25 Reasons To Hate Christmas and Cowboys: A Small Town Holiday Romance

Written by Elle Thorpe

Narrated by Sofia Lette and Aaron Shedlock

Reason 17 - The year Nana drank too much eggnog and threw up in my Guccis.

​Isabel hates Christmas. She’s got a Christmas disaster for each of her 25 years. When her boss sends her from the sun-kissed beaches of Australia to snowy small-town Wyoming, it’s just another thing to add to her ‘do not like’ list. Snow sucks. Christmas sucks. And cowboys suck most of all.

​Except maybe for one…

​Reason 21 - The year my workplace secret Santa bought me tampons. From the bathroom vending machine.

​Johnny loves Christmas. And it only gets better when he lays eyes on a grinchy brunette with the cutest accent around. She might only be in town for a few weeks, but he’s never been one to back down from a challenge. He’s going to right every wrong on her list to make her fall in love with Christmas.

​And with him.

Reason 25 - The year I fell for a sexy cowboy. Who lives on the other side of the world. What the hell do I do now?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Elle Thorpe Pty Ltd
• Release date: Oct 19, 2023
• ISBN: 9781922760456

[Glenda Curtis · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great storyline, relatable characters, funny and spicy! Perfect for the holidays.

[Petra Zucko · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This was such a cute holiday novella. Great quick listen

[Emma · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This was a gorgeous & silly seasonal love story.

Isabell & Johnny are total sweethearts, and it made such a lovely change for the leading lady to be the grumpy, hesitant, serious one, and the leading guy the lovesick, first to fall, silly one.

The whole story was really well crafted and despite being very “hallmark-movie" in nature, it was so much better than that as well. It had real depth, and insight in what instalove & long distance love really means. It was also great to have an auzzie leading lady and added so extra dimensions to the love story.

The audiobook was perfect, with the duet narration by Aaron Shedlock and Sofia Lette adding even more emotion and depth to the story.

I would so recommended this to anyone looking for a feel good, seasonal love story.

[Sophie Jarvis · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

this was actually such a cute fun listen! The duel narration was so good and loved the Aussie accent

[Karen · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Fun, Wyoming lover of all things Christmas meets an Aussie who hates the holiday. No angst, sweet and steamy, and great vocal performances. I highly recommend for a light, fun read any time of the year!