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• Title: Hot Mess Holiday
• Author: Bjorn Wilde
• Publisher: Bjorn Wilde Press (independently published)
• Release Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2026
• Genre: Spicy MM Romance (holiday romcom)
• Formats: Paperback ($16.99), e-book ($4.99), and Kindle Unlimited
• Length: 360 pages/85,000 words (full-length, standalone novel)
• Purchase Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HG6M3JRD

How You Can Help

There’s never an obligation to post or review, but if you enjoyed the book, I’d be grateful for your support in spreading the word!

• Target Buzz Window: Now through American Thanksgiving (November 26, 2026)
• What I’m Asking For:
  • Social Content:
    • Posts, Reels, and/or Stories on Instagram and TikTok (visuals are available in the promo kit)
    • My handles:
      • https://www.instagram.com/bjornwildepress
      • https://www.tiktok.com/@bjornwildepress
    • I’ll be resharing and engaging with creator content as it goes live to help amplify your account!
  • Online Reviews:
    • Amazon product listing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HG6M3JRD
    • Goodreads book page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/257335458-hot-mess-holiday
    • StoryGraph book page: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f70a3955-d372-4f88-b2de-c4bcce38e577

Key Info to Share

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• Vibe: Hallmark with heat
• Tropes: Grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, idiot in love, no-strings to lovers, small-town romance, secret romance, fake dating, hurt/comfort, coming out, second chance
• For Fans Of: A Merry Little Meet Cute, The Christmas Deal, or Netflix’s Single All the Way.
• Spice Level: High-spice. This book contains multiple explicit, open-door scenes. Depictions are kink-positive, but this isn’t a BDSM romance. The overall flavor is playful dominance, mutual worship, and consensual roughness.
• Spicy Tropes: Light power play, worship and praise, begging and yearning, playful degradation, dirty talk, bratty sub, and semi-public situations
• Trigger Warnings: Mentions of alcohol misuse
• Happily Ever After?: Yes
• About the Author: Bjorn Wilde writes spicy MM romance where love can be a real hot mess. Brace for chaos, chemistry, and certified disaster gays.
• Also by the Author: Bjorn Wilde has nearly 30 snackable serials available on Kindle Unlimited, where he releases new titles regularly.
• Free E-book: My spicy, swashbuckling short The Pirate’s Greatest Treasure is available free to anyone by signing up for my mailing list at BjornWildePress.com.

Promotional Copy

Please feel free to repurpose the copy below as-is or make it your own! (visuals are available in the promo kit)

• Tagline: The holidays are messy. His love life? Even messier.
• Blurb: Grinchy LA publicist Graham returns to charming Mistletoe Grove with one mission: keep his chaos-factory celebrity client out of the tabloids so he can finally land his dream promotion. Not on the agenda? A no-strings fling with the local hot cocoa shop owner—or his meddling mother’s attempts to turn it into something real. Now, with Christmas closing in, Graham must choose between climbing higher at work and falling hard back home.

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