Heartthrobs & Holidays

Being from the O'Rudolph family never had saved me from ridicule or given me any extra access to those reindeer games, but I'd made it through my childhood relatively unscathed. Or so I liked to tell myself. Truth be told, one herd in particular had been awfully cruel and gone well beyond just laughing and calling me names. But that was years ago. Right? I should be over it…right? Over it or not, I was older. More mature. An adult. An adult with a job that took her to a shifter town named Kinship Cove, where the fates not only introduce me to a diner-owning, fox-shifting old lady who makes me the best cups of peppermint coffee ever, they also throw me a wild curve ball in the form of one Bennett Donderson. My fated mate and a man who can truly rock the white hair look. Unfortunately, he's also a man from the herd of my nightmares. One who had been unable-or unwilling-to protect me from his very own niece. How can I trust someone whose family takes being on the naughty list to an emotionally scarring sort of extreme? What's a girl to do when her past slams headfirst into her present and threatens her future?

No one ever said working with Santa was all reindeer games, and North Pole isn't the sort of place to find your mate…until it is. It's the holidays for our Kinship Cove friends, which means treats, hot cocoa, and kisses. * * * Being an elf in North Pole, Alaska, means one thing to me: baking to support my fellow elves who are responsible for making toys. When a fellow kitchen elf takes a tumble days before the big gift run, I'm assigned to the reindeer shifter side of town. Carb-loading is my specialty, after all. No way would I let the reindeer team fail after a solid year of work by elves and reindeer alike. I know my role-get in, bake, get out-but while delivering delightful pastries to the hungry sleigh-pullers, I run into a problem. One by the name of Prancer. Yes, he's a reindeer shifter. Yes, he's an OG on the sleigh team. And yes, he's just as obsessed with me as I am with him. But each species has its rules, and everyone in North Pole knows we have to work together to pull off the Christmas run. Which means keeping the secret of our fated connection from everyone-elves, reindeer, Santa… Even Prancer himself. Christmas is coming whether we're ready or not…and it's going to be a battle to keep my ho ho ho on the down low low low. * * * PEPPERMINT PRANCER is a paranormal romantic comedy from USA Today bestselling author Ellis Leigh. The story is a standalone PNR rom-com with wit, snark, shifters, and more than just flirting.

No one ever said working with Santa was all reindeer games, and North Pole isn't a place of wonder and amazement…until it is. It may not be the holidays, but magic is definitely in the air. * * * Working in Santa's post office wasn't an easy job. Each letter had to be read-even the ones that dug a hole in your heart and left shadows of the pain they imparted. But every elf needed a job if they were going to afford things like food and heat and a place to read a good book. Every elf except Santa's brother. He's wild, charming, and totally unrestrained by the monotony of life…or so go the rumors. He's totally not the type of man I would take a second look at. At least, not until an accident he causes forces me to and my world heads down a path I hadn't thought possible. What should a good elf do when the bad-boy brother of the big man himself comes to town and burns down the rumor mill with his smile, his kindness, and his heart? The spare may just be more vital to the Claus name than anyone expected. And I might be falling in love with him. * * * If you want to read a hilarious and comical story, this is the one for you. ~BookwormSuzy, reviewing CANDIED WOLF CINNAMON CLAUS is a paranormal romantic comedy from USA Today bestselling author Ellis Leigh. The story is a standalone PNR rom-com with wit, snark, shifters, and more than just flirting.