Genre ~ holiday romance
Featuring ~Ā blind date, lawyer, event planner, grump/sunshine, opposites attract, British hero, brother’s best friend, best friend’s sister, secret relationship, slow burn, steamage, Christmas up the wazoo
POV ~ dual 1st person
Release date ~ Novermer 15, 2022
Page count ~ 260
My rating ~ 4.5ā
My review:
Kenzie & Andrew
Their meet cute was anything but when Andrew seems pretty disgusted with Kenzie’s attire on their blind date. They part ways on a bad note, but soon Andrew needs Kenzie’s help planning his office Christmas party. She agrees with one condition ~ he has to do 3 Christmas activities with her, so she can try to sway him from his Grinch ways.
Although I spent over 30 years living in New York state I have never been to NYC during Christmastime, but I feel like it was depicted perfectly.
Once all the grump gets out of Andrew he turns out to be super duper sweet. Kenzie is just over the top always sweet, and a pushover at times. I love how he helped her stand up for herself. I can’t say I was impressed with why Andrew hates the holiday, but that was quite a grand gesture he did that I wasn’t expecting.
Overall, a delightful story that’ll be sure to get you in the Christmas spirit.
*Thanks to Piper Rayne and Valentine PR for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*
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Book blurb:
The girl who loves Christmas falls for the Grinchāitās a Christmas miracle.
What started as a dumpster fire of a blind date turns into a deal.
In truth, it probably didnāt help that I showed up dressed like an elf but thatās a story for another time. Our start was rocky at best which is why itās so frustrating that I canāt stop thinking about his sexy British accent. Or the way his chest and arms fill out his suit. Or his perfect hair with that single streak of grey at the front.
Santa likes lists and so do I, so hereās all the reasons why Andrew and I arenāt right for each other:
Heās my brotherās best friend
Heās the biggest grump Iāve ever met.
He hates Christmas.
That last one is big for a girl like me who thinks that the entire month of December should be a national holiday. So, when he calls for my help in planning his firmās holiday party, I canāt pass up the opportunity to grow my small business. Bonus, we make a deal, and he agrees to attend three holiday events with me so I can make him fall in love with Christmas. As if Iād pass up an opportunity to make a Grinchās heart grow three times its size.
It isnāt long until I discover Andrew has a very real reason to hate Christmas and I start to see him in a different light. Thatās when the Christmas miracle begins.
Meet Piper Rayne
Piper Rayne is a USA Today Bestselling Author duo who write “heartwarming humor with a side of sizzle” about families, whether that be blood or found. They both have e-readers full of one-clickable books, they’re married to husbands who drive them to drink, and they’re both chauffeurs to their kids. Most of all, they love hot heroes and quirky heroines who make them laugh, and they hope you do, too!
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Sounds like a pretty cute read. And I’ve been to NYC around the holidays, so I think that would be fun to read about.
Lauren @ http://www.shootingstarsmag.net
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