Sara Raasch

Two royal princes, one fake competition – but will it be trick…or treat?

Coal might be the Prince of Christmas but, honestly, he’d rather skip it this year. Wouldn’t you when your father, the reigning Santa, has turned it into nothing more than the family’s latest PR stunt?

But even Coal couldn’t predict his father’s latest move – announcing Coal’s engagement (much to his surprise) to his best friend, Princess Iris of Easter, to unite their families for the perfect holiday photo moment.

When a rival arrives to challenge for the princess’ hand, Coal is suddenly face to face with a past mistake: Hex, the deliciously handsome Prince of Halloween.

As they spend more and more time together, Coal finds himself drawn to Hex. But scuppering Santa's plans and falling for Christmas's biggest rival would be a complete disaster... wouldn't it?

Featuring fun, fake dating, and plenty of spice, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE KISSMAS is the perfect romance to get you in the Halloween spirit!

The Nightmare Before Kissmas

Izaac Richards

He shrugs, and I'm temporarily derailed by what should be a small, mundane movement. His shoulders are thin, bony, as sharp as his eyebrows and that cutting look in his gaze, everything about him is filed to a knifepoint and I suddenly want nothing more than for him to make me bleed. 

Because with Hex in my arms, and all these cameras going off, there is no way, no way, that anyone looking won't see how I feel about him. Nothing about the way I'm holding him must be off-putting to him, because he nods. "Let's do this."

And I don't care at all what anyone else might think. I'm going to skate with this guy, and in this moment, I'm going to pretend we're a normal couple doing a normal Christmas activity because I know that simplicity is something I will never get. This is as close as we'll ever be.

Emma Hak-Kovacs

His smile makes me want to swear my soul to whatever god created him. 

Mary Carmona

“Yep,” Kris agrees. To the bartender, he says, “Two waters. He’s cut off.”

“On second thought, give me the soda gun so I can blast him in the face.”

“You’re drunk,” he notes with a cast of those eyes up and down my body.

He meets my gaze again. “Please don’t sell yourself to arms dealers.”

“That’s it! Arms dealers. Ow—shit.” I snap my fingers. Or try to. My hand isn’t working well and I end up scraping my thumbnail along my finger.

“So I say “It’s not funny” to those lips, frowning harder, like it’s their fault.

His ghost of a smile doesn’t abate. “Of course not.”

“No—no, it isn’t. I know funny. I am funny. This? This wasn’t funny.”

One eyebrow lifts. Waiting. For me to keep talking?

from here on out it’s gonna be me and my ugly christmas sweater against the world”

“i have to give credit to the hilarity of christmas embarrassment in what will be august but why the christmas motif exactly”

Kris hauls me towards the stairs. “Don’t antagonize her. She oversees our stylists.”

“Very wise, Kristopher,” Wren calls. “Upset me and you’ll be wearing neon corduroy for the rest of your lives.”

“And then,” I echo, “we take off on a merry little death race.”

“I’m kidding. And then we take a lovely, brisk sleigh ride that might go fast at points. ”

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