Every Who down in Who-ville likes Christmas a lot . . . but Heathcliff, the surly bookstore owner and fictional bad-boy, does NOT!Luckily, Mina Wilde loves him anyway, as well as her two other literary boyfriends – the ‘Napolean of Crime,’ James Moriarty, and Poe’s contemplative raven, Quoth. It’s tough buying the perfect Christmas gifts for three lovers, but Mina’s determined to make this year … determined to make this year the best Christmas Nevermore Bookshop has ever seen.
That is until the charity Christmas tree and all the presents donated by the village go missing. Heathcliff’s grinching makes him the obvious culprit, but Mina knows Heathcliff isn’t mean enough to steal gifts for the animal shelter … or is he?
Mina and her men must race to solve the mystery and save Christmas before the village roasts Heathcliff over a Yule log!
The Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries are what you get when all your book boyfriends come to life. Grow your heart three sizes and join your favorite punk-rock heroine, her three hot book boyfriends, a meddling mother, a troublesome cat, and a cast of strange and wonderful Argleton villagers in this fun reverse harem Christmas mystery.
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This is such a fun and unique story.. I loved it! A wonderful Christmas mystery.. I voluntarily received this book for an honest review.
Someone has stolen the Christmas tree and all of the gifts underneath from the Nevermore Bookstore and suspicion has fallen on Heathcliff. It’s up to Mina (with a little help from a reluctant Quoth) to find the real thief and prove Heathcliff innocent. Great story, entertaining and well-written, as always.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Heathcliff hates Christmas with a passion. A real Grinch. Then the huge Christmas tree from the shop is stolen along with all the gifts given by the village for the animal shelter. Did Heathcliff do it as he is sure acting guilty. Another riproaring story in this fantastic series.
Steffanie Holmes is amazing. I declare it here and now officially. If you can make a Christmas novella one of the best books, along with the other books in this series, I read lately, you’re amazingly talented and good at what you do. It’s a fact. Novella’s are meant to be amusing, a little heartwarming, a treat for the fans. They are not supposed to make me cry because they’re so well done and so well written.
The novella actually follows the same formula as all the other books in the series. There is some character growth, there are some emotional and very touching moments and there is this giant mystery that needs to be solved. I think this was the first one where I knew quite early on who might have done it, but that made it all the more enjoyable. Especially because this time the mystery wasn’t a murder, but something way more innocent.
But, the mystery was not what this book was about. In a way the mystery of the stolen tree and presents was nothing but a backbone for the true story, the story of Heathcliff and Christmas and his trouble to sometimes express his emotions, the story if Mina and her head and heart, not always agreeing, and the story of Quoth, slowly finding his own place and worth in this world.
The development of the characters was so amazingly well done, that at some moment I was laughing and crying at the same time. This book touched something in me, even though it’s May and even though the Christmas cheer is far away. This was so heartwarming and touching and lovely. Damn, what am I gonna do with my life once I finish this series?????
We are having a intriguing time with Mina, Quoth, Morrie are trying to do something special this Christmas for the less fortunate animals in their town but for some reason unknown to Mina and Morrie Heathcliff has turned into the biggest Grinch in town. Then something awful happened and Heathcliff is being blamed even though he swears he is innocent, so Mina and the guys try to prove he didn’t do anything wrong but they soon start to question whether he is being truthful. Great story line, love all the characters and their quirks. I was given a copy as a gift without obligation. I am providing an honest review.
Fun and sexy holiday read. This book was so much more lighthearted than the previous books. No one was murdered. Just a tree and all of the gifts stolen from Nevermore Books. It was actually a sweet story, and I loved the dynamics between Mina and her “boys”. Morrie’s Christmas references when they were making love were hilarious.
How Heathcliff Stole Christmas by Steffanie Holmes is part of the Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries Series…but this is the Christmas addition to their little mystery town. I have read the previous books so it helped me to enjoy this one better. It is a quick read that stirs the hotness around for Wilhelmina ‘Mina’ Wilde and her men. I have enjoyed this series so this was a nice little Christmas surprise.
This is such a fun Christmas novella. If you have not read any of Steffanie Holmes before know that this series is a paranormal mystery with lots of humor. Mina wants to decorate the bookshop. Heathcliff in his normal fashion is being a bit of a Scrooge about it. Their third Quoth, who I adore is the who is helps to set the holiday spirit alive and Mina happy and Heathcliff snarky. The shop is holding their first gift drive for the animal shelter and it is based around a giant tree in the shop, Guess who hates the tree? This quick, quirky ,fun romantic read is one that will remain on my Christmas book shelf for years to come.
I love these funny quirky mysteries. This holiday novella brings us back to the most fun bookstore in story land. Grouchy grumpy Heathcliff hates Christmas, especially the giant charity tree Mina and Quoth put in the store. Not to mention all of the people bringing donations. Christmas is stressing Mina out, when Heathcliff is accused of stealing the tree and donations she has to prove he’s innocent. In the mean time the complicated relationship of Mina, Morrie, Heathcliff, and Quoth expands and solidifies. This twisty character driven story is a cool afternoon read.