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The stockings were hung. The presents? All wrapped. But not everyone was filled with cheer. This season a group of grumpy Scrooges are about to learn that the perfect gift isn’t under the tree at all. Instead, mistletoe will hold the key to unlocking the true spirit of the holidays—love.

Mistletoe Love Series Reading Order

Grab a cup of hot cocoa and get ready to snuggle up with these steamy Mistletoe Love novellas brought to you by twelve of your favourite instalove authors. 

Joy For Scrooge: Mistletoe Love Books 1 by Cassi Hart

Billionaire, Grumpy Sunshine, Holiday Romance

Joy
Faced with a debt I can’t pay, I’m forced to make a drastic decision. Spending my Christmas as a “companion” with a stranger is not how I’d envisioned celebrating the holiday. Then I find myself trapped with a handsome grinch with cold blue eyes, a grumpy attitude, and the ability to make me feel things I’d never imagined. Just as I’m starting to think this Christmas might turn out to be the best one yet, all my dreams for the future fall apart, and I’m left asking whether I’m destined to go into the New Year homeless and alone, or will I get a Christmas miracle?

Nick
I’m known around my office as a miserable Scrooge, and it’s true, I hate Christmas. I always have. To me, it’s just another work day. So, when my best friend and business partner tells me he’s finally landed me the opportunity to scout a property I’ve had my eye on for a while, I jump at the chance, even though it means working on Christmas. It’s what I was planning to do anyway. But all my plans go up in smoke when I find myself trapped with a brunette vixen hellbent on getting me into the Christmas spirit.

Despite my best efforts, my cold heart starts to melt for this angel, until I learn what she’s really been after this whole time . . .

Totally Booked UK Review: Joy Brooks is having a bad day, not only is her roommate on her case about being behind on her rent, but she is also running late for work – when she gets there finds out she has been let go due to cutbacks. Returning to her apartment her roommate Kim threatens to kick her out if she can’t pay but comes up with a solution by signing Joy up for an escort service. Shocked when a job offer to spend the weekend came through paying her $60k. Kim accepts the job on her behalf and takes most of the $20k deposit.

Nick Walsh is busy no matter what time of the year it is, things don’t slow down for Christmas. Whilst speaking with his friend and CEO Eric he is told about a house (mansion) that is now available that they’ve had their eyes on for a while. Eric has arranged for Nick to spend the weekend there and meet with someone regarding the sale etc. Although he is surprised to find a stunning beauty arriving moments after him, even more so when she faints and he has to put her to bed.

Finding a note in his weekend bag from Eric he realised that the beauty is not the seller’s representative but someone Eric has hired for Nick to enjoy for the weekend. As they navigate their time together Joy gives her virginity to Nick and lines blur between what this is supposed to be and true feelings. However, as the true reasons behind Joy being here this weekend and her roommate she ends things with him, thinking that she can never have anything real with him – but can he let her go?

A Secret Baby For Christmas: Mistletoe Love Book 2 by Sadie King

A Secret Baby for Christmas is an off-limits, best friend’s father, age gap holiday romance between an older man and his daughter’s curvy best friend.

Mr. Porter is my best friend’s father, and I’ve had his baby…

David
Chloe is off-limits. She’s my daughter’s best friend: too young, too innocent, and totally forbidden.
One night a year ago, I gave in to temptation.
It was the best night of my life, but the next day Chloe was gone.
She fled the country and wanted nothing to do with me. Why would she? An older man twice her age.
When she turns up for Christmas with a baby, I’ll do anything to claim my family.
But will being with the woman I love mean losing the only daughter I have?

Chloe
I’ve crushed on my best friend’s dad ever since I was old enough to notice his rippling muscles and steamy dark eyes.
We had one night of passion, but I freaked out. What would Mr. Porter want with a young girl like me?
This Christmas I’m turning up with a special gift, but will he still want me when he sees the baby in my arms? And will seducing Mr. Porter mean losing my best friend?

Totally Booked UK Review: Escaping her controlling father who was in one of his moods Chloe decided to head over to her best friend Allie’s house. Sitting in the rain at 12 years old hoping that her friend would be home soon, however, it was Allie’s dad Mr Porter who arrived home and let her stay until Allie returned from an afternoon with her mom. Fast forward six years and Chloe has celebrated Christmas with Allie and Mr Porter. Whilst Allie is passed out snoring, Chloe seizes the opportunity with Mr Porter and they have one night together.

A year later David Porter is welcoming his daughter and Hans into the lodge they are staying in for Christmas. Surprised to hear the door go when Allie finds Chloe on the doorstep, whom David hasn’t seen since their night together last year but she’s not alone, she has her three-month-old son, Hugo with her – David’s son. He can’t believe that Chloe kept this from him and is a little unsure how to act, especially in front of Allie. but one thing is for sure now that they are here he isn’t letting them go again.

Unsure of how to confess to her best friend that the baby she is cooing over is her half-brother or how to tell David that she loves him – but Chloe needs to sort things out. Finally managing to talk to David they clear the air and fall back into each other’s arms but decide to wait to break the news to Allie. When their plan backfires Chloe feels David is only here out of duty – but is that truly the case?

Curvy Girl And The Grumpy Santa: Mistletoe Love Book 3 by Jessa Joy

Curvy Girl and the Grumpy Santa is a brother’s best friend curvy girl holiday romance

My brother’s best friend is the biggest, grumpiest Santa I’ve ever encountered. But am I imagining things, or does he have a twinkle in his eye every time he sees me?

Melody
Coming back to Snowflake Falls, the last person I expected to have to work with was my brother’s best friend. Now the two of us are squished into a small space together every single day until Christmas. Keaton’s a big grump about everything to do with the holidays. But he’s huge, hot and gets me flustered whenever I see him. And I just might be having a big effect on him too…

Keaton
My best friend’s sister has always been a little ray of sunshine. She has absolutely no idea what she does to me and I intend to keep it that way. She’s out of bounds and I need to get to Christmas without doing something stupid. But her sunny smile, gorgeous curves and silly jokes are stirring something I can’t ignore for much longer…

Totally Booked UK Review: Returning home to Snowflake Falls, Melody isn’t just home for the holidays she is here until she can find another job. The design company she had been working for in the city laid off everyone so she is back home working on the hot cocoa stand at the Christmas market again. Surprised to find a Santa attempting to take over the stand but relieved and confused to see her brother’s best friend Keaton dressed up as Santa as he is known as a Christmas Grump.

Seven years ago Keaton was buying hot chocolate when he suddenly realised just how gorgeous his best friend’s little sister was. Warned away from her he has gone about his life thinking about how she was getting on at college, in the city etc. but never acting upon his feelings. Now that she is back in town, still looking gorgeous and they are working together he is finding it hard to maintain his indifference toward her.

Spending time together Melody is determined to find out why he doesn’t like Christmas or at the very least why he is so grumpy. Melody helps out at the local dog shelter where Keaton rescued his dog Max with some designs for their posters and leaflets. Whilst Keaton is playing Secret Santa around the town after selling an app he designed a few years ago but never told anyone about the millions he made. Time together in the ice and they fall has them in each other’s arms sharing a kiss. But after an incredible night together Keaton kicks her out so that her brother doesn’t find out about them – but has he ruined everything with Melody?

Working With The Scrooge: Mistletoe Love Book 4 by Cameron Hart

A Grumpy/Sunshine Holiday Romance

The only thing worse than throwing an all-company holiday party is working with the too-sweet, sugar-plum fairy of an event planner. Clementine Clarkson. As the CEO of King’s Holdings Real Estate, my time is better spent working on non-frivolous projects.

Despite showing no interest in said holiday party, Ms. Clarkson keeps insisting that she needs my input. I somehow find myself taste-testing hot chocolate for the menu, chopping down pine trees, and running errands all over New York City with the curvy little event planner.

Her holiday spirit is contagious, though I’m trying to stay immune. Every moment in Clementine’s presence, however, draws me closer and closer to her warmth and light.

Can Clementine work her Christmas magic on this Scrooge, or is he cursed to spend his life alone?

Totally Booked UK Review: Following the death of her Grandma, Clementine decided to make the move from Indiana to New York in a bid to make a fresh start. Working as an events planner she wasn’t prepared for how much city life would cost and now lives in a bad neighbourhood in a crappy ground-floor apartment. With Christmas just around the corner, she has a few weeks to work with a new client on a company holiday party, however, Kingsley Bowman is far from festive.

Running a successful real estate company Kingsley is all about the business side of things. Feeling that big bonuses make up for the lack of festivities at Christmas – however, a client they are looking to work with is a family man and Kingsley somehow ends up arranging a holiday party. Completely unprepared for the beautiful planner to turn his world on its head. He doesn’t do love and romance after seeing what kind of marriage his parents have. But there is something about Clementine that gives him all the feels.

Determined to show Kingsley why Christmas can be so special, Clementine goes out of her way to involve him in all the different parts of the upcoming holiday party. When they head out to pick up a tree for his office he drives her home and is immediately protective of her after seeing where she lives, promptly moving her into his guest room. Whilst their romance blossoms, interference from his cold-hearted mother throws a spanner in the works – could Kingsley have lost the one good thing in his life?

Snowed In With The Grump: Mistletoe Love Book 5 by Fern Fraser

Ex-military, best friend’s brother, secret love letters, grumpy/sunshine, protective hero, snowed in during a storm.

Ava
I’ve been in love with my best friend’s older brother for years. Unrequited and very much a secret, I’ve been content only to share my feelings in the letters I wrote him. For five years, Carter served overseas, and I poured my affection and concern into unsent notes I foolishly hid in his family’s mountain cabin. The very place where Carter plans to stay once he returns stateside. I need to find the letters before anyone else, especially before the man who holds my heart discovers my secret.

Carter
I never imagined that when I retired from the military, I’d have to do it like this. Scarred and broken and unfit for the beautiful things in this world. Which is exactly what I find in my family’s old cabin, in the form of my sister’s tempting best friend, Ava. Suddenly, we’re snowed in together, and I’m struggling to remember why I’m supposed to keep my hands to myself. I’m too damaged to deserve Ava’s sunshine, but she’s got me hoping for a Christmas miracle.

Totally Booked UK Review: Escaping her life in the city for a few days, Ava is both excited and dreading spending time with her best friend Sarah. Knowing that she is going to be the third wheel to two couples is only going to highlight her single status. Her car is just about making it to the familiar cabin in the snow. She is surprised to find Carter, Sarah’s older brother standing in the doorway. She has secretly been crushing on him for years but has never confessed her feelings to anyone including her best friend. She wrote letters to him whilst he was deployed but never sent them, instead they are hidden in the cabin.

Adjusting to civilian life Carter has plans to renovate his family’s cabin with the viewpoint of moving there full time. He was supposed to be just fixing a few bits for Sarah before he left her and her friends to it for Christmas. However, they left to grab groceries and supplies but were caught out by the storm and Carter is snowed in at the cabin with Ava – his sister’s best friend and the girl who made him sign up for military life to begin with.

At first, they bristle around each other but soon fall into easy company as they grab things from the shed and make chilli together. Crossing the friendship line they finally share the feelings they have had bottled up for so long. Making plans for the future and being comfortable around the cabin but as Sarah and the others arrive their love is tested by other’s thoughts on their compatibility. Can they find their way back to each other?

Unwrapping His Gift: Mistletoe Love Book 6 by Jenna Rose

Daisy Ryan isn’t a fan of the holidays. But her work Christmas party is a requirement, so she has to go. She expects to suffer, but what she doesn’t expect is the man playing Santa this year to be her high school crush who disappeared right before their date to prom.

Craig Johnson can’t believe it when he sees Daisy again for the first time in five years. Leaving her was the biggest mistake of his life, but reuniting with her for the holidays may just be his Christmas miracle. And there’s no way he’s going to blow his chance with her again.

Totally Booked UK Review: Hiding away in a conference room looking out of the window Daisy Ryan would prefer to be anywhere but at her work’s Christmas party. She hasn’t liked the festive season since her dad died on Christmas Eve when she was a teenager. her mom opting to drink her way through December, whilst Daisy just works as hard as she can to get through all the festivities. Her work bestie draws her back into the party and attempts to get her to sit on Santa’s lap like her colleagues. However, when she spots who is playing Santa her world closes in on her and she’s back in high school being ghosted by her then-boyfriend Craig.

Surprised to see his high school girlfriend whilst completing a Santa gigi, Craig Johnson desperately attempts to talk to her. Following her back to her apartment, he pays her overdue rent after a failed attempt at clearing the air at a coffee shop. Persistence pays off and she agrees to meet him after work to talk things through, but the coffee shop is once again a disaster so they head to his apartment where he explains why he ghosted her on the day of the prom and hasn’t attempted to make contact since.

Feeling as though she can’t quite believe his story following Miranda’s own story Daisy falls into arms and they spend the night together. Conflicted she doesn’t know what to think or feel – will Craig manage to make things clearer for her?

Beauty And The Grump: Mistletoe Love Book 7 by Winter Travers

Claus is my brother’s best friend.
He’s also a grump.

Having been jilted at the alter two weeks before Christmas, Claus is the last person I expected to see standing at my door with a dozen egg rolls and a bottle of wine in his hand to help heal my shattered heart.

Add in the crooked Santa hat on his head, and my heart does a little flip.
Claus has always been my brother’s unattainable best friend. Never in a million years would I think he would look at me with anything other than pity.
Until now.

Totally Booked UK Review: Stevie should be in Hawaii on her honeymoon with Paul, however, she is in her apartment surrounded by boxes and facing the upcoming festivities alone. Her best friend and brother enjoyed the honeymoon on her behalf after she convinced them to take it after Paul called off the wedding. All the plans she had for her honeymoon, moving into his apartment and starting married life were all gone because he had a change of heart. Determined to get on with things she needs to order groceries, watch Christmas movies and maybe put up her tree.

Claus has been best friends with Tony, Stevie’s older brother since they were eleven. Over the years he was welcomed into their family as his own weren’t great and he has spent lots of time with them. His feelings for Stevie, however, have been kept under wraps, lettering her to be happy with Paul, believing that she deserves someone better than him. But seeing her be jilted on her wedding day made him realise the strength of his feelings.

Turning up at her apartment, Stevie is shocked but they spend time in comfortable silence eating, watching movies and even sorting her tree. As they spend more time together they dance to Christmas music after he has cooked her dinner and share their first kiss. Living in a bubble until Tony returns from Hawaii – what will he have to say about his sister and his best friend together?

Screwing With The Scrooge: Mistletoe Love Book 8 by Shaw Hart

It’s about to be a very Merry Christmas…

Olive:
Moving to Wolf Valley has been the best decision of my life.
It’s the perfect place to run my bakery and it’s also where I meet Xavier Grady, the man of my dreams.
He’s tall, grumpy, and guarded, my opposite in almost every way, but none of that matters to me. I know that he has secrets and that he’s wounded from his time in the military, but that only makes me want to break down his walls even more.

Xavier:
I was finally starting to get used to being back in this small town.
Then Olive Baker moves in across the street from me and flips my life upside down.
I thought I liked my boring life and sleepy town, but now, I’m not so sure.
There’s something addictive about the curvy little spitfire that I can’t seem to resist.
I know that nothing could happen between us because she could never want a grumpy scrooge like me, but that doesn’t stop me from wanting her.
When I finally confess how I feel about her, will it end up being too late, or am I about to get everything that I ever wanted this Christmas?

Totally Booked UK Review: Moving to Wolf Creek with her sisters, Olive has opened up a bakery in town alongside her sister’s businesses. Spotting the handsome Xavier she fell head over heels for him and was thrilled to find out that her new cottage was right across the road from him. Attempting to grab his attention over the past four months with sweet treats left on his doorstep, intercepting his food order at the diner and placing humping reindeer in her garden.

Xavier returned somewhat unscathed from the military in terms of injuries, just a shot wound to his hip. On the psychological side of things, however, he has never quite looked into talking to anyone. A quiet life is his goal at the moment, however, a certain redheaded beauty from the bakery has been screwing with him from cherry pies to lights on his lawn. It’s not necessarily unwanted attention, more that he doesn’t know what to do or how to handle things.

Deciding he needs to play her at her own game he enlists the help of his friend to make snowmen on her lawn in a variety of positions. It pays off as they have an impromptu dinner but as they begin to open up to each other about life, Xavier realises he needs to work on himself too.

Scrooged All The Way: Mistletoe Love Book 9 by Mayra Statham

Juniper Winters is not only too good and too young for a Grinch like me, but she is also my son’s ex-girlfriend.

Year after year, I might have kept my hands to myself, but my eyes, well, that’s another story. I shouldn’t want her, but my stupid daddy heart doesn’t have eyes for anyone else.
When she shows up on my doorstep with a glimmer of something in her eyes, I have a feeling we both want to take a walk on the naughty side this winter.

I’m Scrooged the moment her lips touch mine. A touch, a taste, and a look are all it takes for me to realize there’s no turning back.
She might tell herself we have to keep this thing between us a secret, but I’m ready to shout it from our mountaintop. I don’t care who knows.

All I want under my tree this and every year from here on out is my baby girl!

Totally Booked UK Review: Overhearing his 21-year-old son dismiss the girl that he has been bringing over to his house, Dash can’t help but wonder where things went wrong with Randy. But also captivated by the angle, Juniper as she answers back to the ridiculous things Randy is saying. Suddenly alone in her presence, he is drawn to her but he is literally old enough to be her father. Taking her home and saying goodbye was hard but for the next three years, he has patiently watched her from the shadows waiting for the right time to make her his own.

It’s been three years since Juniper met Dash and she thought of little else. Staging a broken down car one evening when she knew he would be driving past just to be able to speak to him again/ Dash has always kept his distance since their first meeting but with a job notice on the coffee shop wall Juniper has an in on how to spend time with him.

Having waited three years Dash is eagerly waiting for Juniper’s 25th birthday before he makes his move. A spanner in the works when it is Juniper who answers an ad to help him redecorate his living area. As they chat everything feels so easy between them, however, is Dash ready to claim the girl that has always been his or will he end up losing her?

Mail Order Bride For The Scrooge: Mistletoe Love Book 10 by Ember Davis

GANNON
My time in the military changed me and when I came back home to Jasper Ridge, I retreated to the mountains. It’s quiet and safe here, but it’s lonely as well. I’ve made my peace with it. I have my cabin, I have my dog, I have my solitude. What more could I want?

When a beautiful woman shows up with hope in her eyes while telling me she’s in Jasper Ridge to become my wife, it becomes clear that someone has decided to stick their nose in my business. I never put out the ad Lake saw, but she’s definitely here for me. How it happened doesn’t matter because I’m not letting her go.

I wasn’t expecting to give my heart or a ring to a woman, but now I’m doing both. With her in my arms, I remember the joy of Christmas and can see a future with her. Santa wasn’t the one who brought Lake to me, but whoever did will forever have my gratitude.

LAKE
I’ve been feeling stuck and suffocated for far too long. I hate my job. My brother, who is part of the Devil’s Saints MC, will always see me as his younger sister instead of a woman who knows her own mind. As the holidays roll around, I’m determined to do something about it.

If Santa could give me a sign, that would be great, especially with my brother out of town. I have an opportunity and I don’t want to let it pass me by. When I come across a way to get out of town and head somewhere new, getting married to a stranger feels like a fair trade. I never expected Gannon to be my intended husband.

He’s gruff and grumpy, but I’m used to men like that. The surprise on his face when I show up on his doorstep doesn’t deter me, and the way it morphs into heat tells me married life will be better than I was anticipating. I’ll remind my new husband what Christmas is all about and then we’ll build a life together that’s worth living.

Totally Booked UK Review: Lake has thankfully always had her brother to look out for her, even when she was little and their parents weren’t too interested in them. He has been a loyal protector of her, however, this has led to her feeling confined and sheltered, despite being around his MC buddies. As he heads out on a run, Lake takes the opportunity to answer a personal ad asking for a bride for a Wyoming mountain man. Moving out, driving from Seattle to Wyoming Lake is disappointed to find that Gannon knows nothing about a mail-order bride.

Finding a beauty on his doorstep Gannon is surprised when she states that she is his bride. Discovering that someone has placed an ad on his behalf, however, now that she is here he’s not just going to let her go. Lake comes to his side during the night as a nightmare wakes him and she manages to soothe him back to sleep.

The pair fall into a complete existence over the coming days, Gannon working out who could have placed the ad but can’t find it in him to complain about it. But as they acknowledge the feelings between each other will a call from her brother put a spanner in the works and have Lake returning to Seattle?

Scrooge’s Curvy Neighbor: Mistletoe Love Book 11 by Loni Ree

When her grouchy neighbour decides she’s the one for him, this curvy girl gives him a run for his money.

Jazzy
When my new neighbour comes storming out of his house complaining about the way I’m dressed, I give him a piece of my mind and vow to forget all about him.
I spend the next week avoiding him at all costs until my luck runs out.
There’s no escaping him since Scrooge McJerk is opening the sporting goods store two doors down from my own boutique.
He says he’s going to “woo” me but I’m not going to make it easy for him.
If Will Riordan wants to win my heart, he’s going to have to bring on his best game.

Will
My new neighbour is trying to drive me out of my mind.
Seeing her running half-dressed through the neighbourhood was too much to bear and I let my emotions get control of me and end up ticking her off. Royally.
Now, she’s avoiding me like the plague while I try to figure out how to win her heart.
Because there’s no way I can live without Jazzy.

Totally Booked UK Review: After finishing his sporting career, Will Riordan worked alongside his brothers, however, decided that as they had found love he needed to move on. Opting to move to Silver Water Creek to open a sporting goods store – The Golden Goal. As he arrives at his new house he catches a glimpse of his new neighbour, a curvy beauty and is instantly drawn to her. Their paths cross later as her cat goes missing and she is out looking for it wearing hardly any clothes.

Since moving to town and setting up a clothing store for curvy and plus-size ladies, Jazzy and her sisters have been busy. Especially as one has found love and things are stretched at the store. Bumping into her neighbour whilst she is looking for Roger she is stressed, unsure what to make of his comments on her clothing and taken aback by how hot he is. Managing to avoid him for a few days she’s surprised to see him in her store as well as find out that he is the new store owner from two doors down.

Agreeing to dinner, he cooks and they enjoy a meal together, but whilst they have a good time he doesn’t want to rush her. Sending her flowers whilst he is at work leads to them on another date where Jazzy highlights just how much she is into this relationship. But as his brothers come into town for his store’s grand opening, will Jazzy be there to meet them?

The Taming Of The Scrooge: Mistletoe Love Book 12 by Cassie Mint

It’s my grumpy boss’s worst nightmare—and my dream come true. Now, hand me that mistletoe…

My gorgeous boss hates the holidays. He pays me a big, fat bonus check every year just to work straight through it all, pretending like Christmas isn’t happening right outside our office door.

I don’t know his deal. Don’t get why mince pies make him froth with rage. All I know is: that the holidays are for other people. One hint of merriment, and I can kiss goodbye to that December chunk of change.

Except for this year, we need to travel for work—and we get snowed in at the cosiest inn you’ve ever seen, every single inch of it decked out in tinsel.
My boss is livid. My holiday spirit can’t be contained.
Oh, and there’s only one bed.

Totally Booked UK Review: Heading back to the office after lunch Noelle is feeling quite good about the mince pie she just devoured without the knowledge of her boss. Reid Merryweather is better known as Scrooge and despises anything to do with Christmas. After working for him for the past three years she is fully aware of his thoughts on anything festive. He holds her Christmas, sorry December bonus, at ransom against any festive rule breaks. Despite all this, she has been hoping that there is more to their relationship than just boss and assistant.

For three years Reid Merryweather has been pushing his feelings for his assistant Noelle aside. Walking her home each night although he lives in the other direction and ensuring she is safe. Extra work on the weekends is not uncommon and a four-hour drive to Aspen Ridge has them spending a Saturday morning attempting to pass the time in the car. Noelle came up with car games after music and chatting failed. But likes spending time with her, it’s just not something he’ll tell her.

After their meeting, they are heading back to the car in the snow but as they set off the weather becomes too much and they are forced to spend the night in an Inn – with just one bed! Crossing the line leads to a false start and hurt feelings but their bodies crave each other in sleep and they wake wrapped up together. But will this be just one night of passion? Will Reid ever explain why he doesn’t like Christmas?

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