Merriment and Mayhem

Under the Mistletoe Collection

By: Alexandria Bellefleur

Narrated by: Amelie Griffin

This Christmas, a hot fireman makes a holiday rescue and sparks fly in this funny, sexy holiday short story by bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur.

When Everleigh Dangerfield’s baking disaster necessitates a call to 911, firefighter Griffin Brantley douses the flames in the kitchen, but the ones he stokes in Everleigh are an entirely different story. Unfortunately, Everleigh’s only visiting and doesn’t do casual hookups, no matter how smoldering the temptation. But Everleigh’s holiday mishaps have just begun. And Griffin is seemingly always on call. If Everleigh is game for a change of plans, he can give her the merriest Christmas of her life.

Alexandria Bellefleur’s Merriment and Mayhem is part of Under the Mistletoe, a stirring collection of December romances that thrill and tingle all the way. They can be read or listened to in one swoony sitting.

©2024 by Alexandria Bellefleur. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved

Christmas mishaps prone

This is a short novella that brought me lots of joy. A hot fireman who rescues a girl who gets into the most ridiculous accidents is right up my alley. Highly recommend you give this a read.

Fun story, but pls have ppl not forgo condoms so easily

psa, in the heat of passion is not the best time to throw out condom usage even if ppl that you have just met say they have been tested for x,y,z and just trust that it is true. i realize this is fictional, but romanticizing situations like this and sets a potentislly worrisome paradigm.

Fun, spicy and a firefighter!

Merriment and Mayhem by Alexandria Bellefluer
-Under the Mistletoe Series Book 4-

I liked it
2/3🌶️ (spice)
2/3🦋 (swoon)
5/5🎙️(narration)

•My Thoughts•
Yay! I enjoyed this one! Instalove but in a fun way that I didn’t mind. I loved their meet cute and subsequent interactions. The series of unfortunate events that brought them together were funny and festive! I thought their connection was believable and their banter made me smile. The one spicy scene felt a little long and explicit considering this whole book is 58 pages but overall I had a great time with this one! I’d definitely be interested in checking out more books by this author.

🎙️Narration Notes🎙️
Amelie Griffin did a fabulous job narrating this one! I enjoyed her male and female voices and found myself immersed in the story. It was great!

Cute

I imagine it has to be difficult to establish a connection in such a short word count but this was cute. Hot. Far fetched. Would read a longer book with more character development and probably love it.

Damsel in distress meets single firefighter!

Honestly I wish this was a full novel. I loved the storyline, and wanted sooooo much more from these characters! It was a great novella, and the spice at the end made me sad it was over. 🥵

Has everything a story needs!

Narrator Amelie Griffin did a terrific job bringing this story to life in my head. I particularly enjoyed the meet/cute involving an emergency response, since I worked as an EMT for a while myself (very realistic scenes!). Even though this is a novella-length story, I didn’t feel there was anything missing - except that it was over too soon!

Shoulda been Merriment, Mayhem, and Mouth

Hoo! The first hour was cute, if hyperbolic.
How many emergencies are we expected to believe will occur in Everleigh’s short stay?
Christmas cookies, lights, backstory … all had me ready for the naughty and nice bits.

The last half hour though … I was not expecting this to get dialed up to naughty nutcracker.
She doesn’t do casual, until she does. She’s never gone without protection, until they do.
He’s never felt so much so soon, until he’s dirty talking and ordering her on her knees.
The sex was detailed, with F bombs and the C word (actually, various C words).
This is not your momma’s Christmas cozy!

Cute

Merriment and Mayhem is about Everleigh who went to pack up her grandmother’s house during Christmas. She tried to make cookies but ended up nearly burning down the house. Griffin is a firefighter who saved Everleigh when she did some type of mishap. It was cute with a sexy ending.

“Catch you later, Trouble.”

accident prone meet your friendly neighborhood fire person. 🤝 this is the fourth book in the under the mistletoe collection that I’ve read, and I can safely say that this one is my favorite. Merriment and Mayhem is still a quick, sweet, and spicy read but there was something about this one that just worked for me. Everleigh recently lost a loved one and is in town to sort of wrap up their affairs, and while she is there she ends up getting herself into a few pickles that Griffin Brantley is there to rescue her from. It’s a cute and spicy read and he calls her Trouble. It worked for me 🤣

Very cute listen!🎧

✨Thoughts✨
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 found herself knee-deep in chaos as she attempted to fix up her grandmother's house, leading to an unexpected encounter with the fire department, particularly Griffin. The heartwarming novella took a steamy turn with a spicy scene towards the end!

I loved the narrator's performance!

𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝟒⭐️
𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞: 𝟑/𝟓🔥