A Holiday Grump

By: Ava Merrion

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

She believes in Christmas magic. He’s sworn it off forever. Starlight Falls might change them both.

After a big heartbreak, Elle Canton is determined to make a fresh start in Starlight Falls. Her seasonal shop is cozy, her grandmother is nearby, and if she keeps busy, maybe she’ll forget the sting of being dumped.

Just when she’s finding her way, a ladder mishap throws her into the arms of Brady Phillips. Tall, brooding, and impossibly handsome, he makes it clear he doesn’t do Christmas. She makes it just as clear she won’t let his scowl scare her away.

When a burst pipe threatens the town’s historic holiday charity event, Elle and Brady are forced to team up. She brings her sparkle. He brings his skill. Neither is prepared for the warmth building between them in the glow of Christmas candlelight.

In a town where Christmas magic lingers in every snowdrift, a sunshiny dreamer and a guarded grinch just might discover that even broken hearts deserve a chance to heal.

Cute story but the AI voice a bust

It was a cute story, however, with the AI generated voice, it was hard to tell which character is speaking because they are both women’s voices so you really had to pay such close attention to know when it was the male character talking or the female character talking that was the only thing that was really a turn off

worse narration I have ever heard

the story was ok. however, the narrator or AI reader was terrible, no emotion, too robotic!

AI will not be replacing live narrators anytime soon

Hate the AI voice, hard to follow the characters as to who is speaking when. Glad it was a short story.