REVIEW: Gift Wrapped in Tentacles by Hope Bennett (Tinsel and Tentacles 3.0 #9)

- November 23, 2025

GIFT WRAPPED IN TENTACLES

Tinsel and Tentacles 3.0 - Book Nine

by Hope Bennett

Release Date: November 23, 2025

Review

An MMM romance between two best friends secretly pinning for each other, and a physiotherapist falling for them both.

It’s a touching story. Mutual pinning, the fear of losing the person you love, and the complication of loving two men.

Oh, and one of them is an octopus shifter!

When tragedy strikes a second time, all three men are forced together for a few days, allowing them the time to explore their feelings and newfound love of tentacles.

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Synopsis

Declan’s lost his footing

Disabled after a terrible accident, I move back in with my parents in their small town. The worst part is not losing my job or my flat or my independence, it’s leaving my best friend, Sonny. He had to stay in the city. I can’t expect him to give up his life, too.

And found support

As I spend my days recovering, my new physiotherapist, Erik, helps me reconnect with my body. Under his guidance, I’m learning how to walk on my new prosthetic. And he’s encouraging me to take the scariest step of all: telling Sonny how I feel about him.

Reaching for love

When Sonny visits me for the Christmas holidays, I have a plan. I’m going to take Sonny on a romantic date. Only, I accidentally take Erik on that date first.

Now I don’t know what to do. I have to choose quickly. Sonny and Erik are about to meet.

Except… there’s more to Erik than meets the eye. Eight dexterous tentacles more, to be precise. Could he have room in his heart – and his arms – to hold both of us close?

Gift Wrapped in Tentacles is a standalone MMM Romance in the multi-author Tinsel & Tentacles 3.0 series. It features best friends who have never worked up the courage to say how they feel, the octopus shifter who longs to wrap them both in his arms, winter skating on a lake, a flash of danger to put things in perspective, a cosy cottage snowed in, plenty of steam, cuddles and an HEA to keep you warm.

About Hope Bennett

Hope writes cute and fluffy MM Romance, sometimes with some light action/suspense but always low angst, high heat, heart-warming love and a guaranteed HEA.

Her books are body positive because she loves writing about men who learn that they are sexy and worthy… and find just the right person to prove it to them. She also plays with alpha/omega MPreg and shifter stereotypes, loves a fated mate story and lives for those found families.

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