The Holiday Grump

AS FEATURED ON NBC’S TODAY—“Best Holiday Romance” pick by John Searles.

A runaway bride. A grumpy bookseller with a heart of gold. A friends-with-benefits deal doomed from the start.

Hideaway Harbor was supposed to be a quick detour—one cozy Christmas job, then I’d be back on the cruise ship, far from my powerful ex and the mess I left behind.

But thanks to a tiny mix-up, my “accommodation” is a storage room with a creaky daybed and no plumbing.

Enter my neighbor Fredrik: a broody bookstore owner with a decent bathroom and the social skills of a cactus.

He’s everything I shouldn’t want—grumpy, reclusive, and allergic to holiday cheer. Yet he keeps showing up for me. Saving me. Heating up the sauna....

And suddenly, we’re tangled in something neither of us is ready for.

We’re just friends. With excellent benefits. Until the lines blur.

I should keep running, but this small town is starting to feel like home.

And Fredrik...he might be the reason I finally stay.

The Holiday Grump is part of the Christmas at Hideaway Harbor series of six spicy romantic comedies. The books are interconnected standalones and can be listened to in any order.

©2025 Enni Amanda Tuomisalo (P)2026 Enni Amanda Tuomisalo

The Grump meets Sunshine

He's closed himself off from people until she blows into town. All colorful and happy. But Noelle is scared. She left a powerful man at the altar. So she's hiding. But Frederick sees her. Like the rest of the people in Hideaway Harbor, they don't care that she can be awkward, they actually love her for it. No one is perfect. But Frederick thinks she is perfect at least for him. I really enjoyed this audiobook and it will be in my Christmas listening rotation for a long time. Dahlia Summers and Grayson Owens really did an excellent job bringing this story to life.