The Bright Side of Christmas (Holly Ridge #1)
Morgan Elizabeth
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
3.96
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 28 ratings · 296 pages · Published: 23 Oct 2025
But this holiday season, it’s ramped up to the next level. As her first year as the head of the decorating committee, a title she inherited after her grandmother passed away, she’s determined to make it the best and brightest year Holly Ridge has ever seen. A bigger festival, decorations on every possible inch of town, and, of course, more lights. Who cares if she’s tired and worn down? She can sleep in January. Christmas only comes but once a year, after all.
Adam Porter moved to Holly Ridge in search of peace and quiet. As a well-known songwriter with writer’s block, he’s hoping a sleepy small town will be the perfect place to find his inspiration and write again. The problem? He hates Christmas. This year, he’s hoping to hide away in the small town, avoid Christmas completely, and write the next big hit by the New Year.
Unfortunately, when he tells his new next-door neighbor, Wren, that he has no plans to decorate his home and thus threatens to break a sixty-year tradition in the town, a battle of decor ensues. As the season progresses and Wren becomes increasingly determined, Adam remains steadfast in his conviction that nothing will make him enjoy the holidays.
Definitely not his sunshiny neighbor, who is convinced she has enough holiday cheer for the two of them.
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- funny 2
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- grumpy/cold hero 1
- cheerful/happy heroine 1
- sweet/gentle heroine 1
- grumpy & sunshine 1
- teacher/coach heroine 1
- praise kink 1
- forced proximity 1
- caretaking 1
- spanking 1
- rockstar hero 1
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The 'Holly Ridge' series
4.16 · 60 ratings
explicit-open-door · humor · first-person-pov · cold hero · cheerful heroine · dual-pov · contemporary · m-f · found-family · grumpy sunshine · sweet heroine · small town
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