Peppermint Stick 🎄 Now Available

Title: Peppermint Stick
Series: Boston Bucks #10
Author: Cathryn Fox
Genre: Holiday Romance
Tropes: Hot Hockey Player/One Bed
Fake Engagement/Found Family/Small Town
Release Date: November 18, 2025
BLURB
After a Thanksgiving PR disaster went viral, I’m back in Snowberry Falls, Vermont, running the town’s Christmas festival—and praying it saves my career.
Then my ex shows up—parading his influencer fiancée—and I need a win. Fast.
Enter Penn Radford: Boston Bucks enforcer, tabloid magnet, and currently stranded without a room at the fully booked inn. I know his type. Loud, flashy, allergic to shirts…and the guy who punched mall Santa.
My solution? Team up. Fake a holiday romance. Nail the festival. Fix his image. Easy.
But the mistletoe buzzer won’t quit, and those pretend kisses? They feel way too real. And when my past comes back swinging, I have to figure out if Penn is the real deal…or just another mistake wrapped in peppermint sheets.
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🎄Review🎄

Jaylynn finds herself in Snowberry Falls to help the town with its holiday celebrations and it is vital that everything goes well as her career depends on it.    This situation is complicated by the fact that her ex happens to be the mayor so she offers Penn an arrangement where pretending to be a couple will give them both what they need.

Penn is a professional hockey player whose reputation is less than stellar.   He has come to Snowberry Falls to spend the holidays with his family however finding a place to stay is proving difficult.   When Jaylynn offers him a place to stay and a way to help with his reputation he is more than willing to pretend they are a couple even if the more time they spend together the more real it feels.

The banter is humorous, the emotion is heartfelt, the romance is enchanting even with the obstacles they faced and there is a great group of secondary characters who add to the story.

AUTHOR BIO
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cathryn Fox is a wife, mom, sister, daughter, aunt and friend. She loves dogs, sunny weather, anything chocolate (she never says no to a brownie) pizza and red wine. Cathryn lives in beautiful Nova Scotia with her husband, who is convinced he can turn her into a mixed martial arts fan. When not writing, Cathryn can be found Skyping with her son living in Seattle (could he have moved any farther away?) shopping with her daughter in the city, watching a big action flick with her husband, or hanging out and laughing with friends.
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