The Holiday Games
The One Where the Small Town Girl Flees to NYC, Falls for a Big City Hottie, and Has a Non-Denominational, Feel Good Holiday with Lots of Hot Cocoa and Kisses Under the Mistletoe
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Lili Valente
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Lili Valente
About this listen
My life could have been ripped straight from a Hallmark movie.
My name is Caroline "Candy" Cane, I own a country inn, date a man who runs a Christmas tree farm, and my mom's peppermint fudge wins first place at the Reindeer Corners' festival every year. Basically, I'm living every romance-loving girlie's small town dream.
Until a last minute trip to New York City leads to catching my boyfriend banging a Rockette (in full elf costume).
So, when I'm offered a chance to star in a hospitality-themed reality show, I jump at the chance to serve hot cocoa in roller skates on national television.
The only problem? The smoking hot, broody, perfectly bossy producer, Leo...
He's everything I've ever wanted in a man, but he's also my new boss and completely off-limits.
And that's before we realize our lives--and our pasts--are more intimately intertwined than we could have imagined.
Do I dare make holiday magic with the one man I now know I should never kiss under the mistletoe?
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- By AS on 09-13-24
By: Leeanne Slade
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- By: K.A. Knight
- Narrated by: Cornell Collins, Hollie Jackson
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Ryder, Garrett, Kenzo, and Diesel - The Vipers. Their deals are as sordid as their business, and their reputation is enough to bring a grown man to his knees, forcing him to beg for mercy. They are not people you mess with, yet my dad did. The old man ran up a debt with them and then sold me to cover his losses. Yes, sold me. They own me now. I’m theirs in every sense of the word. But I’ve never been meek and compliant.
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Shrek
- By Shemika Holmes on 02-25-21
By: K.A. Knight
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Merry Ever After
- Under the Mistletoe Collection
- By: Tessa Bailey
- Narrated by: Summer Morton, Connor Crais
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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.
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An ode to his monster Yule log.
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 11-13-24
By: Tessa Bailey
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Drop Dead
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Obituary writer Nadine Barbault doesn’t mind being called “Lady Death”. It suits the ice queen persona she’s cultivated to survive the fast-paced Toronto Herald. So when Nadine learns that famous (and reclusive) author Dot Voline has died, she doesn’t hesitate to run the obituary…only to discover that Dot is very much alive. Nadine’s screw-up has brought Wesley Chen of the rival Spear no end of joy—she’s been a thorn in his extremely ambitious side for years. But the renewed interest in Dot also surfaced chatter about a mysterious past scandal.
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Clean and sweet
- By Momma Nae on 08-02-24
By: Lily Chu
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Holiday Hideaway
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- By: Mary Kay Andrews
- Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky
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Tilly Farriday isn’t feeling very jolly this season. Recently divorced and broke, she’s squatting in one of her rental agency’s properties until her new home is ready. The sprinkles on top of the burnt Christmas cookie that is her life? The new owner shows up early, forcing Tilly to hide in the attic to save her job…and what remains of her dignity.
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I ain’t afraid of no ghosts
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 10-31-24
By: Mary Kay Andrews
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Nocticadia
- By: Keri Lake
- Narrated by: Aaron Shedlock, Stella Hunter
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After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I'd find the cure for what ravaged her and leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me. Four years later, I received an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the oldest most prestigious schools in the country. Nestled on a secluded island off the coast of Maine, it's rumored to be haunted by the souls of the mental patients exiled there centuries before, those whose bones are said to make up the island's white sandy shores. And restless ghosts aren't even its most daunting peculiarity.
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Good but a slight miss
- By Destinyreadsbooks on 01-17-24
By: Keri Lake
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Mr. and Mrs. Christmas
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There's no place like home for the holidays ... especially for Lesley Carver. Life in the big city just wasn't her jam and now she's back in Hickory Falls, working at the family diner and helping her mom after she took a tumble. Lesley longs to build a life here, working at the cafe, selling her handmade ornaments and ... er, apparently reviving her high school crush on her best friend’s older brother. Only one problem, her mom wants her to leave Hickory Falls far behind.
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Loved the book!
- By Amazon Customer on 11-15-24
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All by My Elf
- Under the Mistletoe Collection
- By: Olivia Dade
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Nina and William are underpaid adjunct professors at the same university, where winter break is no break at all: ’tis the season to make extra money. When their holiday side hustle has them stranded by a blinding blizzard in the middle of nowhere, there’s nothing to do but cuddle up for warmth and play a game of Never Have I Ever to pass the time. But in the game of love, secrets never stay secret for long…
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A cool, considerate romance
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 11-13-24
By: Olivia Dade
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- LeMiliere
- 11-01-24
The Holiday Games
I absolutely loved this story, it is written so well that you feel you're there with Leo and Candy. The narration is excellent. Lili not only penned a beautiful story about Caroline, aka Candy, but she performed it perfectly, and Sebastian York was perfect for the part of Leo.
I loved everything about this story, the instant attraction, the incredible chemistry as well as the setting.
The story takes place a couple of weeks before Christmas in New York where Leo is busy filming a reality TV show. Having just had to let go of one of the contestants he needs someone to take their place and spotting Candy diving into a plastic igloo he’s immediately intrigued and follows her inside.
From their first exchange you could tell there was something between these two and what follows is a fun and enjoyable story full of great chemistry, witty dialogue as well as a losing battle not to give in to what they feel for each other.
No spoilers from me except to say that this is my all-time favourite Christmas story, Candy is my all-time favourite Christmas heroine.
I don’t want to give spoilers, but I will say I loved this swoony, heartwarming story full of engaging dialogue and lovely characters. Watch out for Greg the Devil cat you’ll fall in love with him just as I did.
Even if you are the sort of person who doesn’t like Christmas-themed stories, you won’t be able to resist this one.
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- Jennifer A.
- 11-14-24
A Feel Good Holiday RomCom!
I really loved The Holiday Games! Leo and Caroline have such a swoon worthy connection! I also love when a grumpy cat is involved lol perfect holiday romance and I truly loved every second of Leo and Caroline’s story!
Narrators LiLi Valenete and Sebastian York are perfection as always! They know how to bring the humor to this RomCom!
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- Ap2514
- 10-30-24
Holiday Rom-com
This is a fun and sexy holiday rom-com with a sassy feline and a forbidden love. When Carolina “Candy” Cane leaves her hometown of Reindeer Corner and heads to New York City for a last minute trip she never expects to end up on a hospitality-themed reality show but here she is, living out a crazy dream and finding love along the way. But things can’t be that easy as Carolina learns that the man she’s falling for has a tangled past with someone she knows.
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- Tammy Moldovan
- 10-31-24
Love, drama and forever
I loved this forbidden, quasi boss-employee, love at first site, double pining, reverse Hallmark holiday romance. It had the perfect mix of fun, humor, love, real life issues, spice, family drama, holiday goodness, and a sassy jerk of a cat. Leo and Caroline are both intense, strong and passionate characters who have flaws, but are really just trying to do their best as messy humans. I smiled, swooned and laughed the entire time I read this book. Leo is the creator and producer of Innkeeping with You: Holiday Games Edition, a tasteful reality show. He needs it to be a success so he can stop writing for the soul numbing reality show he currently works for. Caroline lives in Reindeer Corners, Vermont and runs the Reindeer Corners Inn with her best friend. She is visiting NYC to go to the Annual Hotelier’s Conference and Trade Show hoping it will inspire her to love her life again. When she catches Chris, her Christmas-tree-farming boyfriend cheating on her, she decides to have an adventure by joining Leo’s reality show. There is instant attraction and chemistry when Leo and Caroline meet, but there is the complication of him being her sort of boss as well as a strange intersection of their lives that should make dating impossible. But feelings - oh the feelings. They are big and messy and hot me right in the feels. This heartwarming story was well written and included engaging dialogue, three dimensional characters, and a swoony and heartwarming storyline.
Sebastian York and Lili Valente did a phenomenal job narrating the story and characters into life with enough change of inflection, tone and cadence to voice multiple characters quite convincingly. I love listening to Lili narrate her own story.
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- Rhonda Madison
- 11-14-24
Holiday romance
This is a fun holiday story. Caroline "Candy" Cane leaves her small Vermont Christmas themed town to go to New York City for a hotel convention. She ends up on a hotel reality show produced by Leo. There's so many conflicts and reasons why they shouldn't fall for each other. I enjoyed listening to Sebastian York and Lili Valente narrate. This is perfect for anytime of the year.
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- Aims31
- 11-15-24
Cute Holiday Story
This story is the perfect little holiday nugget. The narration on this is superb!!
Caroline “Candy” Cane, part owner of the inn in a town called Reindeer Corner in Vermont. She heads into NYC for a Christmas hospitality conference. It was a trip her bestie Kayla was supposed to take but Kayla knows that Candy misses big city life.
As she is on the floor of the exposition, oddly enough she runs into her boyfriend Chris and his Rockette dancer side piece. Needless to say, they break up and Candy is left wondering why she didn’t see this earlier. During the run in with her ex, she is noticed by Leo, a reality TV show director. Leo invites her to audition for the holiday themed show his is currently casting for.
She cast on the show and Leo instantly falls for Candy and her amazing attitude and her beauty. Kay what he didn’t need right now. Little does Leo know, Candy has a direct connection to his past. The situations that unravel from there are fun and light including Greg the devil cat.
There is light spice in this - just the right amount for this length of story. This book sets the right tone for the upcoming holidays. The banter is quick and the MMC is very sweet and thoughtful of Candy’s needs. The side characters development is great and the little town of Reindeer Corner sounds delightful!
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