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The Nightmare Before Kissmas: A Royals and Romance Novel (Book 1) by Sara Raasch
The Nightmare Before Kissmas: A Royals and Romance Novel (Book 1) by Sara Raasch
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Ruby sprayed edges • holiday royalty rom-com • Prince of Christmas x Prince of Halloween • rivals-to-lovers-ish • forced engagement/marriage of convenience pressure • Red, White & Royal Blue x Nightmare Before Christmas vibes
A sexy, quirky holiday rom-com where duty says “marry the princess,” but chemistry says “kiss the spooky prince behind the bar.” Nightmare Before Kissmas is a chaotic, feel-good mashup of political holiday royalty and off-limits attraction—sweet, messy, and impossible to put down if you love rivals energy with big heart.
The vibe
Nicholas “Coal” Claus used to love Christmas—until his father (the reigning Santa) turned the holiday into a glossy PR machine. Coal wants out of the spectacle so badly he makes one very relatable bad decision: a drunken, ridiculously hot make-out session with a gorgeous stranger behind a seedy bar.
Then duty hits. Coal is commanded to marry his best friend, Iris, the Easter Princess—and also his brother’s not-so-secret crush. Nobody wants this marriage of convenience, but the pressure is real… and it gets worse when a rival prince shows up to challenge Coal for Iris’s hand.
That rival? Hex, the Prince of Halloween.
Also: the same behind-the-bar hottie Coal can’t stop thinking about.
Also: the same behind-the-bar hottie Coal can’t stop thinking about.
What follows is a fake competition between two holiday princes who absolutely cannot keep their hands off each other, all wrapped around a marriage arrangement no one wants. It’s sweet, spicy, and delightfully chaotic—where the most off-limits love ends up feeling like the only honest thing in the room.
Tropes & tags
- Off-limits romance (Christmas prince x Halloween prince)
- “Who did I make out with?” surprise reveal
- Forced engagement / marriage of convenience pressure
- Rival challenge / fake competition
- Best friends + political holiday duty
- Quirky, sexy rom-com chaos
- Holiday royalty worldbuilding
- Ruby sprayed edges edition note
This Deluxe Edition is available only while supplies last. If it becomes unavailable, we’ll contact you before shipping with the option to switch to the standard print edition or cancel for a refund.
Royals and Romance Series Order:
- The Nightmare Before Kissmas (Book 1)
- Go Luck Yourself (Book 2)
- Joyfully Ever After (Book 3)
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