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Mistletoe & Mayhem
A Dark Holiday Romance
2025
First Published
3.88
Average Rating
80
Number of Pages

She’s an assassin with a body count and a grudge. He’s the ex who vanished without a trace. This Christmas, their reunion might be deadly—or delicious. When she’s hired to kill her next target, she doesn't flinch—until she sees his face. It's him. The only man who ever made her ache, who ever kissed her like he owned her soul… then broke her heart and disappeared. She should end him. One bullet and it’s over. But he still looks at her like she’s his, still says her name like a promise. And when he confesses the truth—that her father, the retired crime boss, forced him to walk away—everything changes. Now they're both targets, tangled in a web of betrayal, secrets, and lust that never died. The only way out? Trust each other. Burn down their enemies. And maybe, if they survive, fall all the way into a love that never stayed buried. This Christmas, she's unwrapping revenge. And he's hoping to unwrap her.

Avg Rating
3.88
Number of Ratings
51
5 STARS
31%
4 STARS
41%
3 STARS
16%
2 STARS
8%
1 STARS
4%
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Author

Matilda Martel
Matilda Martel
Author · 85 books

Matilda is a Texas girl in love with a Philly boy who loves to write dirty books about two people who trip into love and fumble their way into a Filthy, Funny, Happily Ever After. I live in Austin, with my husband, two crazy Chihuahuas and an even crazier cat. And I spend most of my day writing dirty romance books about older men who fall in love with younger women and make fools of themselves trying to win their hearts. If you love Dark Romance, you’ve come to the wrong place. I don’t like dark heroes. I like my hero to be successful, sweet, suave, sophisticated and kind—- and then I want him to lose all his composure and game when he meets the heroine. I want him to turn into a bumbling idiot when he spots the girl of his dreams and revert to a teenage boy in a man’s body trying to win her. I like my heroines to be witty, intelligent, and unshakeable—-who could do just as well without a man—until the hero convinces her otherwise. I write A LOT OF AGE GAP—because I LOVE AGE GAP ROMANCE. I’ve got no other excuse for it. No matter what kind of story it is, my ladies are ADORED, and my endings are always Happily EVER AFTER, not HFN. Want a free Ebook? Join my mailing list to get my monthly newsletter! Join at: matildamartel.com/newsletter instagram.com/matildamartel.author/ twitter.com/martelbarrett pinterest.com/matildamartelauthor/ https://www.bookbub.com/authors/matil...

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