Tinsel & Tears
About
The holidays are joyful … until they aren’t.
A collection of three short stories prove the holidays are both a blessing and a headache!
First, new parents Cassandra and Nat Hardwick find their world turned upside down when their 11-month-old gets sick. Forget sugar plums. Visions of fever reducers and frantic web searches dance in their heads. Will they survive their first holiday parenting experience?
Then, a fender-bender of festive frustration plagues Phil and Jennifer. Suddenly, visions of sugarplums are replaced with insurance adjusters and rental car agreements. Can they salvage their holiday spirit, or will this accident turn into a full-blown catastrophe?
Finally, Vanessa and Brandon grapple with the most terrifying holiday monster of all: credit card debt. Between three growing kids and unexpected bills, their spending has spiraled out of control. Will they be facing a mountain of bills bigger than Santa’s sack?
Told from multiple perspectives, Tinsel & Tears, set during The Truth About Rock Star Wives, book four in the Misadventures of Modern Womanhood series, is a glimpse into the holiday struggles every family faces, wrapped in the warmth and wit that define the Misadventures of Modern Womanhood series.
Additional Information
Genre: steamy women's fiction
Subgenre: holiday drama
POV: First person, multiple
Timeframe: Christmas 2004
Series: Misadventures of Modern Womanhood
Reading Order: Each book in the series is a standalone story with its own theme and can be read chronologically or out-of-order. Between the broken ornaments and last-minute crises, the holidays aren’t about glittering trees or picture-perfect moments—they’re about love, laughter, and the people who make it all worthwhile.
What to Expect:
- Parenthood, marriage, and mayhem meet under the mistletoe.
- Surviving the holidays is a holiday miracle.
- Holiday stress and love.