A Holly Jolly Ever After: A Christmas Notch Novel

Written by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

Narrated by Joy Nash and Chris Brinkley

An actress and a perpetually single former boy-band member are reunited as costars on a steamy holiday film in this all new spicy rom-com by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone, bestselling coauthors of A Merry Little Meet Cute.

Kallum Lieberman is the funny one™. As the arguably lesser of the three former members of the boy band INK, he enjoyed his fifteen minutes of fame and then moved home where he opened a regional pizza chain called Slice, Slice, Baby! He’s living his best dad bod life, hooking up with bridesmaids at all his friends’ weddings. But after an old one-off sex tape is leaked and quickly goes viral, Kallum decides he’s ready to step into the spotlight again, starring in a sexy Santa biopic for the Hope Channel. 

Winnie Baker did everything right. She married her childhood sweetheart, avoided the downfalls of adolescent stardom, and transitioned into a stable adult acting career. Hell, she even waited until marriage to have sex. But after her perfect life falls apart, Winnie is ready to redefine herself—and what better way than a steamier-than-a-steaming-hot-mug-of-cider Christmas movie?

With decade old Hollywood history between them, Winnie and Kallum are both feeling hesitant about their new situation as costars…especially Winnie who can’t seem to fake on screen pleasure she’s never experienced in real life. She’s willing to do the pleasure research—for science and artistic authenticity, of course. And there’s no better research partner than her bridesmaid sex tape hall of fame costar, Kallum. But suddenly, Kallum’s teenage crush on Winnie is bubbling to the surface and Winnie might be catching feelings herself. 

They say opposites attract, but is this holly jolly ever after really ready for its close-up?

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperAudio
• Release date: Oct 10, 2023
• ISBN: 9780063222687

Julie Murphy

Julie Murphy lives in North Texas with her husband, who loves her, and her cats, who tolerate her. When Julie isn’t writing, she can be found watching movies so bad they're good, hunting for the perfect slice of cheese pizza, or planning her next great travel adventure. She is the author of the middle grade novels Dear Sweet Pea and Camp Sylvania as well as the young adult novels Ramona Blue, Side Effects May Vary, the Faith series, Pumpkin, Puddin’, and Dumplin’ (now a Netflix original film). You can visit Julie at imjuliemurphy.com.

Reviews for A Holly Jolly Ever After

[Colleen Wells · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I Loved everything but the pregnancy trope. Good fun story.

[Lucretia Kedusa · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

So unbelievably funny, just a good time to read, though the plot was kind of all over the place. And I am HERE for Teddy's 2 POV chapters in every book and his side romance with Steph!

[Ekene Ogbue · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I like the conversation on the harms of purity culture but everything else was just meh for me

[Mandy Robitaille · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I absolutely loved this! Such a feel good holiday romance. It was sweet, spicy, and angsty all at once. Plus, I laughed out loud multiple times during this. Such a good follow up to Merry Little Meet Cute, and I can't wait for Isaac's book! (We need our 3rd member of Ink to find his happy ever after!)