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Holly's Jolly Christmas

A Hallmark-inspired Christmas rom-com

Lesson one: Don’t ask a stranger for dating advice while drunk.

Lesson two: Don’t fall for your dating coach.

Lesson three: Oops.

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My dating life is a disaster. Getting stood up at a bar was far from how I envisioned my night. But when the brooding yet incredibly hot bartender, Mark, keeps pouring me drink after drink, things take an unexpected turn. After a drunken dance and a broken glass, I find myself asking him to become my dating coach.

 

Mark is completely wrong for me. He's grumpy, a Christmas scrooge, and adamant that he doesn’t want a relationship. He’s only supposed to be helping me navigate the dating world. But what begins as “just friends” quickly becomes nights of ice skating, baking cookies, and late-night conversations that make my heart flutter.

 

The more time we spend together, the more the chemistry between us crackles. And I start to wonder if maybe... Mark might be exactly what I’ve been looking for all along.

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Romance so sweet and spice that brings the heat

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Romance so sweet and spice that brings the heat

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Romance so sweet and spice that brings the heat

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Grumpy x Sunshine

Reluctant dating coach

Age gap (10 years)

Slow burn

Luke and Lorelai vibes

Dual POV

Grump to everyone but her

Hallmark but make it spicy

Ice skating and baking cookies

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Explicit sexual scenes

Explicit language

Mention of death of parents (Past)

Mention of dementia

Mention of abandonment

Romance so sweet and spice that brings the heat

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Romance so sweet and spice that brings the heat

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Romance so sweet and spice that brings the heat

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Romance so sweet and spice that brings the heat

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Romance so sweet and spice that brings the heat

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Romance so sweet and spice that brings the heat

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