Elf on the Edge

A Holiday Romantic Comedy (The Wynter Brothers, Book 3)

De: Alina Jacobs

Narrado por: Maeve York, Jack Calihan

Hire a hitman to take out my cheating ex? It was an eggnog-fueled mistake, I swear!

On Christmas Eve, my perfect fiancé stands up at the altar to declare his pure undying love… for my evil stepsister. Cue public humiliation, a ruined wedding, and me crawling back to my small hometown to work minimum wage at my granny’s Christmas café.
Just living the holiday dream.

But I refuse to show up sad and alone to my cheating ex and man-stealing stepsister’s engagement party. I’ll be devoured by gossipy small-town vultures. So I do what any rational woman would: empty her bank account, max out her credit cards, and hire a high-end escort with the Merry Christmas package. Too bad I mess up the number and accidentally hire… a hitman. Oops. This is why I hate making phone calls.

I realize I’m screwed when Talbot Wynter crashes the party all combat boots, dirty jeans, and washboard abs. He feels me up, drinks all the booze, flirts with my grandmother, then tries to off my cheating ex in his hotel room. I scream and make him stop him because I may or may not still pathetically have feelings for my ex.

Talbot thinks I’m insane. He might be right. But his company has a strict no-refunds policy. Now I’m stuck dragging this six-foot-five, potty-mouthed menace of an ex-Marine to Christmas tree cuttings, gingerbread baking, and holiday parties—All while he tries to convince me to let him take out my ex so he can go snowboarding.

But what if my ex is moved by the holiday spirit and realizes he still loves me and comes home for Christmas? Or, he would if I could just get this hitman out of my bedroom… and my panties.

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Book 3 - Wynter Brothers - can be standalone

Another fantastic Christmas themed rom-com by Jacobs. Definitely one of my favorite authors! Well written and perfectly balanced with great dual narration by the talents of York and Calihan. Our main characters are Misty and Talbot. Misty comes across as a pushover, always being taken advantage of and not stepping up for herself and accidentally hires a hit man rather than an escort when planning to attend her stepsister and ex fiancé's engagement party. That's only the beginning of the disasters but definitely not the worst (in my opinion). So much humor and the banter and puns were priceless, not to mention the grannies and other secondary characters that just added to chaos and humor of this book. I loved the sass as well as the sweet and of course there is the heat, and Jacobs would never leave us without a HEA! Christmas romance comedy perfection yet again...I can't wait for more from Jacobs!

This book was given to me for free at my request and I voluntarily provided this review.

Fake boyfriend, crazy family, dirty talk, spicy

Fake boyfriend/assassin, crazy family, dirty talk, super spicy rom-com.

Like the kind of rom com where you will snort laugh and you have to be careful when taking a drink cause liquids may come out of your nose.

This is not the first book in the series, but it can be read as a complete stand-alone. However I think you will get more out of it if you have read the other books as you have met some of the characters before. But don’t let that deter you. This can be a stand-alone. But it will make you want to read all the other books!

You will get some fun little Easter eggs though if you have read some of the other series. But they are just minor, so if you haven't read the books you won't miss anything. But if you have the Easter eggs will give you quite a giggle.

I listened to the audiobook of this, and loved it! I think that hearing the voices gives you so much more as a reader. You really can feel the emotions. You connect much quicker to the characters as well. These narrators were top notch.