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Merry Ever After

Under the Mistletoe Collection

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Merry Ever After

By: Tessa Bailey
Narrated by: Summer Morton, Connor Crais
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A single mother working in a thrift store. A gentle giant farmer who can’t find jeans that fit. When opposites attract, they find themselves making alterations in more ways than one in this smoking-hot short story by #1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey.

Evie Crowe is starting over in a strange town with her newborn, and men are the furthest thing from her mind. If only the quiet, hulking farmer, Luke Ward, would stop coming into the thrift shop and piquing her reluctant interest. Evie wants to stay single all the way—she can’t trust anything more than friends-with-holiday-benefits. But Luke is in it for the long haul. He’s fixed on making this a Christmas Evie will remember forever. If she gives him a chance.

Tessa Bailey’s Merry Ever After is part of Under the Mistletoe, a collection of sexy December romances to warm the cold winter nights. They can be read or listened to in one swoony sitting.

©2024 by Tessa Bailey. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
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2.5/5⭐️
This was a lot omg… never read a Tessa Bailey book before but I had heard good things about them so I was excited to get to this one in the collection and lordy was it something

Truthfully this is just a smut holiday novella, and there’s nothing wrong with that, it’s just a lot of cringy lines within the smut that had me put off by it.

The premise of the story was really interesting but Luke going right into describing his sexual fantasies within about a min of his chapter had me reeling.

Even though it’s a very short novella, I wish we had gotten more plot and less cringy sex lines

Cringy lines ruined it

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It’s fine, it’s fast, the sex is hot enough I guess, but I really feel like the Chicago girl should have asked the white rural Texas chicken farmer about his opinions on Jan. 6 before making a lifetime commitment to him.

A single mom in possession of no common sense must surely be in want of a hulking farmer who demands to see her tits

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This is such a cute holiday short story with some spice. The blend of small-town charm with steamy romance in a short story is great. The characters, Evie and Luke’s chemistry is electric, and watching them slowly come together is nothing short of great. The vulnerability, and passion into every page, creating a story that’s as touching as it is hot. A great holiday read.

This is the second book in a multi author collection, Under the Mistletoe.

Merry Ever After

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This was a super cute holiday rom-com and I have been super pleased with these Amazon Original novellas. Fun, entertaining, and a quick listen. Definitely recommend!

Cute holiday rom-com

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It wasn’t quite what I expected, but I can see how it appeals to some.

First time reading Tessa Bailey

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NO SPOILERS :-)

The story was good, but not great. I enjoyed it. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a quick entertaining tryst.
That said, every person has their own taste. For me this felt way to rushed. Like the timeline progression was extreme. and while i think the narrators did a fantastic job, the dialog of the MMC was bland and held zero depth. Flip it around though, and I love the idea of this. I love the beginnings of it, the little shop and the stubbornness and assumptions.

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I would listen/read another from this author. I like that its a writing style that i enjoy, i enjoy the characters personalities the Author builds. I don't think the book is a 5 star. But some of my favorite authors have books that I don't enjoy as much either.

Fun flirty listen while doing chores.

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Merry Ever After felt like a tame, traditionally published version Jessa Kane novel. Characters were horny, obsessive, awkward, and less unhinged.

Fine

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2.5/3 stars. One thing we can always count on with Tessa Bailey? Loads of spice, insta love, tiny heroines w/ large heroes, and unhinged entertainment. So it is this novella’s fault that it exactly delivers on that or my fault for expecting more? 🤣 This one involves a farmer hero and a single mom heroine who works at a thrift store (and makes clothes on the side). Nothing at the thrift store fits him, so she offers to make him something that actually fits. She’d be down for a friends-with-holiday-benefits situation, but he wants it all and will settle for nothing less.

A holiday novella part of the Under the Mistletoe collection, I binged all 5 of these holiday novellas since they’re all available on KU with read and listen and so so short! Not the worst in the series, but not amazing either.

Holiday unhinged, single mom meets farmer!

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I love how Tessa Bailey writes her men they are the epitome of gentleman in the streets and freak in the sheets lol always a good time

Gotta love tessa bailey’s guys

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This was quick and sexy. I wouldn't have minded a but more of the story.

Great

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