Margaritas & Mistletoe: A fake relationship Christmas romance featuring seasoned love
About this audiobook
‘Tis the season for faking it…
Kelsey Nichols thought she would have life figured out by the time she hit her forties, but now she is bordering on forty-five, her favourite freelance writing client is threatening to drop her, and her boyfriend just dumped her over text.
Things aren’t working out as planned.
But when the ferry she almost missed takes a roll, and she lands in the lap of uber sexy Nolan Ascot, everything changes.
As a professional rock climber, Nolan has the connections to get Kelsey the interview she needs to rescue her writing career and ensure her rent gets paid. It is perfect.
Except there is a catch.
She needs to agree to be his fake date for the Christmas holidays with his family in the remote village of Christmas Cove.
And there is a bigger problem…
Nolan isn’t a stranger. He is her sister’s ex. And Kelsey might still have a secret crush on him.
Logically, she should stay far away. But she really needs this interview, so she agrees to his plan before she can think it through. But when her sister freaks out about Nolan, Kelsey panics. She can’t spend the holidays alone with him. He might be off limits—and with her curves, she isn’t his type anyway—but her heart isn’t getting the message, and the things she is feeling are anything but fake.
The solution?
Convince her best friends that a girlfriends’ holiday getaway in Christmas Cove is exactly what they need this year, leaving out a few key details—like the whole fake girlfriend to her sister’s ex thing. She can break that to them later.
What could go wrong?
Margaritas & Mistletoe is a Canadian holiday romance featuring a middle-aged hot mess, her sister’s rock-climbing ex, and a fake romance. It stands alone but is best enjoyed within the ‘Tis the Season for Love Series. If you love great friendships, men who are as sweet as they are sexy, and a little bit of fun with your angst… don’t miss out on finding midlife love because romance isn’t just for twenty-somethings.
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About the author
NICOLE TAYLOR EBY has been in love with romance since she fell for her first book boyfriend. Now she writes closed-door contemporary romance with just a hint of spice— because a little bit of heat is tantalizing. Her stories are set on the rugged and beautiful west coast of Canada and feature relatable heroines, the sweet and sexy men who fall for them, and a guaranteed happily‑ever‑after.
A former member of the Canadian Navy, Nicole now lives with PTSD and severe anxiety—challenges that shape her life and fuel her creativity. Writing romance has become a kind of therapy for her: a place where love is steady, healing, and full of hope. And because Nicole has never done anything the easy way, she’s also late diagnosed ADHD, which adds its own brand of spicy chaos to everything!
Nicole lives on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada with her husband and three children. When she’s not writing, she’s exploring the outdoors, attempting to revive her rugby career—as a perimenopausal woman (eek!)—or obsessively crocheting bunnies in hoodies (a little humour for our Saskatchewan friends, who call a hoodie a “bunny hug”).
