A steamy anthology of connected festive stories to add a li’l extra candy to your Christmas cane.

Eight of your favorite authors.

Eight loved-up couples.

Christmas–it’s the most wonderful time of the year … right? Not for these Hollywood Humbugs!

When the cast and crew are summoned to Heart and Soul studios to film a last-minute Christmas movie The Naughty List, the mood is more bah, humbug than merry and bright. These grinches have no time for the holiday season, and love isn’t on their Christmas wish list.

But even Grinches can’t stop the holiday magic. When the LIGHTS illuminate and the CAMERA rolls, the ACTION on set transforms from frosty to steamy faster than Santa can empty his sack down the chimney.

As Christmas Eve approaches, and filming draws to a close, will these Scrooges embrace the holiday spirit along with their soulmate?

Buff your baubles, untangle your tinsel, and pop that corn because you have a VIP invitation to the Christmas movie event of the year … Hollywood Humbug

Featuring my couple: Abel and Scout.

Scout

Being one of the top agents in Hollywood has been my dream since college, and when a spot opens up at the firm I've been working at, I know it's my chance. But to prove myself, they pit a challenge that if I can't step up to I know it will be the end of my career in LA. 

Turn around Abel Clarke's image before Christmas ... shouldn't be too hard. I only have ... seven days! 

Abel Clarke is the hottest actor on TV according to every poll and magazine out there. He's the bad boy on a long-running popular show, but that bad boy image isn't just a character. It seems Abel's fame has gone straight to his head. Now the studio is threatening to cut him, and if I can't prove to everyone that Abel can be redeemed, it's bye-bye to both of us.

So, with the help of my former agent friend, I get Abel onto the cast of The Naughty List, which is the exact opposite of anything he's ever done. I'm going to show everyone that Abel deserves to be on Santa's nice list this year.

And as my reward, I'm going to get this coveted spot ... or I'm going to lose my heart to Abel. Either one works.

Abel

I'm at the top of my career, and everything couldn't be going better until a fiery brunette ends up in my hotel room claiming she's my personal assistant for the foreseeable future, and what she says goes. Oh, and apparently, everyone wants to fire me. 

Happy Christmas ... to me. 

Scout claims she's going to 'turn my image around' all with the help of some cheesy Christmas romance they're throwing together last minute. There's no chance I'm doing a feel-good holiday film ...

But here I am with no choice, according to Scout.

She's a pain in my ass, but the more time I spend around her, the more I find myself following her demands, if only to have more of her attention. I can't stop thinking about her, and when she tells me we can't be together, I want her even more. 

Dear Santa ... Maybe I wasn't the best this year, but I'm really trying now. I promise to be good from now on if you just promise to put Scout under the tree in nothing but a bow. Love, Abel.

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Meet the IRL celebrity inspo for Abel and Scout:

Aidan Turner as Abel Clarke (see what I did there?)

Ali Skovbye as Scout Jensen

Read their story in Hollywood Humbug today!