3.5 stars! Her Naughty Holiday is part of Tiffany Reisz’s Men at Work series and this one was the last I had to read. I definitely recommend this seri3.5 stars! Her Naughty Holiday is part of Tiffany Reisz’s Men at Work series and this one was the last I had to read. I definitely recommend this series, we get different standalone holiday romances (Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas), and the audios in particular are so fun and on hoopla/Libby. This romance is centered around Thanksgiving and it’s a fake dating one with a single dad!
Clover is a successful business owner, she has built up her plant nursery business and it’s done so well that a bigger company wants to buy out her 2 locations and land for 5 million dollars when the story starts. She has the Thanksgiving weekend to decide if she’s going to sell Clover Greenery or not. She also has the stress of being the host for her family’s Thanksgiving this year, after she was volun-told to by her overbearing family. She’s not looking forward to her family giving her a hard time yet again about her not being in a relationship/settling down and about their lack of appreciation for her business. Her 17-year old assistant Ruthie suggests Clover use her dad Erick as her fake date and to help with Thanksgiving since he can cook a turkey and all. Ruthie is also playing matchmaker a bit since she’s seen the way those two have been for the past year.
Little does Clover know but Erick has been secretly crushing on her for the last year that his daughter has been her employee. When the fake relationship is an option, both jump in and decide to try things out and see how the time spent together goes before too. To make it more believable and all that. This was just fun! Erick is 38 and owns his own construction company, Clover is 30 and finally gets the appreciation from him that her family has never given her about her successful business. She’s also a virgin heroine which was a nice surprise to see how it played out. I really liked this one, if anything the banter and constant sarcasm was a bit much at times. But otherwise, another fun one in this holiday series!...more
A Dragon for Thanksgiving is an alpha fighter holiday romance that I found on KU, part of a holiday shifter romance series. The prologue starts off whA Dragon for Thanksgiving is an alpha fighter holiday romance that I found on KU, part of a holiday shifter romance series. The prologue starts off when Cyrus is young and he first transforms into his dragon-form, his father is disgusted and cannot stand the way his son’s form is so different than other dragons so he demands that Cyrus never shift again. We cut to years later and Cyrus is now a dragon fighter in a supernatural pit fights type of arena.
Sasha is human and going through some hard times after recently losing another job, she desperately needs a win and to help out her struggling family as well. So she ends up going to a supernatural fight ring and places some bets, one in particular on the newcomer underdog known only as “The Lonely”. She ends up winning big and Cyrus is super curious about the human woman who bet on him. He ends up meeting her eventually and he and his sister decide to have Sasha help them by having her pose as his agent (as their dad owns the arena where he fights and they don’t want it getting back to him). Around the same time it’s Thanksgiving and Cryus’ dad un-invites him to their family’s celebration so Sasha invites Cyrus to her family’s Thanksgiving.
This was meh, I did think it was too long (120ish pages) and most parts I was not interested in. It focuses a lot on the fighting pits. This supernatural world seems to be endless with the types of supernaturals that exist (vampires, succubi, werewolves, dragons, fae, big cats, all sorts of shifters). The romance was very lackluster, by the time they do get together at the end it was described so vaguely that I had to scroll back to see if I missed them hooking up. ...more
Pumpkin is a Thanksgiving novella with a plus sized heroine and her best friend’s brother as the hero! The heroine can’t make it back home for thanksgPumpkin is a Thanksgiving novella with a plus sized heroine and her best friend’s brother as the hero! The heroine can’t make it back home for thanksgiving because of the weather. So when her best friend/college roommate overhears her flight got canceled, she invites her to spend the holiday with her and her older brother. Her best friend’s older brother has been her crush since forever and he’s secretly been into her as well, although he’s never made a move since she’s his sister’s best friend and “off limits”. This is a super short novella on KU (65ish pages) and has age gap (she’s 19, he’s 32).
This moves very fast, it’s short and super insta-love, but they’ve been in one another’s lives for years so we are supposed to just believe their connection I suppose. Moves super fast, like they’re talking marriage and babies while first getting together. There is some Thanksgiving baking happening as well....more
A Thanksgiving Romance is a small town, opposites attract novella on KU (70 pages). The hero finally gets “the girl of his dreams” (and lifelong crushA Thanksgiving Romance is a small town, opposites attract novella on KU (70 pages). The hero finally gets “the girl of his dreams” (and lifelong crush) when he comes home for Thanksgiving.
Megan is a third grade school teacher who has never left her small hometown. Daniel is the youngest of 3 brothers and has always lived in the shadows of his 2 older brothers. They were always popular in highschool and stayed in their hometown to become firefighters like their dad, while Daniel was always the “nerdy” one. Daniel always had a huge crush on Megan back in the day, while his brothers were best friend with her brother. When he runs into Megan while back in town for Thanksgiving, he is so swept away with spending time with his dream girl that he forgets about his fiancée. ...more
2.5 stars. Thankful Cafe is a short novella on KU (about 60 pages) and was described as a poly, Thanksgiving romance.
The heroine Renee owns a bakery 2.5 stars. Thankful Cafe is a short novella on KU (about 60 pages) and was described as a poly, Thanksgiving romance.
The heroine Renee owns a bakery shop and when she’s giving out turkey cookies, she meets Alan. He asks her out on a date and hopes she’ll be the perfect addition to his poly relationship with Phil and Dominic. They all live in a town that has a ton of poly romances (I believe the author has many books set in this little world). In fact, at the bakery, Renee comments how she is running out of groom cake toppers and needs more after creating a wedding cake for a bride and her 3 grooms.
This story could have used better editing, I rarely comment on things like that but this one was worth noting. In one paragraph it switched between 1st and 3rd person POV within the same sentence. The writing style is just abrupt and kind of dry. The romance was okay, the heroine doesn’t realize the 3 heroes are wanting a relationship with her until she’s over at their place and they all start massaging her and making moves. She does get with all 3, together and separately. The steamy scenes were short and fun but really only focused on the heroine....more
Thanksgiving Taste Tester is a novella (50 pages) on KU. This is a super cute and sweet Thanksgiving-centered, small town romance with mistaken identiThanksgiving Taste Tester is a novella (50 pages) on KU. This is a super cute and sweet Thanksgiving-centered, small town romance with mistaken identity trope (hero poses as his twin brother) between a romance-writer hero (!) and a chef heroine.
Dash is a reclusive romance writer who is living in a new small town and just wants to focus on his writing. His twin brother is a notorious food critic who was supposed to come see him for Thanksgiving and set up an appointment to critique the food at a restaurant while there. But when his brother bails on Thanksgiving, he wants Dash to pretend to be him and fill in “parent trap” style at the restaurant. Jaime is the chef at the restaurant and when Dash comes in pretending to be his food critic brother flustered and not sure what to say expect that the food was “okay” she can’t believe her ears. She ends up inviting him to her family’s Thanksgiving dinner so he can see her prep and cook a whole fabulous meal and leave impressed with her work.
I liked that the hero is an introvert, I could totally relate to having plans dropped on you last minute and the panic of what to wear, what’s expected, no time to plan etc. He and the heroine are both virgins. The romance and story was just okay for me, veryyyyyy insta-love. Which I don’t always mind, especially when it comes to novellas, but I want to believe in their chemistry and with this couple I just didn’t really. They go from meeting to kissing to saying they’re in love after a day together. ...more
A Tale of Two Cities: A Thanksgiving novella is part of a novella series featuring different holidays. I first read the Halloween-centered one last yeA Tale of Two Cities: A Thanksgiving novella is part of a novella series featuring different holidays. I first read the Halloween-centered one last year and had a great time so I picked this Thanksgiving one up. This is a strangers-to-lovers romance that takes place over Thanksgiving weekend and ends in a happily for now since the couple is long distance.
Aspen is an actress who comes back home for Thanksgiving. Her cousin hires a driver to pick her up and take her around while in town and when Aspen meets Orlando at the airport, she immediately wants him. Orlando is a new barber in town who also does driving on the side, he works with both Aspen’s cousin and his wife.
I did like their instant chemistry and connection, even though it happens on-sight I totally believed Aspen wanting Orlando. Lots of family times, running around to different parties and clubs. This is the second book in the holiday novella collection from this author (the first was around Halloween), which I did prefer book 1 more as the couple just hit better for me. ...more
This was such a fun time! This novella is the first in the Holidays with the Wongs series and it was such a delight. I loved meeting Nick Wong and hisThis was such a fun time! This novella is the first in the Holidays with the Wongs series and it was such a delight. I loved meeting Nick Wong and his family. Nick lives in Toronto and is a successful ad exec, or “Mr. Fancypants” as his family calls him. He’s at a bar one night and overhears a lady muttering to herself about how hard it is to have a one night stand. Nick quickly introduces himself and he and Lily actually hit it off and decide to enjoy a one-night only together. They share a fabulous night together and then go their separate ways (although both are wanting more). Nick returns to his small town for thanksgiving and his mom has set up all her kids with blind dates and then Lily walks in as one of Nick’s brothers blind date!
This book left me hungry! All the delicious food descriptions, noodles, soup dumplings, bubble tea, thanksgiving spread, Nick’s baking!, all the desserts. I loved the Wong family, Nick’s grandparents are hilarious. And Nick and Lily together were so sweet and steamy! ...more
This was a super cute novella and I believed in the romance! Heroine has been working as the hero’s secretary, he’s the CFO and she just got moved aroThis was a super cute novella and I believed in the romance! Heroine has been working as the hero’s secretary, he’s the CFO and she just got moved around in the company so he’s no longer her direct boss. She has an engineering degree and has big plans to make a change. She gets roped into going back home for thanksgiving and isn’t looking forward to it, she hasn’t been back in 18 months after her boyfriend at the time broke things off and started dating her sister instead. Now they’re engaged and the heroine tells her mom on a whim that she is bringing home a boyfriend too…only problem, she has no boyfriend. She says it’s her boss and he is down to play along as he’s had feelings for her for a while but didn’t act on it while she was working in his office, but since she no longer is…...more
This was exactly what it sounds like and was what I expected going in, which is nice. Heroine is 36 and wants to start her own business making cateredThis was exactly what it sounds like and was what I expected going in, which is nice. Heroine is 36 and wants to start her own business making catered meals/being a personal chef for events for people. Her friend is an assistant to a billionaire and says her boss needs a thanksgiving meal at his house last minute so the heroine jumps on it. Hero is a workaholic and his ex-wife and their 3-year old kiddos are coming to his house for thanksgiving along with his ex-wife’s new husband and her extended family. Hero falls for heroine on sight, very insta love with him ready to prove to her she should move in with him and start a life together. This was short and steamy, I wanted a bit more than insta love but this delivers on a thanksgiving romance complete with cooking, eating, cleaning up the kitchen and banging on the counter after. ...more
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