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The Plight Before Christmas

Written by: Kate Stewart
Narrated by: Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell
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Clark Griswold was onto something...at least with his annual holiday meltdown. And since the last three weeks of my life have been riddled with humbug—another breakup, a broken toe, an office promotion I deserved and didn’t get—I’m not at all in the mood to celebrate nor have the happ, happ, happiest Christmas EVER.

When Mom insisted that we all gather at my Grandparent’s ancient cabin for an old school family Christmas, I fully intended to get into the holiday spirit with the help of the three wise men, Johnnie Walker, Jack Daniels, and Jim Beam. But those boys did absolutely nothing to offset the shock or temper the sting of seeing my EX on our doorstep the first day of our holiday soiree.

Apparently, Santa missed the memo, and this elf is pissed.

Stuck for a week with the man who obliterated my heart nearly two decades ago, I did the only thing I could do and put on my game face, thankful for the home advantage.

I knew better than to drink that last cup of eggnog. I knew better than to get tongue tangled beneath the mistletoe with the only man to ever break my heart. I knew better than to sleep with Satan’s wingman on the eve of the Lord’s birthday.

I could blame the nog. I could blame the deceitful light blue eyes, thick, angelic hair, and panty evaporating smirk…but mostly, I blame Eli because he always knew exactly which of my buttons to push.

I foolishly thought a family Christmas filled with nostalgia was going to turn my inner Scrooge around, but this year’s festivities went up in flames. Leave it to the ghost of my Christmas past to be the one to light the match.

Fa la la la la, la FML.

The Plight Before Christmas is a full-length, second-chance Christmas-themed romance and that's most definitely on Santa's NAUGHTY LIST!

©2021 Kate Stewart (P)2022 Podium Audio
Fiction Genre Fiction Romance Romantic Comedy Winter Christmas Comedy Funny Heartfelt Tearjerking
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Amazing narration, great story. Love it so much! A must listen, especially during the holiday season

Amazing as always!

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Eli Welch is the book boyfriend of my dreams. how Kate can simultaneously break your heart, make you laugh out loud and swoon all within the span of pages is amazing.

This was the second romance of all second chance romances...and when Whitney finally heard why Eli did things the way he did it was so unexpected.

The best second chance holiday Romance

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I went through all the emotions when reading this book. I loved it! Would recommend.

I laughed and I cried

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Decent book. I enjoyed it. I agree with others review that baby noises were weird. Other than that, it was good!

Entertaining

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Amazing story! Great performances. Except for the baby. The baby sounds were creepy. Book was fantastic!

Feel Good with Unexpected Twists

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