Read every story, the way you want
A cozy small-town romance series
A small town where everyone meddles, no one forgets, and love always finds its way back home. Maple-tree-lined streets, pumpkin spice in the air, and the kind of slow-burn romance that builds like firewood — quietly, until the whole thing catches.
perfect if you love
fake dating
boss & secretary
small town
one bed
grumpy x sunshine
forced proximity
holiday romance
slow burn
Book One
Fake-dating her grumpy boss for the holidays sounded simple. Then they got snowed in.
the story
It was supposed to be a business arrangement. I would not catch feelings. I would not be charmed. I would not — under any circumstances — kiss Alexander Voss.
All my boss wanted was a date to his sister’s holiday wedding in Silverbell Hollow. A buffer. Someone to deflect his mother’s questions about when he was going to settle down already.
I needed the bonus he was offering. Badly.
So I said yes. I said yes to four days in a snowed-in mountain town pretending to be in love with the man who has been my impossible, unsmiling boss for the past eighteen months. The man who has never once said a kind word to me. The man who definitely, definitely doesn’t think of me as anything other than ‘Miss Reyes.’
Except then we got to the inn. And there was — of course — only one bed. And Alexander Voss, the man who has never once smiled at me, looked at me in the doorway and said, very softly: “I’ll take the floor.”
Holiday rules were made to be broken. And Alexander Voss is about to break every single one of mine.
What readers have to say
ONE BED. FAKE DATING. SNOWED IN. GRUMPY BOSS. KJ said ‘let me hit you with every trope I own’ and then she DELIVERED. Best holiday romance I’ve read in years.
— Tania R.
Goodreads review
Alexander Voss saying ‘I’ll take the floor’ is permanently lodged in my brain. The slow burn was painful in the best way. I rationed the last 100 pages.
— Holiday Romance Hub
#cozyromance pick
Olivia is everything — the warmth, the wit, the absolute audacity to fall for this man who barely smiles. This book made me cackle and then sob. 10/10.
— Aisha B.
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What readers have to say
— Hira K.
Goodreads review
— Romance Reader Daily
Book blog
— Sarah M.
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"Ethan Wilder ruined every book boyfriend who came before him. The tension, the banter, the way he looks at her — KJ Raffat writes the kind of slow burn that genuinely makes your hands shake."
"I am OBSESSED. The prank wars in book two had me crying with laughter, and then she goes and writes a chapter that gutted me. KJ writes heroes who fall first AND fall hardest — exactly my brand."
"A Merry Misdeal is officially in my Christmas re-read rotation forever. Olivia and Alexander? Iconic. Fake dating + only one bed + grumpy boss energy was everything I needed."
"A Fiery Fall Love is exactly the cozy small-town romance I needed during pumpkin spice season. The matchmaking grandma had me in stitches. KJ has a gift for making side characters feel real."
"The way KJ writes yearning should be illegal. I read this in one sitting at 2am, then immediately bought every other book in the series. Auto-buy author for life."
"Sweet AND steamy is right. The romance hits all the swoony beats but the spice is genuinely chef's kiss. I love that her heroines have spine — they don't just fall, they make him work for it."
"Ethan Wilder ruined every book boyfriend who came before him. The tension, the banter, the way he looks at her — KJ Raffat writes the kind of slow burn that genuinely makes your hands shake."
"I am OBSESSED. The prank wars in book two had me crying with laughter, and then she goes and writes a chapter that gutted me. KJ writes heroes who fall first AND fall hardest — exactly my brand."
"A Merry Misdeal is officially in my Christmas re-read rotation forever. Olivia and Alexander? Iconic. Fake dating + only one bed + grumpy boss energy was everything I needed."
"A Fiery Fall Love is exactly the cozy small-town romance I needed during pumpkin spice season. The matchmaking grandma had me in stitches. KJ has a gift for making side characters feel real."
"The way KJ writes yearning should be illegal. I read this in one sitting at 2am, then immediately bought every other book in the series. Auto-buy author for life."
"Sweet AND steamy is right. The romance hits all the swoony beats but the spice is genuinely chef's kiss. I love that her heroines have spine — they don't just fall, they make him work for it."
Where to buy
Book Two
Returning to Silverbell Hollow for the next holiday season — December 2026. Different characters, same magic. Pre-order announcements coming soon.
Book Three
A third Silverbell Hollow book is on the way for 2027. Title and details still under wraps. It’s going to be a winter one.