Holiday Unscripted

De: Natasha Madison

Narrado por: Jason Clarke, Samantha Cook

An enemies to lovers, second chance, forced proximity, holiday romance

From the Something So Series comes a second chance, enemies-to-lovers, brother's best friend, holiday romance.

Elizabeth
My brother was getting married.

At Christmas no less.
The holiday I hated the most.

Let me list all the reasons why this will be the worst season yet:
One would be my luggage not arriving.

Two would be being told I had to find somewhere else to sleep since my room was occupied by family members.

Oh, and now I am forced to stay with my brother's best friend.

The man who broke my heart seven years ago.

Nate

My best friend was getting married.

I was happy for him.
Until I had to offer his sister my spare bedroom.

It'd be fine, two weeks and she'd be out of my hair.

But the thing with Elizabeth was that she pushed every single button I have.

She gets under my skin in the best ways.

All we have to do is survive the wedding and the holiday.

Then she'll be gone yet again.

Unless maybe, just maybe, my wish of having her comes true.

©2025 Natasha Madison (P)2025 Natasha Madison

Elizabeth comes home & stays with frenemy Nate

Elizabeth is the daughter of Dr. Denise and hockey dad Zack. That makes her Cooper Stone’s granddaughter but sadly no scenes with him or her grandma. Lots with her brother Jack though and a few with parents and Uncle Max. There are also mentions a a few of her cousins from more recent books like Arielle and Lexie but the only disappointment in this book is not much dialogue with other family members. She has the mouth and sarcastic wit of her uncles M & M which makes for an entertaining read. When she comes back from a 7 year stint in Australia for her brother Josh’s over the top wedding prep she is stuck staying with former crush & her brothers’ best friend, Noah and his Golden retriever and 2 cats. A fun, very cute romance, once an epic misunderstanding is cleared up. This is a light hearted, enjoyable read that is definitely worth the credit and for fans of the Stone hockey family, it is a holiday treat not to be missed, though spoiler alert for early readers, this was released before Lexie’s story and there is a brief mention of her HEA and her obvious hero from cousin Arabella’s book.


there is a brief spoiler of her HEA.

Good Christmas rom com!

I enjoyed this book a lot, I’ve been reading a lot of Christmas rom coms and this was a better one but a couple things drove me nuts- one, the MMC mentions her beautiful blonde hair a couple times yet the cover shows her in the dress described in a scene with brown hair! And in one scene they are at a tree farm to cut down a Christmas tree and the FMC demands to cut the tree down herself even though there are people there who do it for you and everyone thinks she’s crazy. She struggles so much but ends up getting it done- I am from MA and in New England, we cut down trees every year at tree farms for fun! They give you a little hand saw and you saw away like her and yes it takes work, but it is not crazy like described. I once cut ours down 9 months pregnant! So just a couple silly little things that caught my attention and I had to say but they didn’t take away from the story. It was cute! I loved their banter and the tension between them. Of course there was the miscommunication trope where both felt the other wronged them after their one magical night so many years ago. I liked both MC though sometimes the FMC got to be a little too much with her always complaining specifically about her brothers wedding. The narrators were great! I loved their ending! Good read!

Cute Holiday Story

Elizabeth doesn't like Christmas and her family knows this. Her brother is getting married Christmas Eve. She has to travel from Australia to New York. Not only is she suffering from jetlag but the airline has lost her luggage AND her family forgot to pick her up. She finds out when she get to the family house that there was a plumbing accident at the hotel and people had to be relocated - some to her bedroom. Things are not going well and Nate offers his guest bedroom. This goes against what both want. They had one fantastic night together seven years ago and a big misunderstanding the morning after. Nate is her brother's friend and has grown up around Elizabeth. They both haven't gotten over the one night. They always argue to hide their feelings. Now that they are in close proximity, their attraction to each other is undeniable. Will they discuss the morning seven years ago and figure everything out? The fact that Elizabeth lives across the world is a problem also. The pre-wedding celebrations are over the top for Christmas hating Elizabeth but she goes through them for her brother. I liked this story and also the narration of Jason Clark and Samantha Cook.

Cute, once I got into it.

Initially, I couldn’t stand Elizabeth. So annoying. But I quickly feel in love with her and the mega-banter between her and Nate. Sweet story!

Natasha Madison does it again!

I loved this holiday spin-off on the family! It was perfect — the right amount of banter, the hilarious moments that actually make you laugh out loud, and all the feel-good holiday vibes. The characters were awesome, and the narrators brought them to life so well. They played each character perfectly, making the whole audiobook even more fun and entertaining. Perfect listen for the holidays!