The Curse Before Christmas

A Holiday MM Rom-Com

De: Eli Easton

Narrado por: Avery Wilde

When game developer Patrick Bocker receives a Krampus figurine in the office Secret Santa exchange, he doesn’t think much of it. Then the accidents start happening. The absurd calamities mount, and Patrick becomes a repeat offender at the Emergency Room. By his third visit, Patrick starts to believe that maybe, just maybe, the Krampus figurine is cursed. There is, however, one silver lining – a super hot ER doctor.

Dr. Gray Reynolds is prepared to ignore his attraction to the striking young man in bay two. But by the third time Patrick shows up with new injuries, Gray starts to fear for the cute redhead’s life. He’s determined to drive Patrick home, make sure he’s safe, and get to the bottom of this string of bad luck.

To lift the curse, Gray and Patrick have to find out which of Patrick’s co-workers gifted him the Krampus and return it, all while evading livestock, a criminal Santa, and general mayhem.

Oh—and fall in love. Is that too much to ask of one crazy Christmas Eve?

THE CURSE BEFORE CHRISTMAS is a wild romp set in Chicago with a hot doctor, cute patient, cursed figurine, game developer hijinks, stranded-in-a-car-in-the-snow, uber Christmasy, MM rom-com story that has plenty of giggles and a touch of magic.

©2025 Eli Easton (P)2025 Eli Easton

An unexpected twist for the holiday.

With no knowledge of the Krampus tradition the story unfolded with just the right amount of information as it unfolded. I liked that this was not the usual sticky sweet holiday romance. I did wonder how much damage one character could take. The video game feel was spot in, and made me almost feel sorry for some of the NPCs I’ve recently played. lol.

It was all that nurses fault!!!

ALL NURSES KNOW YOU NEVER SAY ITS QUITE!!! It was still a cute story! merry Christmas

Short, Sweet, Cozy! What else could you want?!

This is a Christmas-themed novella where one of the MMC's is gifted a Krampus figurine in a Secret Santa gift exchange and then continually ends up in the ER because of several freak accidents. But thank god the ER doctor is a hot daddy! This story is so sweet and cozy, perfect for MM readers during Christmas time!