The Nice List is Overrated: New Christmas Romantic Comedy

New Christmas Romance

By: R.F. Price

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

This Christmas, the only list that matters… is the one she writes for herself.

Ellie Voss has the life every “#BossBabe” is supposed to want: a six-figure job at a boutique marketing firm, a sleek waterfront loft in Portland, Maine, and a promotion just within reach. Her social media is a highlight reel of power outfits, client wins, and perfectly staged flat lays.

What you won’t see?
The late nights alone with takeout, the Hallmark movies she secretly binges, or the way her heart twists every time another friend posts a “perfect family Christmas” photo.

Her coworkers call her “The Big-E” (short for Ebenezer) behind her back. Ellie laughs it off. Who needs mistletoe and matching pajamas when you’ve got a corner office in your sights?

Then one snowy afternoon at the Portland Holiday Market, she literally crashes into Santa.

Not the jolly grandpa version—this Santa is younger, infuriatingly charming, and running late for a bathroom break when a piece of lacy lingerie gets caught on his boot. One collision, a flying tower of ornaments, and a chorus of gasping children later… Ellie and “Santa” are internet-famous, thanks to a viral #SantaScandal video she never meant to star in.

Suddenly, Ellie keeps “accidentally” running into Jack Callahan, the children’s hospital event coordinator moonlighting as Santa to fund a party for his patients. Over twelve days of ice-skating disasters, spiked hot chocolate, a blizzard sleepover at the holiday market, and a glitter-filled pajama party with sick kids, Ellie’s carefully controlled world starts to crack.

As her mentor dangles the promotion of a lifetime—and her heart pulls her in a completely different direction—Ellie has to decide what success really looks like. Is it another line on her résumé… or a life that actually feels like hers?

The Nice List Is Overrated is a cozy, smart, and hilarious holiday RomCom perfect for fans of:

• Warm, witty RomCom banter with real emotional stakes
• Slow-burn winter romance set in a charming coastal city
• Found family, cozy markets, and glittery Christmas chaos
• Womens Fiction with heart, humor, and a heroine you’ll root for

If you love a feel-good holiday RomCom with a strong, relatable heroine, a cinnamon-sweet Santa with a secret soft side, and a setting that feels like stepping into a snow globe, this book belongs on your TBR.

Perfect for readers who enjoy:

• Clever, modern Romantic Comedy with heart
• Women starting over without giving up their ambition
• Christmas lights, cocoa, banter, and second chances

In the end, Ellie discovers that being “nice” isn’t about pleasing everyone else—it’s about finally telling the truth about what (and who) she really wants.

Grab The Nice List Is Overrated today and unwrap a holiday RomCom that will make you laugh, swoon, and believe in messy, magical, perfectly imperfect Christmases again.