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

Very good!!!

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

absolutely perfect!

I never write reviews, really. But when I finish reading this book I literally could not start writing this fast enough. This is such a cute, hot, romantic, beautiful book! I’ve been in a reading slump for a few weeks now and this finally got me out of it. If you like romantic comedies, if you like tension, if you like passion, if you like banter, if you like cutesy, well written stories, I HIGHLY recommended this book! 10/10

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

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.

Great narration and plot!

I loved this story! I fell in love with Jasper the moment he took care of Stella. The chemistry between them was undeniable and their competitive banter was the best! Stella’s walls were up but Jasper gradually broke them down and when she finally gave in it was sweet relief! I can’t wait for Liam and Juniper’s story!