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Thank you for your interest in reading Holly & Havoc early! H&H is a dark enemies-to-lovers holiday romcom.  Filling this out helps find the best fit for the book and future launches.

Two killers. One cell. No prisoners. Merry f*cking Christmas.

Greer Mercer is an ex-detective who’s long since given up on the holidays, and as of tonight, her career. She just killed (and “accidentally” ate!) a fellow officer who definitely had it coming.

Her only lifeline? Catching Lazarus Holley, a festively unhinged, shamelessly obsessed Krampus-masked serial killer who found her on TikTok. For months, he's been breaking in to leave candy canes on her pillow (and playfully taunting her inability to arrest him). 

Their cat-and-mouse chase spirals right into a Christmas Eve blizzard. Now they’re trapped in a small-town jail cell with only one bed, forced together by a sadistic cop who wants way more than a confession. 

She’s determined to unmask him. He’s determined to become her favorite bad decision. And if they make it out by Christmas morning, the question is which one of them will be in handcuffs when they do.

HOLLY & HAVOC is a spicy dark holiday romcom perfect for fans of BUTCHER & BLACKBIRD, featuring rival killers, forced proximity, and one very merry night guaranteed to end in escape, murder, or something much more dangerous.



Trope List:

  • black cat ex-detective FMC/golden retriever serial killer MMC
  • he stalks her, she stalks him back harder 
  • enemies to accomplices to lovers 
  • morally gray killer MCs
  • only one bed/only one shower
  • touch her and die
  • Who did this to you? 
  • (not-so-accidental) c@nnibal!sm
  • captivity with semi-forced sex
  • mystery/thriller elements
  • he falls first
  • masked man
  • knifeplay 
  • edgeplay
  • primal play
  • choking/biting
  • BDSM/spanking/switching/bondage
  • humilation
  • food play (fruitcake as lube!)

Potential Triggers

  • accidental cannibalism
  • on-page murder committed by MCs
  • torture (MCs as victims)
  • stalking
  • voyeurism
  • blood and gore
  • graphic violence
  • captivity
  • blasphemy
  • referenced human trafficking of underage victims
  • trauma due to past child abuse (physical, emotional and sexual)
  • referenced deaths of parents/family members
  • BDSM/bondage
  • knifeplay 
  • edgeplay
  • primal play
  • bloodplay
  • choking
  • biting
  • dubcon
  • threatened noncon of both MCs
  • suicide mentions


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3. To ARC read, I don't require social media or a certain follower count, but at the minimum you need an account on Goodreads or another review site with a few genuine (non-AI-written) reviews posted.

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