Merry Ever After

Under the Mistletoe Collection

De: Tessa Bailey

Narrado por: Summer Morton, Connor Crais

Duración: 1 h y 32 m

Resumen del Editor

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 stirring collection of December romances that thrill and tingle all the way. They can be read or listened to in one swoony sitting.

©2024 by Tessa Bailey. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

The writing. The story. The narrators.

Tessa Bailey can pack so much into a short story! I loved every second of it. This is a fun little story between a girl that works in a thrift shop and a hard working farmer. I loved this Christmas story! The narrators were excellent!

First Tessa Bailey

I wasn’t disappointed but the narrators made this story! I really loved how their voices fit the characters so well!

🩵🩵Insta-love 🔥

✨Thoughts✨
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 Luke and Evie first met, sparks flew instantly. Evie, a single mother working hard to manage her second-hand shop, was initially wary of Luke's advances due to her responsibilities as a parent. However, Luke's genuine kindness and willingness to go above and beyond to make her comfortable quickly won her over. This was a sweet novella with plenty of spicy scenes!

𝐓𝐡𝐞 dual narration was great. Connor Crais is always a delight to listen to. He's one of my favorite narrators!

𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝟒⭐️
𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞: 𝟒/𝟓🔥

Single mom FINALLY gets her dream husband!

This was SO cute! Single mom meets her Prince Charming, who turns out to be a hard working farmer. She’s hesitant due to her baby daddy abandoning them after birth. Will he over time prove his intentions are pure and he wanted nothing more but to provide for her and her son? Or will they be stuck as FWB? Definitely has a hint of spice. 🌶️

An ode to his monster Yule log.

Snork. This was OTT even for a holiday quickie. He’s telling her he’s gonna make her his and she’s calling him daddy on what I swear was the first day she stepped foot in his house.

This isn’t small town, big farmer romance; this is for anyone shipping a modern day pioneer woman and a dirty talking, self professed possessive “brute” who’s really, really big.

Did I take this remotely seriously? No
But do I regret listening? Heck no.
The dual narration sells this naughty nutcracker.

Cowboy novella

This was such a good novella for the holiday season. I loved the new to town single mother who captures the eye of the local giant of a cowboy.

Filled with laughs, some light romance and spice!

The narrators Summer Morton and Connor Crais did an amazing job bring life to these characters even with it being such a short story! But I can definitely say that I would love more Cowboys narrated by Connor it’s the perfect fit!

forever

what started out sweet and humble became hot and sweaty. The characters were so good together.

Fine

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

Holiday unhinged, single mom meets farmer!

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.

Big Boy Season!

Gave me all of the giggles, blushing and leg kicks that I expect from Tessa Bailey!