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The Nightmare Before Kissmas

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by Sara Raasch
Ellis Evans
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Red, White & Royal Blue meets The Nightmare Before Christmas in a sexy, quirky rom-com where the golden-hearted Prince of Christmas falls for the totally off-limits Prince of Halloween.
Nicholas "Coal" Claus used to love Christmas. Until his father, the reigning Santa, turned the holiday into a PR façade. Coal will do anything to escape the spectacle, including getting tangled in a drunken, supremely hot make-out session with a beautiful man behind a seedy bar one night.
But the heir to Christmas is soon commanded to do his duty: he will marry his best friend, Iris, the Easter Princess and his brother's not-so-secret crush. A situation that has disaster written all over it.
Things go from bad to worse when a rival arrives to challenge Coal for the princess's hand...and Coal comes face-to-face with his mysterious behind-the-bar hottie: Hex, the Prince of Halloween.
It's a fake competition between two holiday princes who can't keep their hands off each other over a marriage of convenience that no one wants. And it all leads to one of the sweetest, sexiest, messiest, most delightfully unforgettable love stories of the year.
A Macmillan Audio production from Bramble Books.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Royals and Romance

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    October 8, 2024

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781250367259
      • File size: 357076 KB
      • Duration: 12:23:54

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Ellis Evans's total commitment makes what could be a ridiculous premise a fun and compelling listen. College student Nicholas "Coal" Claus is the heir to Christmas. After his attempt at spreading joy goes wrong, Coal shares a drunken kiss with a man who then disappears. Fast-forward a couple of years, and Coal finds himself facing an unwanted arranged engagement to his best friend, the Princess of Easter--and competing for her hand against Hex, the very handsome Prince of Halloween (who also happens to be his mystery man). Evans completely inhabits Coal's point of view: Listeners feel every swoon of his secret romance with Hex and the weight of his insecurities as he clashes with his father, the reigning Santa, and uncovers behind-the-scenes holiday machinations. J.M.D. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 19, 2024
      Raasch (The Fate of Magic) opens the Royals and Romance series with a fantastical love story that’s equal parts playful and earnest. Nicholas “Coal” Claus, Prince of Christmas, is a well-intentioned screwup and perpetual disappointment to his father, the reigning Santa. While Coal’s home from college on Christmas break, King Claus announces Coal’s betrothal to his best friend Iris, Princess of Easter, as a way to cement the two Holiday Kingdoms’ alliance, even though neither Coal nor Iris wants this union. Complicating matters, Prince Hex of Halloween arrives to compete for Iris’s hand. Coal is surprised to recognize Hex as the guy he kissed on the worst day of his life and soon finds himself crushing hard. As the three royals navigate a tangled web of deceit, duty, and desire, they also contend with King Claus’s ruthless political gambit to make Christmas the most powerful Holiday of all. Can Coal win the heart of Halloween while saving the soul of Christmas? Raasch touches on the cultural and religious significance of the holidays she’s playing with only lightly, somewhat shortchanging the worldbuilding to instead keep the focus largely on Coal and Hex’s turbulent and steamy relationship. The result is a delightful paranormal rom-com that sets up the series for good things to come.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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