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Merry Ever After
Merry Ever After | Tessa Bailey, Connor Crais, Summer Morton
12 posts | 14 read | 1 reading | 1 to read
A single mother working in a thrift store. A gentle giant farmer who can’t find jeans that fit. When opposites attract, they find themselves making alterations in more ways than one in this smoking-hot short story by #1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey.
Evie Crowe is starting over in a strange town with her newborn, and men are the furthest thing from her mind. If only the quiet, hulking farmer, Luke Ward, would stop coming into the thrift shop and piquing her reluctant interest. Evie wants to stay single all the way—she can’t trust anything more than friends-with-holiday-benefits. But Luke is in it for the long haul. He’s fixed on making this a Christmas Evie will remember forever. If she gives him a chance.
Tessa Bailey’s Merry Ever After is part of Under the Mistletoe, a stirring collection of December romances that thrill and tingle all the way. They can be read or listened to in one swoony sitting.
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CrystalE02
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Pickpick

This was a quick read. 3 out of 5 stars.

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intothehallofbooks
Merry Ever After | Tessa Bailey, Connor Crais, Summer Morton
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Panpan

Noooo nope nope. Make it stop 🤢 I can never unhear this.

kspenmoll 🤣🤣🤣 2d
OriginalCyn620 I felt the exact same way!! 2d
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MatchlessMarie
Merry Ever After | Tessa Bailey, Connor Crais, Summer Morton
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Panpan

Decided to combine this series into 1 post. Total of +221 Word Search Words. I have ranked the series on a scale of 1 being Winter Wonderland ❄️🥰 and 5 being I miss who I was before I read this. 🫣😅

But even the lowest ranked book I am glad I read because it led me to the 1 ⭐️ Goodreads reviews which made me laugh so hard 🤣 And it‘s too bad my least favorite story had my most favorite narrator of the bunch (Connor Crais). ⬇️

MatchlessMarie #BookSpinBingo #HolidayBookDragons #ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024 #Adventathon #LittenListen Lights, Bell, Green, Silver, and Red for #AVeryMerryBingo. Letters C, B, A, and O for #ChristmasAtoZ. Snow Globe, Front Porch, Stocking, Xmas Decor, and Snow for #ISpyBingo. Family, Bells, Elf, Decorations, Candy Cane for #ChristmasCheer. Found 4 tropes for #ItsATrope. ⬇️ (edited) 3d
MatchlessMarie I found office for #WickedWords in the tagged book which is also my #TBRTarot pick for the November prompt - a book the starts with the first letter of your middle name. #OatmealEscape 2d
CoffeeK8 I need to read that review! (edited) 2d
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BookmarkTavern Glad it led you to somethjng that made you laugh! 2d
MatchlessMarie @CoffeeK8 There are so many especially for the tagged book. 😅💀 If you‘ve read this one, I think one of my favorites simply said “I‘m calling child services”. lol 2d
CoffeeK8 @MatchlessMarie welp, looks like I‘m going down a rabbit hole of these LOL 2d
DieAReader 🎉🤓 2d
julesG I agree, the 1 🌟 reviews were 🤣🤣 - I had a similar reaction to the 5 novellas. 2d
willaful So funny! My favorite may have been
'”They don‘t make jeans that fit me, and they don‘t make woman that fit me either”

Even venom‘s dick ain‘t that huge bro calm your ass down. '
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TheAromaofBooks Great review!!! 😁 2d
Eggs LOL 😂 2d
TheSpineView Fabulous review! I want to read the now. 2d
Andrew65 Well done on completing them 🎄🎄🎄 2d
CBee I will most likely never read these, but I sure did go and read those reviews you mentioned 😂😳🫢 19h
actualdisneyprincess I just…cannot get on the Tessa Bailey train. I think her dialogue is terrible, and the “spice” is just tacky. 🤷🏻‍♀️😬 14h
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ChasingOm
Merry Ever After | Tessa Bailey, Connor Crais, Summer Morton
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Mehso-so

If you are uncomfortable reading 🌶️🌶️🌶️ books while in public, I recommend NOT reading this on your phone while at the airport like I just did. 🥵

I‘m usually a huge fan of Bailey‘s books, but this novella didn‘t quite do it for me - I think I needed a little more character development before the 🙈 scenes, lol.

#WinterGames24 #HolidayBookDragons

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Mshookquilts
Merry Ever After | Tessa Bailey, Connor Crais, Summer Morton
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Mehso-so

This short story was way too spicy for me and won‘t be a keeper. I felt the story was only about that and didn‘t go into much character development. Yes, I know, it‘s short. Not for me.

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sebrittainclark
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Pickpick

3/5

Single mom, Evie, is working at a thrift shop where local farmer Luke keeps trying and failing to find clothes that fit. It was a quick, fun romance, but the holiday setting felt pretty unnecessary to the story.

#netgalley #wintergames2024 #christmaschapterchasers

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candc320
Merry Ever After | Tessa Bailey, Connor Crais, Summer Morton
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Mehso-so

Why do authors write characters that say things that are so uncomfortably weird and unrealistic that I have to physically roll my eyes?! Is it just romance stories? I was enjoying the story until the two characters - who are nearly strangers - just couldn‘t keep their hands off of each other (do none of these characters have will power?) and the woman calls this almost stranger “daddy” along with some other choice words🤢. ⬇️

candc320 Cont‘d: I was really enjoying the rest of the story, I just don‘t understand why the romance aspect had to be so cringy. 🌟🌟💫 1w
OriginalCyn620 Agree 💯! The dirty talk was cringeworthy for sure! 1w
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Read4life
Merry Ever After | Tessa Bailey, Connor Crais, Summer Morton
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Mehso-so

So… the story itself was good. I don‘t think I‘ve ever typed “cringe” before but the dirty talk in this one deserves it. So bad and listening to it on audio, I think, made it worse. I liked that we got to see where these characters are years later. I was torn between So-So & Pan on this one.
#BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2024 #ChristmasChapterChasers #XmasChaCha #WinterGames2024

Andrew65 Seen some poor reviews for this one. Well done on finishing it. Why do they put those things in books! 2w
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 2w
TheSpineView Kudos for finishing a lackluster book! 2w
OriginalCyn620 I felt the exact same way…I gave it a pan! The dirty talk was definitely cringe. 😬 2w
kimmypete1 So. Much. Cringe. 1d
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peanutnine
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Panpan

Nope nope nope. Cringed the entire time 😬
#SeriesLove2024 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Bummer! Hope the next one is better! 2w
Andrew65 Oh no 😫 2w
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OriginalCyn620
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Panpan

So far, I‘ve enjoyed Bailey‘s spicy romances, but this one is a big no for me. The dirty talk was cringeworthy. 😬 The story itself was sweet but I just wish I could unhear the god-awful dirty talk.

#wintergames2024 #holidaybookdragons #firstsnowreadathon #ChristmasAtoZ #bookspinbingo #adventathon

willaful oh dear... 2w
ShananigansReads Soooo much cringe! I think it would have been a decent story with more carefully chosen dirty talk. 2w
MallenNC And that‘s way worse on audio! 2w
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OriginalCyn620 @ShananigansReads I‘m glad I‘m not the only one! 😂 2w
OriginalCyn620 @MallenNC Totally…it‘s going to haunt my dreams. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 2w
BookmarkTavern Oh that must have been rough! Hope the next read is better! 2w
TheAromaofBooks Oh dear. Hopefully the next is better!! 2w
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Ddzmini
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Pickpick

This is what I was looking for just as short as the others but has substance and a great conclusion… liked the characters and story was what I was looking for in these short stories

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ShananigansReads
Merry Ever After | Tessa Bailey, Connor Crais, Summer Morton
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Pickpick

⭐️⭐️⭐️