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Holiday Hijinx · Book 2

The Sleight Before Christmas

by Kate Stewart
Published
1 January 2024
Pages
240
ISBN-13
9781966332077
Type
novel
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Cover of The Sleight Before Christmas

About this book

The Sleight Before Christmas followed three years later, in 2024, at a much shorter 240 pages -- an unconnected standalone sharing only the holiday rom-com format with the first book.

Key facts about The Sleight Before Christmas

The Sleight Before Christmas is a novel by Kate Stewart. Readers have had it since 2024. It runs to 240 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of The Sleight Before Christmas. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781966332077 to find the main one.

The Sleight Before Christmas is book 2 of 2 in the Holiday Hijinx series. The series has 2 published books. However, the series starts with The Plight Before Christmas (2021).

Additionally, Kate Stewart writes Lust & Lies, The Reluctant Romantics and Predator and Prey, plus 4 more series. Those series sit on our dark romance, contemporary romance and sports romance shelves. Meanwhile, Birds of a Feather is the latest published Kate Stewart book on file, from 26 May 2026.

About Kate Stewart

Kate Stewart is an American contemporary and dark romance author known for emotionally intense, angst-driven love stories, most notably the Ravenhood trilogy and its Ravenhood Legacy spin-off, alongside an extensive earlier backlist including The Bittersweet Symphony Duet, which built a devoted readership through social media and word-of-mouth before crossing over into wider mainstream romance visibility. See every Kate Stewart book in order.

Its place in Holiday Hijinx

The Sleight Before Christmas is book 2 in the Holiday Hijinx series. It follows The Plight Before Christmas. See the full Holiday Hijinx reading order.

Holiday Hijinx is a Kate Stewart Christmas rom-com duet: The Plight Before Christmas (2021) and The Sleight Before Christmas (2024). Both books use a holiday-season comic setup, a lighter tone than Stewart's angst-forward Ravenhood and Bittersweet Symphony books.

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