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

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.

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.

Cute and spicy

An enjoyable read, great voice actors. No disparity of circumstance, both are successful in their own right and well-matched. The characters were likable, her family started off a little bossy and uncaring, but got there in the end. There was no “you can’t date my sister” BS- which I always hate. No particular reason why Christmas was humbug for her.

Spoiler territory: There was not a “villain” or antagonist per se, Just her deciding not to live across the world.
No third act break up as they always knew she was leaving.
In real life a quick engagement is not great, but I do like it in books, part of the fairytale. Epilogue was a few days later.

Fun and Hot!

I loved it! It was so much fun. Elizabeth was so dramatic but funny. I loved her antics. The way she gave everyone in her family shit playing things up. And her banter with Nate was THE BEST! I couldn’t stop laughing. Nate was such a charmer under all that gruff. He tried his best to hide his feelings from Elizabeth but they just kept growing. I loved it when they picked the brother up from the airport. But… you wont forget their sexual chemistry. They fight and play the whole time… SO HOT! You have to read. Very entertaining!

Ick FMC

Let me start by saying that I LOVE Natasha Madison. Her books are gold and I usually eat up every story and every character. However, this FMC was f****** terrible. So damn annoying. I felt like I was listening to a story about a 14 year old girl.

It was ok

I don’t leave reviews often, but I feel like this one is needed. I’m a diehard romcom fan, and I do love a sassy FMC. However, this FMC was beyond sassy, she was bratty, self-centered, and just plain annoying. Her redeeming qualities were overshadowed by the fact that for more than half the book I was just annoyed by how she acted. To be honest, the MMC didn’t deserve her. I had to push through to the end, but I was pretty close to DNF’ing this one.

Yeah, no! Female main character was terrible!

it hurts my heart to have to write this because I love 99.99% of Natasha Madison's books! But this main female character was spoiled, acted like a child, and never grew up through the whole story. I kept waiting for someone to suggest she needs to go to therapy and work through whatever issues she has but, sadly that never happened. Was the wedding a little over the top possibly but what would you expect from this family(haha). She hasn't been home for 6 or 7 years and she acted like it was too much trouble for her to do everything and be around her family. The good news is if you skip this book you don't miss anything from any of the other series! Narration amazing!!

Disappointed

I was so excited to see a new book and purchased it on day 1 ….. cash! The FMC is whiny and complains too much! I’ve FF and had to take breaks listening. When the father asks “why are you this way” …. I wondered the same thing ! Jason Clarke is soothing as always . Still Looking forward to the next book from the something so right hockey collection!