Sweet Nothing: a Hansel & Gretel cozy fantasy romance prequel (Enchanted Hollow #1)
Monique Brasher
I tell everyone it's a work trip. A ski resort feature for my influencer job—and a scouting mission for my mother's wedding company.
What I don’t say is that it’s the first real vacation Holden and I have ever taken together—the first time we’ve had more than a few stolen days outside the safe little bubble of Enchanted Hollow.
But when a snowstorm shuts down the mountain pass, we end up detouring to a cozy little inn straight out of a fairytale—complete with the sweetest couple as innkeepers, an inn with antics of its own, and exactly one room left.
The honeymoon suite.
Because it’s not just the inn that’s trying to play matchmaker—it’s the town.
Everyone seems to be convinced we’re newlyweds, and it’s hard to convince them otherwise. Especially when Holden looks at me like I’m home, and for a couple of quiet nights surrounded by twinkle lights, cozy nostalgia, and a promise to stop living life through a filter, I almost believe I could be. We could be home to each other.
It’s only supposed to be a weekend. But it feels like a lifetime that I’m not ready to give back.
Sweet Nothing is a closed-door cozy fantasy romance with no explicit scenes! Sweet Nothing is a prequel novella to Back to December (Enchanted Hollow Book 2). While Laila and Holden's story begins here, their full happily ever after continues in Back to December. This story ends with hope and a promise—not a cliffhanger, but not a complete resolution either.
Enchanted Hollow:
- Sweet Nothing (crossover with Storywood Ridge)
- Meet Me at Midnight
- 'Tis the Gingerbread Season
- The Lucky One
- When Annie Falls in Love (releasing summer 2026)
