He's allergic to Christmas. She practically bleeds tinsel. Their holiday collision is about to get complicated.

Single mom Janie Bennett has one goal: pull off the perfect Christmas pageant for her kindergarten class. What she doesn't need is the world's grumpiest hockey player ruining her holly-jolly plans.

Enter Rourke Riley, Mr. "I Hate Christmas" himself—who's been sentenced to play Santa in her pageant and is determined to get fired from this nightmare before Christmas.

Janie can't let his humbug ruin her fa la la, so she calls his bluff with a Christmas challenge : if she can prove he's secretly got some holiday spirit, he has to help her pull off the most magical pageant ever.

But if she loses? She's wearing his jersey and going on a date with the grinch himself.

To be clear: She's not losing.

Not when her secret weapon is taking Rourke on a road trip to the most over-the-top Christmas festival in existence.

Cue the holiday chaos.

Between an unexpected snowstorm, sharing a one-bedroom cabin, a hockey team text thread gone awry and a mistletoe kiss that's life-changing—suddenly, winning doesn't matter anymore.

Turns out, the holidays are full of surprises. But her falling for the grump— and his jersey?

It's the biggest complication of the season.

Perfectly Complicated Christmas Romance is a closed-door Christmas hockey romcom, featuring a grumpy athlete with a soft heart, a sunshine single mom, and a bet that proves opposites don't just attract—they make a perfect mistletoe match.

Tropes: holiday hijinks; sweet Christmas romance; grumpy sunshine; single mom and hockey athlete; rivals to lovers; small-town laughs; closed door with all the yearning and tension, but none of the spice.

Perfect for those who love a romance with sizzle but no spice. Just crackling chemistry, closed-door vibes, and a sweet, feel-good holiday romance. This book reads beautifully as a standalone.

For fans of Jenny Proctor, Emma St. Clair, the Appies Hockey Series, Courtney Walsh, Leah Brunner, Katie Bailey, and listeners who enjoy no spice Christmas romances and low spice hockey romances.