Cowritten by #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone—a steamy plus-size holiday rom-com about an adult film star who is semi-accidentally cast as a lead in a family-friendly Christmas movie, and the former bad-boy pop star she falls in love with. Julie Murphy lives in North Texas with her husband who loves her and her cats who tolerate her. After several wonderful years in the library world, Julie now writes full-time. I looked up at him, his lips just a breath from mine. “I love you too, Nolan. I love you in the dark. I love you in the light. I love you everywhere.” He tilted his head up and yelled with all his might. “I love you, Bee Hobbes! I love you loud enough for the world to hear!” And then he turned his face down to me, nuzzling his nose against mine. “I love you so much that when you’re not near me, I feel like I’m missing an actual organ,” he whispered.” Based on the cover I was looking forward to a sweet holiday rom-com. This wasn’t quite that. There was nothing wrong with this book, it never pulled me in. I love both Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone's writing, but the story just didn't grip me. I wanted to be able to give this one a higher rating solely because of the inclusion of a fat FMC who also happens to do sex work (like, hell yes, more of this rep) but ultimately the good bits, which were more in concept than any kind of execution, just didn't make up for the rest. And in that sense I mean mostly that this was boring, frustrating, and unbelievable.

This was such a fun book to read! I adored the plot; whats not to love about the MCs filming a Christmas movie together!! It adds a lot to their tension, mainly because of the forced proximity! The setting adds a lot to the romance! I love the small town romance aspect, but not just any small town, one of the small towns we see in Hallmark movies! Honestly, the whole book was one (extra) spicy Hallmark movie, and I loved that! i adored all of the different dynamics of the characters + the inclusivity. i also loved having a plus sized porn star as the mc. ✨ d) And speaking of lotion. FOURTEEN mentions of jerking off with gingerbread lotion. Dear Bath and Body Works: It’s Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone’s fault I will never again buy one of your holiday scents.Now, eight years later, Dax is in her office asking for legal advice. Despite her anger, Kailyn can't help feeling sorry for the devastated man who just became sole guardian to his thirteen-year-old sister. But when her boss gets wind of Kailyn's new celebrity client, there's even more at stake than Dax's custody issues: if she gets Dax to work at their firm, she'll be promoted to partner. Julie Murphy lives in North Texas with her husband, who loves her, and her cats, who tolerate her. When Julie isn’t writing, she can be found planning her next great travel adventure. She is the author of middle grade novels Dear Sweet Pea and Camp Sylvania as well as the young adult novels Ramona Blue, Side Effects May Vary, the Faith series, Pumpkin, Puddin’, and Dumplin’ (now a Netflix original film). You can visit Julie at imjuliemurphy.com. As soon as I saw the cover and authors, I knew I had to get my hands on this! A Merry Little Meet Cute is Julie Murphy's and Sierra Simone's first book collab! And it is a Christmas Book! I adore holiday books and am so happy to have read this because I’ve been missing the holidays! Christmas in July!!! Overall, a fun and extra steamy Christmas rom-com with lovable characters! Definitely read if you like: Počet strán 439 Väzba brožovaná väzba Rozmer 129×198 mm Hmotnosť 290 g ISBN 9780008580469 Rok vydania 2022 Naše katalógové číslo 1721855 Jazyk angličtina Vydavateľstvo HarperCollins Kategorizácia

I think them trying to make a Christmas movie ruined the story for me, because otherwise it had interesting elements. I totally fell in love with Bee. From how she embraced her body and her career in sex work to how she knew exactly what she wanted in and out of the bedroom and refused to settle for less. Nolan’s ~broody reformed bad boy yet total simp for Bee~ vibe was the icing on the cake. He wanted her and had zero issues making it known. I felt like they had such a mature relationship and communicated what they wanted and how they felt which I really loved for them. Bee Hobbs is an adult porn star working under the name of Bianca Von Honey. She is cast under her real name by her producer and they hope to keep her porn career separate and secret. But Nolan knows who Bee is immediately and the two soon find their chemistry is combustible.

And since the story surrounded that plot-line, it felt pointless to continue on. Because I really and truly did not care for it. Now, she’s filming in Christmas Notch, a small town with Christmas trees and festive tunes all year round. Speaking of the Audio Performances for just a second, I love Joy Nash & Sebastian York and I feel like they brought this story to life in a beautiful way. I was fully engaged in their talent to bring the words to life, and when I don't have a book to follow along with, I really need to audio book to hold my attention well, and they surely did that. Joy Nash particularly made Nolan's dirty talk pop. a) The porny cat is gonna get outta the bag. Unless the time traveling witch curse from the fake movie premise also eliminated the intertubes from existence. There should have been some semblance of a plan on what to do when it happened. Or at least put Bee in a wig or glasses or something as an attempt to disguise her identity. Overall, this was a bummer. I do think a lot of readers will enjoy it for what it is -- spicy holiday zestiness -- I just expect a lot more from my romance than this. Having said that, I would warn any mostly-YA readers from jumping into this one. For all that it read YA-ish, there is a lot of adult and sex content, so maybe work yourself upto this one if you're new to the steams. Or don't, YOLO!

A romance novel–obsessed social media influencer revisits her exes on her hunt for true love in this romantic comedy from the author of Set On You. As we read, it was fun to imagine that Bee and Nolan exist in a slightly skewed version of our reality, one in which the Winter Olympics took place in Duluth and boy bands created by reality TV shows actually made it big. Also one where our two lovable doofuses of main characters actually believe that the holiday movie aficionado fanbase doesn't interact at all with the adult industry fanbase. Look, is it ridiculous that they believe they're going to get away with making a completely chaste Christmas movie without a single person recognizing Bee from her (quite popular!) CloseDoor account, much less her (even more popular!) adult films? YES, it is ridiculous. But it's ridiculous in the same way that a time traveling ducal romance that teaches you the meaning of Christmas is.

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I loved the chemistry and sweetness between Bea & Nolan and I was swooning for them. Their intimate scenes were so beautiful and I feel like they were just spicy enough to give everyone a little of what they need. I REALLY wanted us to get into the toy chest, but I still had a great time.

I'll round up to 3.5 stars - This was very fun! I appreciated that this did not feel like a "same old same old" in terms of a holiday romance. Loved how sex positive and fat accepting it was, and Bee was wonderful. The main thing that kept me from fully loving this was that I felt like Nolan's voice was too similar to Bee's - they read like the same character. And while the voice Bee had made since for her character, I thought it made less sense for Nolan. It made him feel blah and his sections less funny HarperCollins je výhradním vlastníkem 65 knižních značek, ročně vydává zhruba 10 000 knih ve 30 jazycích. V jeho portfoliu je přes 200 000 titulů jak v tradiční papírové, tak i v digitální podobě. Mimořádně bohatá knižní nabídka zahrnuje beletrii, literaturu faktu a populárrně naučnou, kuchařské knihy, alba, dětskou literaturu, slovníky a odbornou literaturu. The more time Kailyn spends with Dax and his sister, the more she starts to feel like a family, and the more she realizes the chemistry they had all those years ago is as fresh as ever. But will they be able to forgive the mistakes of the past, or will one betrayal lead to another? She is also the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the young adult novels Dumplin’ (now a film on Netflix), Puddin’, Pumpkin, Ramona Blue, and Side Effects May Vary. Her middle grade novels include Dear Sweat Pea and a forthcoming 2023 title. She is also Disney's If The Shoe Fits, a modern day romcom retelling of Cinderella. Her writing partner is Sierra Simone and their romance debut is A Merry Little Meet Cute.When she’s not writing or reliving her reference desk glory days, she can be found watching made-for-TV movies, hunting for the perfect slice of cheese pizza, and planning her next great travel adventure.