Nikki Sloane If I Return by Sawyer Bennett His For Christmas by Skye Warren
HOT FOR THE HOLIDAYS is a gift from the authors to help you find a new series to love. It will only be available for a limited time!
Marie Force is the New York Times bestselling author of contemporary romance, romantic suspense and erotic romance. Her series include Gansett Island, Fatal, Treading Water, Butler Vermont and Quantum.
Her books have sold more than 12 million copies worldwide, have been translated into more than a dozen languages and have appeared on the New York Times bestseller more than 30 times. She is also a USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller, as well as a Speigel bestseller in Germany.
Her goals in life are simple—to finish raising two happy, healthy, productive young adults, to keep writing books for as long as she possibly can and to never be on a flight that makes the news.
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What's not to love about a selection of Christmas novellas by all these talented authors offered FREE? It's a no brainer, this Anthology is definitely the perfect gift for us kinky readers!
Novellas Read ✨
His For Christmas by Skye Warren
After a two year stint in jail, Angel Cole is looking for a fresh start that doesn't involve drugs and bad boyfriends. Down on her luck she finally lands a temp job as the secretary to the Big Bad Billionaire, Gage Thompson. When her new boss mistakes her for an escort, the situation gets deliciously complicated.
"You’re too fucking pretty, and it’s been too long. I need you. Now. Do you mind?"
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Red & White: A Snow White and Rose Red Retelling Sierra Simone
When Scarlett arranged for her and Snowdrop to spend some alone time at her family's cabin, neither of the girls are expecting to rescue the alpha male collapsed on their doorstep. Liam has woken up to heaven with not one, but two gorgeous women nursing him back to good health. And what better way to repay his saviours but with some serious lovin; and these three are quite eager to share the love.
"I think, and then I decide that I must have some kind of fairy godmother following me around and granting me wishes, because not only do I have a hot man’s head cradled in my lap, but I’m next to the girl I’ve been longing for."
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Holiday Heat by Noelle Adams
Being scared of celebrating Christmas was all part of the trauma for Carrie after losing her boyfriend unexpectedly almost a year prior. Now barely living she meets a like minded Matt in a therapy session for grieving survivors. When these two start a no- strings hook up, neither expect that it would have continued for so long. But this Christmas, can Matt convince Carrie that they could be so much more?
"Every time you walk or cross your legs, you’ll feel me inside you. Every time you breathe, you’ll think about how good we are together."
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On the Twelfth Night of Kinkmas by Tamsen Parker
Holly wishes that working at the local kink club would be more rewarding. Fortunately this Christmas Eve, her wish will be granted. When she finds herself snowed in with Mr Whittaker her ex-boyfriend's dad, she encounters the perfect man that knows how to get her off just right. A mutually satisfying pervy arrangement.
"Holly, Holly, Holly, you naughty little elf. You couldn’t even keep still during your warm-up? What are you going to do when I get into my big bag of toys to spank you with instead of just using my hand, hmm?"
To begin with, I was not able to read all of the stories in this super sexy collection. I do plan on finishing it, but I figured this book deserved a review during it's peak.
I originally picked up this book for free during a wondrous sale so I could read Tamsen Parker's story. I'm a big fan, so of course I wanted to read about some sexy Santa/Elf play with a bit of a May/December romance. Gosh darnit, it was sexy and seriously silly. The amount of Christmas puns killed me. I'm not quite sure how she can mix ridiculously hot sex scenes with Christmas puns and make it work, but goshdarnit she did it!
Holly is home for the holidays and is working at her kinky sex play/dungeon where people hook up and play for fun. Her boyfriend is supposed to pick her up, but like most boyfriends who you go out with when you bounce off to post-secondary school, he turns out to be an absolute dick. He sends his Dad Cal instead and it's slightly awkward. That is, until, Holly and Cal decide to have some dirty, sexy Santa-Elf play. It's hot, it's full of fa-la-la-la-la-la-ing puns and it's a story I'd love to see expanded. I want to see the fall-out of Holly and her former boyfriend's relationship SO BAD. Holly and Cal seem like a better couple anyways.
It took me a few days to read it, but not because it wasn't good. I decided to drag it out to enjoy the fabulous-ness of Tamsen's writing. Then, I stayed for the other stories because this anthology is so good!
In full, this collection has 13 sexy holiday stories to fill up your TBR. Some of my recent faves are apart of this collection (Skye Warren, Marie Force, & Noelle Adams) and they're all short and sweet (or super naughty, whichever you prefer). If you are going to get anything out of this series, come for an author you've loved in the past and meet some new authors to binge in the future.
I have only read A Real Man Holiday so far but I am super excited to jump in to the rest of them!
A Real Man Holiday by Jenika Snow
I absolutely LOVE the entire Real Man series so I stoked to see that she had written a holiday catch up story for several of the couple's. In typical Jenika Snow fashion I was not disappointed!! You are definitely going to want to read the entire series!
This book has 13 great authors in one place and I doubt that you will have any trouble finding a story that you will like.
A Real Man Holiday
Loved this short story. It was nice being able to catch up with some of the men and women in the Real Man series. You are able to catch quick looks into how their lives have changed since we last seen them. Even though it was short, it will give you all the feels to see how much these men and women love each other. You are also able to feel the heat that they have for each other. I had a fan myself a few times while reading this novella.
I will be for sure going back and read the other stories.
Every story in this collection just put me in the Christmas mood. My favorite had to be Jenika Snow's Real Man short stories. I love that series and it was so nice to catch up with some of the couples. Ms. Snow is a one click author for me so that's why I got this collection. Go ahead and get this set and enjoy.
Loved these short snippets from some of the real man stories I loved reading. It was nice being able to get a little bit more of some of them and little glances of what happened in the future.
This has everything you could want and a lot more from each of these authors
A Real Man Holiday Love love love getting to see how our couples from the Rral Man series are and how their lives have turned out, and to see just how hot and in love they still are with their women and children if they have them.
Get this anthology so you can have the stories by Sierra Simone, Noelle Adams, Tamsen Parker, and Molly O’Keefe. They blew me away!
I did not read all the stories in this collection as there are a couple of authors I don’t read and another story didn’t appeal to me. There are a couple I did read that I wish I had skipped, as you’ll see below.
-His For Christmas - Skye Warren (4 stars)
Skye Warren writes dark romances that generally work for me. I did have to suspend some disbelief and just roll with everything that initially happened. How does a temp not meet her boss or vice versa for a full day and then have *that* happen?! But it was clear there was a connection between them, even if dubious consent was initially involved. There are huge power and class differentials at play and things moved much faster between them than I would have preferred. But I did like that they both finally had someone on their side for once.
CW: imprisonment, heroine’s ex was a drug dealer, dubious consent, past emotional abuse, hero’s father was a serial killer and rapist who raped hero’s mother, hero and heroine are temporarily trapped in an elevator
-Red & White: A Snow White and Rose Red Retelling - Sierra Simone (5 stars)
It’s a FFM polyamorous Snow White and Rose Red retelling that takes place during a snowstorm and it’s written by Sierra Simone. What more do you need to know?
CW: threat of hypothermia
-Holiday Heat - Noelle Adams (5 stars)
I’ve been meaning to read Noelle Adams for a while and this clinched her a spot on my priority reading list. The exploration of grief for two twenty-somethings was pitch perfect. They’re drawn to each other but it’s only a physical thing at first. The way it evolved was fantastic. Super steamy to boot. I loved everything about this one and not just because Matt was an artist and completely my type.
CW: grief, past death of loved ones (plane crash, car crash), past substance abuse, facial scarring
-Lost To You - A.J. Jackson (1 star)
I was going to skip this one but decided to give it a try since I've heard good things about Jackson's books. Unfortunately, it didn’t work for me. So much slut-shaming and gross attitudes and double standards about sex and sexuality, including the hero being jealous that the heroine had had sex with her boyfriend in high school…even though he’s essentially a manwhore. The heroine is very much Not Like Other Girls, so naive and pure and innocent and focused on doing good for others. She was not rooted in reality in any way. No one is that virtuous! It was very aggravating to read about how “perfect” she was. Plus, she has the opportunity to stand up to Christian’s awful father at Thanksgiving dinner and she just runs away. It was such BS and that’s where she really lost me. We’re supposed to feel sorry for poor little Liz in that scene and I thought it was ludicrous that she would sit through that meal and let Christian’s parents treat him that way without a word, regardless of what his dad ultimately said about her. If she’d done any of this, maybe then I could have found her so-called goodness believable but clearly it’s all for show. Christian deserved better.
But the real kicker, when I became absolutely enraged, is there’s a pregnancy epilogue four years later in which the hero tells the heroine to “get it taken care of” and then gives her an ultimatum between him and the baby. And that’s the end because it turns out this novella is a prequel for a new series. Not only do I hate what Christian just did to Liz, I HATE when authors put prequels to their new series in an anthology like this. I definitely won’t be reading this series.
There’s probably a lot about NYC college life that isn’t accurate either, like how an 18 year old can afford a studio apartment on her own without even one roommate while attending Columbia, ostensibly on scholarships and student loans. These 18 year old characters did not seem at all 18 year olds.
CW: slut-shaming (not challenged), sexism, emotionally absent mother, emotionally abusive father, heroine’s father left when she was a kid, pregnancy epilogue, hero demands heroine get an abortion
-The Twelve Days of Kinkmas - Tamsen Parker (5 stars)
Santa-naughty elf role play during a snowstorm! The twist is that Cal is her ex-boyfriend’s father—they’ve been broken up for a long time and she was looking to have a fling and thought he might be down. Only he’s lazy and sends his dad to pick her up from work instead (which happens to be the kink club he also belongs to). She’s 22 and he’s 44 and it just plain works. Super steamy! Plus, there are some great festive puns. I love Tamsen Parker’s stories and this was no exception.
CW: blizzard
-Christmas Eve - Molly O’Keefe (5 stars)
Molly O’Keefe shared this story in her newsletter a couple of years ago. It’s a friends to lovers romance taking place on Christmas Eve, spanning from 2001 to 2013, but it’s in 5 parts so a few years are skipped. She does so much with so little, especially given the family dynamics for both characters. Loved Trina and Dean then, loved them now.
CW: parental abandonment, alcoholic father, physical abuse from father, toxic family
-Getting Scrooged - Eden Bradley (2.5/3 stars)
This was kind of a Scrooge retelling but not really: the hero’s name is Ebeneezer but he’s actually a decent guy, the heroine is the workaholic who never has time for fun but she’s also not mean, and there’s a magical doorman who does a lot of intentional smiling but doesn’t actually do anything magical. No ghosts of Christmas past, present, or future—which I’m actually relieved by. What is does have is a blisteringly hot MMMF scene. When Ben happens to see Holly’s wish list of 39 things to do before she turns 40 (which she’s somehow supposed to do in less than a month?), he notices she has three-some on the list and it’s rather convenient he has two best friends who have been hookup buddies and play partners. He brings that fantasy to life, as well as a few other things on her list, before she puts two and two together but also comes to the erroneous conclusion that he was just trying to use her to seal the merger deal. Much of the plot didn’t make sense to me (especially when he proposes to her at the end when they’ve known each other less than a month, were never officially dating, and just spent the past 12 days with her refusing to talk to him) but the sex scenes were super hot. I also liked that she’s 39 and he’s 35. Yay for seasoned romance!
CW: past death of father (heart attack), emotionally distant mother, hero’s father cheated on his mother and abandoned them
-Say It First - Nikki Sloane (3.5 stars)
This was a cute friends to lovers romance between two former high school classmates who reconnect online when they both opt out of attending their 10 year high school reunion. She’s an actress and he’s a NASCAR driver. It’s not a holiday romance but by the end of the story, they’re figuring out how to make a long-distance relationship work and Christmas will be the next time they see each other.
CW: sexism, slut-shaming (challenged)
-If I Return - Sawyer Bennett (2 stars)
What a disappointment! I’ve enjoyed some of Bennett’s stories in the past but there was so much internalized slut-shaming and weird ideas about sex on the heroine’s part. I thought it was super weird too that Jack had her move all her stuff over to his hotel room when a) she was supposed to be there with her sister and b) he was so insistent that it was just a fling. Also as someone who has her MSW, I also couldn’t understand why Hope was so determined to get her degree in seemingly as little time as possible or why she’d be so serious about it. Neither I nor my colleagues approached social work or our degrees that way. Grad school was tough, no doubt, but I still had a life and I didn’t understand why she didn’t.
CW: hero is a helicopter pilot in the Army, deployment, slut-shaming (not challenged), brief reference to death of military buddy
“If I Return” by Sawyer Bennett Really enjoyed this story. It was short, sweet, and sexy. I really liked Hope and Jack and quickly came to care about them and what they were building. That is all due to the always exceptional writing by Sawyer Bennett. She is an automatic 1 click for me and this story does not disappoint. 4.5 stars!
THIRTEEN BOOKS INCLUDE: A Gansett Island Christmas by Marie Force A Real Man Holiday by Jenika Snow Sweet Liar: Dirty Sweet Book 1 by Laurelin Paige Christmas Shopping for a Billionaire by Julia Kent Getting Scrooged by Eden Bradley Holiday Heat by Noelle Adams On the Twelfth Night of Kinkmas by Tamsen Parker Christmas Eve: A Love Story by M. O’Keefe Lost To You by A.L. Jackson Red & White: A Snow White and Rose Red Retelling by Sierra Simone Say It First by Nikki Sloane If I Return by Sawyer Bennett His For Christmas by Skye Warren
This collection is a fun way to catch up with beloved characters and meet both new ones and new authors. I enjoyed all the short stories and have found a few new to me authors. While they are short they are all well written.
A Real Man Holiday by Jenika Snow: this was such a fun and steamy way to catch up with characters I've missed dearly. The story is full of action and laughter and just adds something amazing to the holiday cheer! I liked the glimpse into the future as these characters show what their lives are like now. This author really knows how to being the fun!
His for Christmas by Sky Warren: short and hot this short jumped off the page. I liked the story and thought this fit perfectly into the world she has created. If anything this author masters all her works. Nothing is missing except maybe a longer version for the future.
I think this collection is amazing and anyone looking to read these authors but not willing to chance a full lenght story, will get the idea of what these authors are about! It was such fun to read and that price... can't beat it!
Fun collection of short stories by authors who really know how to keep it hot. One of my favorites is A Real Man Holiday by Jenika Snow. So hot. This story is a great look into the lives of the men and women in her Real Man series. Grab the whole collection - super steamy and sexy. Gotta love a real man who works with his hands *wink*.
I love finding new authors to read through collections.
I loved catching up with some of the couples from the Real Man series. Each man had their own little slice of Heaven with their women and children. The love between the couples comes forth and each mini story. I can’t wait for a new story within the series!
This was a really great collection of stories by some amazing authors. I enjoyed every one of them and every single character was just amazing and I could not put down. So glad I read this.
What a perfect boxset! It has so many stories from so many great authors. Loved Jenika Snow's part as they're shorts but with so much heart. The rest of the stories will have you swooning and smiling and getting ready to bring the holidays on too. Each story is short which makes it perfect to get through them and on to the next. I couldn't put it down.
Loved this quick holiday update with some of my favorite real men! Love this little glimpse back into each their worlds and catching up with them. ❤🎅 Like Santa, Jenika delivered with this little gift.
I really liked this book. My favorite was from Jenika Snow, her books just always pull me in and I love her Real Men series and this short Novella was another great story.
A Gansett Island Christmas by Marie Force: I DNF'd this, as I hadn't read any of the books prior & had a hard time keeping track of the characters as it jumped from pairing to pairing.
His For Christmas by Skye Warren: Very much not for me. If I'm being generous, this is dubcon with a huge power imbalance and class gap. Nothing that ocurred felt consensual to me as a reader.
Red & White: A Snow White and Rose Red Retelling by Sierra Simone: I loved this snowed in menage story. It has all of the gloriousness of Simone's writing, it's got wonderful heat, and this really lovely tenderness to it. My one objection is the use of maple syrup, as these things make me cringe.
Sweet Liar: Dirty Sweet Book 1 by Laurelin Paige: This doesn't have a happy ending, mostly seems like a lead-in to the next book in the series. I don't think this book was for me.
Christmas Shopping for a Billionaire by Julia Kent: This is in the middle of a series I've read, and I don't think it makes much sense outside of the series. It definitely leans heavily on humor, much of which made me uncomfortable, particularly the ableist humor.
Holiday Heat by Noelle Adams: This angsty Christmas romance centers two characters who are grieving after losing loved ones that fall into a fling as a way to manage grief, but oops, feelings.
Lost To You by A.L. Jackson: A rather angsty engaging NA romance between a rich bad boy and a poor good girl, which ends in a cliffhanger for the next book.
On the Twelfth Night of Kinkmas by Tamsen Parker: I adored this ex-boyfriend’s father snowed in at the kink club romance, it’s so hilariously Christmassy, complete with Santa/elf roleplay. I fell hard for both the MCs, and was really glad to read kink that had so much humor and heart.
Stories ranged from sweet to funny to erotic to one I couldn't even read because it was too coarse. I have no problem with explicit or erotic, but the one story had no heart at all. It just felt smutty instead of sexy. I won't tell you which story that was so you don't have any preconceived notions when you read the stories.
I loved this book. So many great authors. But I did skip one story, looks like it was a f/f/m relationship ( which I’m not into reading). A few authors were new to me and I’m glad to discover new authors. I highly recommend this book.
I enjoyed reading the novellas in this book. I have read a few of these authors books and have found nine new authors that I will enjoy reading more of their books!
Lucky 13! Really enjoyed this set of books. Thanks to these great authors, putting together such hot sexy stories to help warm up the holidays. A great way to spend the day. Everyone should read this.
Christmas Shopping for a Billionaire Crazy holiday shopping You guys are going to be rolling on the floor laughing with this story. These two are nice enough to step in when needed, but certainly never expected the madness that happens at the mall Santa’s photo both. There is everything from yelling moms to yapping dogs and you are going to love it. I can’t wait to read the next book by this author. 4 stars
A Real Man Holiday All our favorite men bring happiness to the holiday I love these 6 little glimpses into the lives of the real men during the holidays. The author gave us such a realistic view of what it means for these guys to have their HEAs. If you haven’t already read the books of how they met their mates, these brief glimpses will have you grabbing up the original books. I can’t wait to see where the author takes her real men next. 5 stars
These stories and many more make for some laughs and love during the holidays. I think you will find some new authors to add to your holiday list by the time you get to the last page. I know I did.