The Holiday Hate-Off

<p><em>All </em><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I want for Christmas is his complete and total destruction.</em></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Lucy</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The only thing standing between me and an idyllic Christmas in Hideaway Harbor is Enzo Cafiero the hot jerk whose family runs the Italian market next door to the coffee shop where I work.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He hates me because I convinced his girlfriend to break up with him a few months ago. In my defense his now-ex ran into the coffee shop sobbing. All I did was make her a latte and validate her feelings.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He didn't even live here at the time-they were just visiting-but he </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>does</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> live here now.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He ditched his cushy NYC consulting job so he could save his family business. I'd admire his loyalty if he didn't seem determined to ruin my Christmas. Because within minutes of his return we're trading barbs destroying each other's holiday events (RIP Santa Speed Dating) and having price wars.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I loathe him. And unfortunately I really want to push him under the mistletoe.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Enzo</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Hideaway Harbor is the last place I want to be. But family means everything to me so I left the big city to help mine.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Getting dragged into a full-on holiday feud with the girl next door wasn't part of the plan but I'm living for my hate-off with Lucy.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The truth is I'd rather argue with her than get along with anyone else.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The Holiday Hate-Off </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>is a small-town enemies-to-lovers romcom with dueling shopkeepers sharp banter intense chemistry secret letters (think </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>You've Got Mail</span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>) and close proximity. It </em><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>is part of the </em><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Christmas at Hideaway Harbor</em></strong><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> series of six spicy romantic comedies. The books are interconnected standalones and can be read in any order.</em></p>