{"product_id":"the-more-the-merrier-a-dark-christmas-novella-9781966203186","title":"The More the Merrier: A Dark Christmas Novella","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery good bedtime story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. But this one? It started in the middle-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe middle of the woods. The middle of the night. The middle of nowhere. The kind of place where no one could hear you scream... unless they wanted to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd trust me, the nine shadowy figures watching me through the window? They wanted to hear everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey didn't come bearing gifts. They came bearing hunger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey weren't the only ones ready to play reindeer games, though. I might've been caught, cold, and cornered... but I'd always had a soft spot for holiday chaos. Even if the odds were stacked against me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause, baby, I don't just handle a challenge. I f*ck it raw and ask for seconds. The more the merrier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHEM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cabin was supposed to be empty. A safehouse. Instead, we found her. All curves and fire and just begging to be unwrapped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA real Christmas miracle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe didn't scream. She smiled. She didn't beg us to let her go. She dared us to keep her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd what was more festive than cracking open a present early?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEspecially when that present moaned when you touched it, tasted like sin, and came tied up with a bow-sprawled out in front of us and absolutely ours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe didn't go looking for holiday cheer. But hell if we weren't going to fill her with some.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe More the Merrier \u003c\/strong\u003eis a dark, standalone novella with a HEA. Please heed the trigger warnings at the beginning of the book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Queens of Chaos Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781966203186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Sybil Knight,Sk Pryntz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52085859844277,"sku":"9781966203186","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2ab32ce7-47f8-4f63-b680-f1c7f4855fc7.jpg?v=1765295414","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-more-the-merrier-a-dark-christmas-novella-9781966203186","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}