Erika with a K has just bombed a work presentation that she's not sure she can come back from. When opportunity presents itself in the form of a mysterious invitation from her Aunt Josie to visit Kentucky. Getting out of Chicago seems like a great idea right now. It's Christmas and Erika needs a change of scenery.
What she finds in Blitzen, Kentucky is a town in desperate need of a new fire truck and some Christmas spirit. With a town named Blitzen Erika quickly comes up with ideas for an old fashioned Christmas that might just save this town but first she has to get everyone on board with these ideas from an outsider.
Erika also finds Kourt with a K in Blitzen. Well she doesn't really find him as much as she hits him with her car but it's faith. All the signs are pointing to the fact that they should be together but are they actually a match? He doesn't seem interested.
At the beginning of this book was a warning that this book is spicy. It almost scared me off as I don't love over the top spice. Then I got hooked into the story and the characters. No spice. Then BAM - zero to 100 level of spice around 75% through. It's spicy as in not suitable for young readers but not too bad and not too much. Appropriate story amount of spice. The one thing I did find different that I don't remember reading in other books is reading spicy scenes from a male perspective. That was definitely different.
The Holiday Mix Tape is a great holiday read with just the appropriate amount of spice. I definitely recommend it if you enjoy holiday stories. Also, I will add that I really enjoyed the ending and it tied up very nicely.