Hostile for the Holidays

A Steamy Childhood Rivals to Lovers, Fake Dating Romantic Comedy

By: Erin Hawkins

Narrated by: M.K. Blackwood, Connor Crais

Is there anything worse than getting sick on the four-hour flight home for the holidays?

How about the fact that my childhood rival, Jasper Jensen, is there to not only witness it, but to take care of me so he can hang it over my head for all of eternity?

Or maybe when an old fling is waiting to pick me up at the airport, hoping to rekindle our past over the holidays, and I’m so desperate to avoid him that I present Jasper as my boyfriend.

Jasper agrees to play the part if, in return, I attend his family’s famous Christmas Eve party to keep his meddling family from setting him up. It’s a small price to pay for my holiday peace.

But nothing is peaceful about the holidays this year. My sister’s getting married on New Years’ Eve and wedding planning is taking over Christmas. My family has no time for our holiday traditions; we don’t even have a Christmas tree.

Until Jasper swoops in.

Between helping me decorate for Christmas, taking me to look at light displays, and wrapping presents for underprivileged kids, Jasper shows me a side of him I’ve never known.

I’ve vowed to keep the hostility between us—my heart is safer that way—but that might be one tradition that I can’t hold onto this Christmas.

Hostile for the Holidays is a ~50K word stand-alone holiday novella featuring childhood rivals to lovers, fake dating, and secret pining (him), and contains mature content meant for 18+ only.

©2024 Erin Hawkins Books LLC (P)2025 Erin Hawkins Books LLC

Absolutely sweet, light, spicy read+

I loved this holiday book. It was a welcome break from my regular type of books. It was just so sweet, yet had a good story, characters and spice!
The duet narration and the narrators were absolutely awesome!
Totally enjoyed this

Very good!!!

Narration was amazing 🤩 the storyline was amazing and listening to them made the story! Going to look them up for more books!

Such a sweet story!

Very good book for the holidays! Better than a movie. Jasper talks about his scheme to get on Stella’s plane and make her his for the holidays. I would have liked to know more about he made it happen.

If this doesn't jingle your jolly, it might be broken!

The opening chapter on the plane is ho-ho-ho-larious! 🤣 Who among us audio listeners has had something similar happen?! 😳 oopsie! 😁 I chuckled and/or smiled through much of Jasper & Stella's story. The DUET narration by M.K.Blackwood and Connor Crais was wonderful! Loved the banter, the nicknames, the sweaters, the competitive rivalry, the "Daniel situation", and that we got a bit of British Connor as Liam (Jasper's pal & business partner). Great listen! So funny that I know I'll listen to this one again and again in the future when I need/want some holiday cheer!
🎄🎅 🧑‍🎄🎁💡🔔 🌟

An amazing duet narration

These narrators did a great job with this fun holiday story. Connor Crais is always amazing! He did an excellent job bringing Jaspers character to life! This was such a great performance. I highly recommend it!