Jingle Bells Wedding Vows by Paula Dombrowiak Series: Hollow Reign #3
on October 6th, 2026
Genres: Fiction, Adult, Romance, Contemporary, Holiday
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He’s the uptight rockstar directing the music for my burlesque Christmas show, and driving the grumpy maestro to throw his sheet music is my favorite hobby.
Then we wake up married, and he can’t remember a single thing about our night together.
Theo Mercer is an arrogant control freak in rolled-up sleeves and glasses who thinks he can tame my headlining act. But on my stage, I call the shots. Beneath the falling stage snow, the friction between us is hot enough to burn the theater down.
When our accidental Vegas wedding explodes across the tabloids, Theo swallows his pride and drops to one knee to propose a holiday charade: play blissfully wedded—which means moving my insufferable new husband into my cramped studio apartment.
Forced proximity beneath the mistletoe turns our backstage feud into breathless passion, and behind closed doors, our fake marriage starts to feel dangerously real.
Except our vows have an expiration date. When the tinsel comes down on New Year’s, Theo has to leave.
He swears he’s coming back.
But I stopped believing in Christmas miracles a long time ago, after a string of men who never kept their word. If I let down my walls only to get burned by my fake husband… I won’t survive the fall.
Jingle Bells, Wedding Vows is Book 3 in the Hollow Reign Christmas Novellas, a series of interconnected, steamy holiday romances. Each book can be read as a standalone and features a guaranteed happily ever after.
Exclusive excerpt from Jingle Bells, Wedding Vows
I turn on my stool and cross my legs. “It’s going to take a lot more than coffee to explain the reporters parked outside my building, Maestro.”
I take a sip and realize he got my order right: oat milk with a little cinnamon.
“I’m sorry about the reporters,” he says. “And what they called you in the article.”
“It’s not the first time I’ve been called a stripper.” I shrug.
He pulls the glasses out of his hair and folds them, like he needs something to do with his hands. “We need to delay the annulment.”
“Excuse me?”
“Donovan, our PR guy, wants us to stay married through the holidays and make it look”— he pauses, searching for the right word—“you know, real.”
“You want me to be your fake—”
Heads turn at the far mirrors. Theo sets his cup down next to mine, grabs my wrist, hauls me off my stool and into the quick-change booth, and yanks the curtain shut behind us.
The booth is built for one dancer changing fast, which means the two of us are pressed together with zero breathing room.
“What is wrong with you? I already have one stalker,” I protest.
“This isn’t for an audience.”
I cross my arms over my chest with a smile.
“Don’t look so pleased,” he says, and I can’t help but laugh.
“Look—this circus isn’t good for the band. One more bad headline and we could lose our New Year’s Eve spot. So we keep the marriage going, we let the story die on its own, and we pretend to like each other.”
“The band.” That’s all he’s worried about.
“I mean for you too. The stories will die down, I can get them to stop…”
“Here’s my problem. I’m a burlesque dancer, not an Oscar-winning actress. Pretending to like you might be beyond my range,” I tell him.
“Think of it as the performance of a lifetime. For both of us,” he says hopefully.
“What’s in it for me? Because from where I’m standing, all I’m doing is saving your ass.”
“If the media thinks we’re a couple, it’s good for the show. Sold-out good. And they stop calling you a stripper, because rockstar’s wife sells better.” He looks cocky about that last part.
I roll my eyes and inspect my nails. “Oh yes, exactly what I’ve hoped to achieve my whole life.”
“There’s one more thing,” he says.
“Of course there is.” I roll my eyes.
“I need to move into your apartment.” He grimaces.
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About Paula Dombrowiak
Paula Dombrowiak grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois but currently lives in Arizona. She is the author of Blood and Bone, her first adult romance novel which combines her love of music and imperfect relationships. Paula is a lifelong music junkie, whose wardrobe consists of band T-shirts and leggings which are perpetually covered in pet hair. She is a sucker for a redeemable villain, bad boys, and the tragically flawed. Music inspires her storytelling.
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