Bless This Hot Mess

"Our verdict: Get it! A performance that amplifies this audiobook's chaotic humor. Author and narrator Charlie David's rom-com is a rollicking, laugh-out-loud listen."

– KIRKUS AUDIOBOOK REVIEWS

"Charlie David's dialogue has the timing of a television comedy, the result is a novel with a voice all its own, unapologetically sincere and delightfully eccentric."

– BOOKLIFE PRIZE 2026

"Hilarious, clever, and heartfelt, Bless This Hot Mess never misses a beat. Charlie David's ability to layer energetic camp with thought-provoking questions of faith and identity demonstrates an incredibly impressive command of tone."

★ CANREADS BOOK REVIEW

SYNOPSIS

Hilarious, campy, musical and moving, this book provokes you to ponder: If I steal a few hearts, can I still get into Heaven?

When a failing radio station's morning show starts stealing, sampling and remixing '90s pop songs in a Hail Mary attempt at attracting an audience, virtuous virgin Japheth is forced to team up with Rino, a dangerously charming Italian car dealership heir with advertiser dollars to spend and maybe-mafia vibes, and their enemies-to-lovers romance threatens to become the station's biggest scandal and its only salvation.

At WWJD Radio in Greater Napanee, salvation is off script. The phones are ringing off the hook,the fax machine is spitting out cease-and-desist letters from every boy band of the '90s, andTrinity, the trio of accidental evangelists, are stealing pop songs "for the Lord." Together they're keeping WWJD barely afloat. Until it burns down. Literally.

Outrageously funny, shockingly tender, and just heretical enough, Bless This Hot Mess will jump-start your heart.

SOUNDTRACK. IS THIS A BOOK? OR A MUSICAL?

Make this story interactive! Find the Bless This Hot Mess soundtrack on all major music storefronts including Spotify, Apple, Amazon, YouTube and more. Read, listen and sing along.