The Holidays & Hijinks series follows the lives and drama of a group of friends thorughout the holiday seasons. This antholgoy series can be read as a series or stand-alone novels for your enjoyment.

Want a holiday romance for every season? Romance happens throughout the year, not just during Christmastime. Follow these interwoven standalone romances and discover a love story for each holiday.

Christmas Side Hustle: Lucy & Lucas

Jingle in July: Beth & Roger

Xing Out My Exes: Penny & Laurent

Novella #1.5: Lucy & Lucas

New Me, Dead You: Alvera & Colin (January 2024)

A fake dating, brother's best friend holiday romance.

A fake dating side hustle can't end in disaster. People want to look good in front of the family around the holidays, and Lucy needs some extra cash to afford gifts. Now if her brother's best friend Lucas didn't happen to figure the whole thing out, and keep interfering, that would be super. As the dates progressively get worse, Lucas loses patience waiting for Lucy to realize this whole plan is flawed.

Lucy Fiore
What's more depressing than being broke for the holidays? Working retail to make up for it. I'd rather be at the theater doing my dream job, even if my boss is my brother's grumpy best friend. A little side hustle for the holidays is pretty common, so if Lucas would just back off, that would be super.

Lucas Cloutier
Christmas is the busiest time of year for the theater. I should be focused on the production, but Roger's younger sister is a damn distraction. She's already on my mind a bit too much, but knowing she's going on these messy fake dates for some extra cash doesn't sit right with me. What will it take for her to realize this is a bad idea?

Beth Martinez

Beth planned to marry her fiancé and live happily ever after. When the ghost of husband's past shows up to ruin her Christmas, she's dragged back into a life she never expected to see again. Dealing with her psycho husband is supposed to be a joke, and when she runs into her ex-fiancé months later at the fair, he sees right through her fragile mask and finds the marks she's hidden away. But expecting pity isn't on the table, and Roger is full of surprises.

Roger Fiore

Cutting ties with his fiancé months before the wedding wasn't part of the plan, and Roger is more than a little bitter about the whole thing. No answers, no reasons why, just a wayward ex-fiancé who couldn't give him a single answer why she cheated. When he runs into her again, the stories don't add up, and he can't help wondering what she's hiding from him. It's hard to pick apart the lies, and he's unwilling to admit maybe she never cheated at all. When he finds the marks, he can't send her back home alone. No matter the past, Beth will always be his.

A silver fox and an artist crash together...

Penny Cloutier

All I want to do is finish art school and get my parents off my back. I won't settle for their ideas of romance, and to be honest I'm not looking for something to whisper sweet nothings in my ear. I want blood, love, and an adrenaline rush.

Laurent Rochford

Business and pleasure rarely mix. When I meet Penelope in the back of a club one fateful October, I had no idea she would awaken the need to be hunted, and to find the perfect hunter for me. After all, a little blood never hurt anyone.

You'll be my greatest work of art.

Xing Out My Exes is book three in a series of interwoven standalone romance novels. You do not need to read other associated stories in this series to follow the plotline of Penny and Laurent's story.

Exploring a mansion for Christmas.

Lucy Fiore

Left to (mostly) her own devices, Lucy takes matters into her own hands exploring the Cloutier estate. Irritating Lucas’ inner beast is too much fun, and she’s going to see what’s hiding in the elusive west wing...

Lucas Cloutier

Keeping his jailbird brother separate from his new girlfriend is one thing, but Lucy has a knack for unraveling all the secrets about Cloutier estate that he’d rather forget. Who knew roses could cause such a stir, and lead to candles, masks, and a fun little chase...

Triggers Warnings: wax play, light primal play (chasing), some mask play.

This novella is part of the HOLIDAYS & HIJINKS series and can be read as a stand alone or after Christmas Side Hustle.

New Me, Dead You

Colin and Alvera's story.

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