This Is Not a Holiday Romance: An utterly hilarious festive romantic comedy from Camilla Isley perfect for Christmas 2025!

Written by Camilla Isley

Narrated by Stephanie Cannon and Alex Forward

A festive romance from bestselling author of 'It's Complicated' Camilla Isley. Perfect for fans of Sarah Adams, Christina Lauren and Abby Jimenez.

Two sworn enemies, snowed in over Christmas with chemistry that will melt the ice!

Nina Thompson has one Christmas wish: to avoid her brother’s obnoxiously handsome best friend, Tristan, like the plague. From the moment he humiliated her as a teenager to their escalating revenge schemes, Nina and Tristan’s relationship can only be defined as an all-out prank war! And there is yet to be a winner.

But it just so happens the ghost of Christmas present has other ideas. When Tristan unexpectedly crashes her family’s Christmas, Nina’s dreams of a peaceful holiday vanish faster than Santa up a chimney. Determined to end their rivalry for good, she braces herself for one last prank-filled showdown.

But when they find themselves snowed in, with no way of avoiding each other amongst the holiday festivities, they discover their heated exchanges have been masking a different kind of sizzle. Caught in a snow globe of holiday romance, they decide to let their fiery chemistry burn bright—but this is absolutely and unequivocally nothing more than a secret fling destined to melt with the snow, this is not a forever romance…

An enemies to lovers, brother’s best friend, forced proximity Christmas rom-com.

Praise for Camilla Isley:

‘This holiday rom-com had everything I could want in a holiday book, and then some’⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

‘Unputdownable, festive, hilarious, gorgeous and fun page turning book!’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

‘This is one of my quickest, most entertaining reads and an instant five-star rating without hesitation!’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

‘The chemistry between the characters was impeccable.’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“He’s a billionaire and so is she! This is no ordinary billionaire romance. It is a romcom full of wit, charm, sexual chemistry and brains.” Laura Carter

"Sexy, funny, romantic and heartfelt - this book has it all - a must read." Sandy Barker

"A fast-paced, entertaining will-they-won't-they that kept me on tenterhooks to the end." Phoebe MacLeod

• Language: English
• Publisher: Boldwood Books
• Release date: Sep 4, 2024
• ISBN: 9781836333494

Camilla Isley

Camilla Isley is an engineer who left science behind to write bestselling contemporary rom-coms set all around the world. She lives in Italy.