A one-off festive holiday romance! Enjoy, and Merry Christmas! x

**NOW PUBLISHED IN EBOOK! This is a companion novella (not a sequel) to my book The Kissing Booth, but if you don't mind some spoilers, feel free to read on regardless!** It's summer, and for Elle and her best friend Lee, that means one thing: The beach house. They've spent every summer of their lives there, but things are different this year. For one thing, Elle is dating Lee's older brother Noah, who's also going to be there with them. Summer at the beach house has never been more fun - and never has it been more upside-down and inside-out. From kissing to sunbathing to volleyball, summer this year is going to be one hell of a ride.

Ava Williams is anything but average. Or, at least she'd like to think she is. Having to change her school, friends, basically her life every six months has definitely taken its toll on her. Leaving places and people behind that she's barely gotten the chance to know has been hard. But when her family moves to Honolulu, Hawaii, the scenery isn't the only thing that changes. She meets new people and definitely takes an interest on the guy who everyone in the town shuns. Why would an entire town of people turn their backs on one guy? But more importantly, what is his secret? Keanu Nahele is a Hawaii native, eager to prove himself worthy of his people's trust. Trust, is not easy to gain, and he's lost it before he even had a chance. He spends most of his time alone with his paints, isolated from everyone else. His only company, is the self loathing he's become more than familiar with. But one day, it all changes at the sight of her. Just one look and he suddenly feels worthy again. But he's got a past with secrets. Will she run when she finds out?

On the outside, Riley Jennings has got it under control. She's the top of the class, ivy-league bound, and plans to go far in life. But nobody knows the dark secret that she lives with; her perfect, football star boyfriend, Blake, is a monster. She's forced to conformity, only to meet the one person who will help her break out of her shell, and break out of her detrimental relationship. Dean Marks, the new rebellious transfer student, has taken it upon himself to help Riley. Little does she know, he's got a dark secret too; one only his protective, controlling, older brother Alex knows about. Together, they will run from their pasts, only to stumble into them once more.

For all of her life, Lilith has been running. She ran from her imperfect home. She ran from her unloving father. She ran from the feeling that she harbored that begged for comfort. The only problem is that all of this running made her run towards the wrong arms. It caused her to do something that she will forever regret. Shame drawn out by confusion. An innocent mind looking for something to fill that hollow hole she has. Lilith thought that she had gotten away from everything that had happened to her in Tuscan, Arizona; but apparently not. Her father has moved back to his old house their and is getting re-married. Lilith, the unlucky Lilith, has to attend this wedding from Hell. It's just a week. Anyone can deal with anything for just a week. It's finally time for her to confront her mistake, to confront her feeling and to understand why. With a road trip, a crap wedding and a step mother with horns; Lilith learns that sometimes you can start over. You just need help sometimes-- say, from an unlikely guy like your best friends big brother. The extremely hot big brother.