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A Jingle Bell Mingle

By: Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone
Narrated by: Joy Nash, Zachary Webber
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone who gave us A Merry Little Meet Cute comes a new holiday rom-com—’tis the season for second chances!

What happens when there’s no room at the inn and you and your potentially demonic cat become roommates with your grumpy one-night stand?

Part-time adult film actress/one-time adult film director/makeup artist Sunny Palmer has accidentally sold her very first screenplay to the Hope Channel. That was six months ago. Fast forward to a looming deadline, an uninspired Sunny has returned to the source of her inspiration in Christmas Notch, Vermont, to immerse herself in the local Christmas miracle on which her fever dream of a movie pitch was based.

Isaac Kelly, former boy band heartthrob and the saddest boy in the music biz, is the latest owner of the town’s historic mansion. After his years of heartbreak following his young wife’s death, Isaac’s record label is done waiting for new music. What better place to attempt his first holiday album than a snow-covered mansion where he can become a hermit in peace?

But after their best friends’ wedding leads to them waking up together in a freezing motel room with questionable wiring and a broken shower, Isaac takes a chance and asks Sunny to stay with him at his home. Surely the place is big enough that he’ll hardly see her or her unhinged cat. But when the two discover they’re both creatively blocked, they make a handshake deal: Isaac will help Sunny hunt down the truth behind the local lore, and Sunny will find Isaac a new muse.

And with these two opposites under one roof, there’s no way this jingle bell mingle could go off script…right?

©2024 Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers
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So lovely to finally have Zachary Webber in Christmas Notch!

A really fun last little trip to Christmas Notch. Both Joy and Zach gave such lovely performances. They kept me laughing (and occasionally getting a little teary) throughout. I’ll miss having these to look forward to, but am also excited to see what Sierra and Julie take us next!

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Fantastic ending to the series

Overall: ⭐️ 5/5
Audiobook 🎧 5/5. ❤️ Zachary Webber
Spice 🌶️ 5 of 5, Explicit & Plentiful
Slow burn 🕯️ < insta-lust
Humor: 🤣 Hysterical!
Season: Christmas! 🎄
Setting: Small town, Vermont
Trigger warnings: No. Sensitive topics handled deftly.
Standalone: No. OK to skip novellas, but book 1 is essential.

FMC Sunny, 30, obese, bi, bestie of Bee, the FMC of book 1. Make up artist, porn star, and now writing a screenplay. ADHD, orphaned when she was 16.

MMC Isaac, 35ish, widowed when he was 30, former member of boy band INK. Bi, loner/recluse, intense grief and depression. Moved from Malibu to Christmas Notch, contractually obligated to write one more album. Zachary Webber narrates this book; he’s done nearly all of Abby Jimenez’s audiobooks. I automatically associate his voice with Cinnamon Roll MMCs.

I was SO excited to be approved for the eARC by Avon & Net Galley. I had already listened to the first two full length novels in the series and 5 star LOVED them a few weeks ago. Everything was still fairly fresh in my mind and I saw it as my own special birthday treat to start reading it a week before it came out. Life, of course, got in the way and I couldn’t finish reading it before the release. I prefer audiobooks anyway and I happily bought my own copy on Audible, especially since Zachary Webber was one of the narrators. Joy Nash had done an excellent job with the previous audiobooks in this series, and this book was no different.

I was mildly confused at the start of this book referring to the threesome One Night Stand between Sunny, Isaac, and Jack Hart. Initially I was wondering if it was in one of the novellas I skipped. I now think it was briefly mentioned in book 1; Murphy & Simone are such great writers that they give the reader various sprinkles of info about that ONS that resolved my questions.

As an older millennial, obese, and with a recent diagnosis of ADHD (3 years ago) I felt really seen. Some authors really hit the reader over the head with things about ADHD or fat phobia. Murphy & Simone have a light touch and it comes across as neurodivergence acceptance and body positivity without being preachy.

This is likely the end of this series. 😭 If Murphy & Simone team up again how about an Autumnal/Halloween series? But only after Sierra Simone finishes her Lyonesse trilogy because waiting a full year just might kill me.

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noooooooooo

what happened!? I love sierra simone and I love zachary webber...but this book was not good. The characters aren't good, the story is uninteresting. Couldn't finish. what happened to this perfect duo!?

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This did not jingle my bells- at all

“We can be lost together”
Christmas romance, especially one with such a bright cover, should be joyful, merry and bright.
This was primarily about angst, casual sex, and rich people’s problems. Cancer, death of a spouse, death of parents … there were way too many depressing backstories. On top of that, Isaac and Sunny were both silver-spoon kids so they didn’t have even basic adulting skills like cooking or parallel parking; it made it difficult to relate to people who’s problems include figuring out how to open a Capri Sun pouch or surviving until the trust fund kicks in.

I get enough depression and anxiety in real life, so if it factors into holiday romance, it better move past the trauma quickly. This book revels in the suck. Isaac was determined to martyr himself as a widower. Sunny couldn’t commit to anything for fear of failure. I didn’t like either of them. I was far more invested in the side-story about the Xmas miracle or the romance with supporting characters Teddy and Steph. For that matter, the funniest parts were when the MCs from book 1 made appearances.

“The cat is a power bottom!”
I still give the series props for creative sex scenes, LGBTQ positivity, and teaching me a thing or two
(or two dozen) about the younger generation.

(safe word) “Sunburn!” “Scorching!” “Third degree!”
There were a few chuckle worthy moments.
But, this book was hours longer, and sadder, than a Christmas romance should be.

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