Kissing Santa Nic: A small-town Christian Firefighter romance (Merriville Firefighter Heroes)
- 4.7 out of 5
- 56 ratings
- 116 pages
Overall Content Rating: Parents Strongly Cautioned PG-13
The story centers on adults navigating work stress, family ties to racing, romance tension, and hospital emergencies involving children. Physical content is tied to injuries, anger, and abuse referenced in backstory or arrival at care settings, not constant on-page brutality. Language concerns are light: occasional mild put-downs in internal monologue, with no strong swearing or sexual wording in the sampled material. Parents may want to know about hospital scenes with injured minors and a plot thread that mentions a child physically mistreated at home, even when those moments are not described in graphic detail.
Reviews first uploaded October 11, 2026 7:00 am. Page updated October 11, 2026 7:00 am.
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Crude Mild
1Mild dismissive language appears rarely in a character’s private thoughts during a stressful errand. Other sampled matches that look like crude terms are ordinary breathing descriptions, not insults or vulgar jokes.
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Specific words
- stupid: 1
Violence Moderate
4Violence appears in medical and family-crisis contexts rather than extended action scenes. There is an emergency-room situation involving a badly injured child, a reference to a youngster harmed by a caregiver’s partner, an angry character hitting a wall, and a near-accidental bump at a doorway. Emotional language describes fear and disappointment without graphic blow-by-blow fighting.
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Specific words
- punch: 2
- bleed: 1
- smash: 1
About this book
Firefighter Karley “Nic” Nicolas intends to win Merriville's Police vs Firefighter Basketball game this year. Victory means a huge check for her beloved charity, the group home where her twin brother lives. Losing is not an option…until the reclusive detective flashes his rare smile and makes her forget why she’s even on the court. Still reeling from his ex-wife's abandonment two years ago, Detective Gray Newnan has just now found a fragile balance between the demands of his job and raising his autistic son. Travis takes priority over everything and everyone else, and Gray refuses to allow another woman that much power over their lives. But soon Karley's sweet, giving spirit crashes through his defenses. After he discovers the real identity of Santa Nic, will Gray make room in his life for Karley? Will the Lord reignite Gray's faith in time for a Christmas miracle? Kissing Santa Nic ... Enjoy this clean Christian small-town firefighter romance all year round, not just during the holidays! Read more