Mistletoe Christmas (Boobsmas #7)

The Anthology:
Mistletoe Christmas

The Novellas:
"Compromise Under the Mistletoe"
"Mischief and Mistletoe"

The Authors:
Janna MacGregor
Erica Ridley

The Guest:
Erin Nickell
IG: @erinangelena

The Synopsis:
The Duke of Greystoke’s Christmas Revelry is famous throughout the British Isles for its plays, dancing, magical grotto… not to mention scandals leading to the marriage licenses he hands out like confetti.

But not everyone welcomes a visit from Cupid.

Lady Cressida, the duke’s daughter, is too busy managing the entertainments—and besides, her own father has called her dowdy. Her cousin, Lady Isabelle Wilkshire, is directing Cinderella and has no interest in marriage. Lady Caroline Whitmore is already (unhappily) married; the fact that she and her estranged husband have to pretend to be together just makes her dread the party all the more. But not as much as Miss Louisa Harcourt, whose mother bluntly tells her that this is her last chance to escape the horrors of being an old maid.

A house party so large that mothers lose track of their charges leads to a delightful, seductive quartet of stories that you will savor for the Season!

Show Notes:
- The 7th Day of Boobsmas with returning Boobies & Noobies guest - listen to our previous episode together, The Rakess & Heiress for Hire
- Seeing people again for the holidays (or grocery shopping) is weird
- Favorite go-to holiday movies (00:05:03)
- Our shared distaste for "amnesia romance"
- A few thoughts on "The Hating Game" (before watching the movie)
- A Christmas charcuterie?
- The next two novellas in the Mistletoe Christmas anthology (00:14:46) - revisit the first two novellas in the series in our 2nd Day of Boobsmas episode
- Novellas: aka "love in 100 pages"
- Let's start with "Compromise Under the Mistletoe" (00:21:40)
- These novellas as the love languages
- More male friendships
- A couple steamy sexcerpts from "Compromise Under the Mistletoe" (00:35:53)
- And onto "Mischief and Mistletoe" (00:40:41)
- "Not like other girls" in contemporary romance, "unmarriageable" in historical romance
- Grand gestures... but make them personable
- A couple steamy sexcerpts from "Mischief and Mistletoe" (00:56:16)
- Heart, Humor, Heat AND Holiday Ratings... for each novella (01:01:19)
- The 7th Day of Boobsmas jingle courtesy of Cooper Baldwin

Books & People mentioned in this episode:
- "The Holiday"
- "12 Dates of Christmas" (the ABC Family "amnesia" romance)
- Positive examples of male friendships: "Love Life" (on HBO Max) and "500 Days of Summer"

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