Christmas in Coconut Creek

Dirty Delta, Book 1

De: Karissa Kinword

Narrado por: Jaclyn Kelso, Blake Lockheart

There are a few things Coconut Creek has that Pine Ridge does not. Palm trees, sandy beaches, butterfly museums—infuriatingly attractive special forces veterans.

When Colorado elementary school teacher Ophelia Brody decides to ditch her divorced family for a Christmas in the sunshine state with her college roommate, she doesn't expect a mile-high meet cute to tailspin the entire trip.

Frankie Casado is cocky, presumptuous, shameless—and just the right distraction from her depressing, fruitless dating life back home for a few weeks. It just so happens the retired fighter pilot is in somewhat of a rut of his own, and the circumstances around their coincidental meeting and unavoidable physical attraction are the perfect excuse for a festive fling.

The rules are simple: Ophelia teaches him how to date again, and Frankie shows her exactly what she should be demanding behind closed doors. Friends with benefits until the ball drops in the New Year. But a little bit of long-lost Christmas magic just might find a way to stir up more than their complicated pasts.

©2023 Karissa Kinword (P)2023 Podium Audio

The book is probably better

It’s not a bad story. Nice medium burn. Hate how they did the voice actors. The guy playing the girl and she sounds old and British half the time. Almost DNFd. I’ll probably read the book and enjoy it a lot more.

I love how sweet this smutty story was ❤️❤️

I loved the characters and I loved that there wasn’t a big third act break up.

Loved it

This was such a fun and good listen. The characters where fun, the storyline held my attention. I loved having both of their points of view I could write an essay on why I loved this story.

so cute!

this was such a cute story. I loved Frankie and Ophelia and how they came together. It was definitely the perfect christmas in July book!

I enjoyed the dual narration and thought the narrators did a good job with each character they portrayed!

The suspense!!!

So much built up tension and chemistry. Made me feel giddy and have butterflies, hell I was falling in love with Frankie haha

Hallmark with Spice

Loved the banter. Best Christmas book i have ever read. Really enjoyed! 🌶🌶🌶🌶 Loved the MMC and enjoyed how the author described him.

Dating App Meet Cute PERFECTION!

📖 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙪𝙩 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙗𝙮 𝙆𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙖 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙
🎧 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲: 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐲𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨 & 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭

“𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭. 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘬𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥.“

🦋Ophelia is a school teacher on vacation, trading snow for sand. On her flight to Coconut Creek to stay with her best friend, she gets caught checking out her flight mates dating profile. Sparks fly between the two strangers.

✈️ Frankie, a retired Delta pilot, is returning from Colorado after interviewing for an instructor position at the flight academy. His friends forced him to join a dating app after his horrible break up with his ex. He wasn’t expecting to encounter the feisty and beautiful Ophelia, but he can’t deny their attraction.

Ophelia and Frankie leave the airport not knowing that their paths are more intertwined than they know!

I loved this book! I found myself cracking up at the banter and their friends. The spice and chemistry was perfect. Especially the spicy talk! I can’t wait for more stories in this series. I highly recommend this story for all lovers of the hallmark after dark trope!

That meet cute was freaking priceless!

I highly recommend this audiobook! 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐲𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨 & 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 were phenomenal and really manifested the chemistry and spice between Ophelia & Frankie! 🔥💖

Tropes:
🥵 Spicy Hallmark RomCom
☀️ Grumpy x Sunshine
📱 Dating App Meet Cute
🫶🏼 Veteran MMC x Teacher FMC
💋 Forced Proximity
🔥 Friends with Benefits
💞 Dual POV

Love!!!

I read this (with my eyeballs) last year and the audiobook is fantastic! Truly brings the story to life and what a story it is. The banter, the longing for one another, the spice, the friendships, everything is just magical.

Fun to listen to

Romances are often predictable and this one wasn't an exception, but it did manage to catch me off guard and make me LOL. I enjoyed the author's writing style, definitely not too cheesy. Characters were likeable. I thought the voice actors did a good job. Looking forward to the sequel.

👩‍🍳 💋

Stop it right now! This was so much fun. Their banter was top tier all throughout the book. Obvious chemistry. I like that it wasn’t too insta lovey, but still had great pacing. It’s everything we want and more for a Christmas book.