Mistletoe and Missteps
A Fake-Relationship Romance of a Hidden Heir and Workplace Tension, and the Enemy Who Claimed Her HeartBy Clare N. Thistlewood, Clare N. Thistlewood
Length8h 52m
About this audiobook
Molly Hartwell had thirty days to save the only home she had ever known.
Then the one man who could destroy it walked back into Hollyhock Falls in an expensive wool coat — and somehow she had to pretend to fall for him.
The Colton Tree Lot raised Molly. Her father planted a Blue Spruce the year she was born. Her parents died two miles from home in the season's first snowfall, and the lot is all she has left of them — every scarred trunk, every crooked branch, every tree that leans east into the mountain wind.
Now the lease is up. Her grandmother's hands shake too hard to keep fighting. And the deed belongs to Jack Colton — back from Chicago with hard eyes, leather-soled shoes, and a developer's arithmetic.
"This place is a money pit," he told her, like the trees were just numbers on a listing.
"These trees aren't just trees," Molly shot back. And she made him a promise he didn't believe: the Hollyhock Hustle, a Christmas Eve Eve race to fund a community land trust, would buy the lot right out from under him.
She didn't plan on the whole town pushing them together. She didn't plan on a contract neither of them asked for, a festival stage that nearly killed them both, or an almost-kiss under a sky full of stars.
She really didn't plan on the secret Jack was carrying — the one that could save the lot or burn it to the ground.
"I'm betting on this town," she had told him. "I'm betting that Christmas means more than a transaction."
But when the truth about the contract he signed finally surfaces, Molly will have to decide whether the enemy who claimed her heart was ever truly her enemy — or the one person fighting hardest to bring her home.
Mistletoe and Missteps by Clare N. Thistlewood is a heartwarming small-town Christmas romance about a fake relationship, enemies to lovers, a hidden heir, forced proximity, found family, and a town that refuses to give up on love.
Perfect for readers who love small-town Christmas romance, fake-dating and enemies-to-lovers tropes, grumpy-meets-sunshine, second-chance hometowns, and the cozy magic of a Hallmark holiday movie. A standalone romance with a swoony, snow-dusted happily-ever-after.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, General Fiction
Length8 hrs 52 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Dedication
3Prologue
4Chapter 1 - The Hollyhock Hustle Never Sleeps
5Chapter 2 - The Contract I Didnt Ask For
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6Chapter 3 - The Co-Organizer From Hell
7Chapter 4 - The Quiet in the Snow
8Chapter 5 - The First Crack in the Armor
9Chapter 6 - The Town Made Us Partners
10Chapter 7 - The Stage That Nearly Killed Us
11Chapter 8 - The Dinner I Couldn’t Escape
12Chapter 9 - The Secret I Hold for Both of Us
13Chapter 10 - The Almost-Kiss Under the Stars
14Chapter 11 - The Father I Never Knew Returned
15Chapter 12 - The Meeting That Changed Everything
16Chapter 13 - The Truth I Owe Her
17Chapter 14 - The Kiss Beneath the Mistletoe
18Chapter 15 - The Promise We Made for Tonight
19Chapter 16 - The Second Thoughts That Crawl Back
20Chapter 17 - The Scene No One Was Supposed to Hear
21Chapter 18 - The Rival’s Revenge
22Chapter 19 - The Confession That Changes the Lines
23Chapter 20 - The Town Fights Back
24Chapter 21 - The Black Moment: The Contract He Signed
25Chapter 22 - The Darkest Morning
26Chapter 23 - The Letter She Almost Burned
27Chapter 24 - The Grand Gesture: Everything I Have
28Chapter 25 - The Festival We Rebuilt From Ashes
29Chapter 26 - The Riddle That Led Home
30Chapter 27 - The Christmas We’ll Tell Our Grandchildren
31Epilogue
32About the Author
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