Good Elf Gone Wrong

On Christmas Eve, the heroine walks in on her fiance with her sister. She has always been the dependable one in her family, the person who tidies up after the parties and keeps her anger to herself. Then her sister cuts up the hundred-year-old wedding dress that belonged to their great-grandmother, and the heroine stops being agreeable.

Hudson enters at this point. He is six foot five, tattooed, perpetually sneering and openly cold, a bad elf in every way that counts. She recruits him to help wreck her wedding before Christmas morning arrives, and he proves to be the ally her revenge plans call for.

He also proves to be a distraction. His physique makes it hard to concentrate on sabotage, and the scheme becomes harder to keep on track.

This is a holiday romantic comedy with a playful, mischievous tone and a festive setting. It is a standalone, so no earlier books are needed, and it promises a happy ending. The story moves fast, driven by a deadline of one night and a morning, and it favors comic revenge over heartbreak.