The Mrs. Clause

Capricorn Cove #4

by Evie Mitchell

My name is Collins Knight, or at least it was, once upon a time. I've been married to Nicholas Del Laurentis for nearly a decade, yet we've spent that time residing in different houses, different countries, ignoring the reality of our arranged marriage.

That was until I decided I wanted a baby. Nick won't divorce me so I'm left with no other option. It's time to invoke the Mrs Clause of our marriage contract.

My wife has no idea what she's asking. A baby? Oh, I can help with that. But she's opened the door now, and I'm not about to let her close it again.

This Christmas it's time to unwrap my favorite gift - one piece of clothing at a time.

Warning: Dearest reader, this arranged marriage novella is filled with jingling bells, unusual uses for candy canes, surprise gifts and a jolly St Nick who knows how to handle his chimney. So, get thee a Santa Baby and settle in - this sexy holiday romance will leave you hovering under the mistletoe.

Genres: Romance, Novella, Holiday, Christmas, Contemporary Romance, Second Chance, Contemporary

86 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 12, 2019

About the author

USA Today bestselling romance author. Evie Mitchell, delivers steamy, inclusive, body-positive romance filled with heat, heart, and happily ever afters.

Evie lives with her husband, their sausage dog, and an ever-growing collection of book-related mugs. When she's not writing, Evie loves curling up in the sun with an excellent book and a cup of tea.

You can find her at @EvieMitchellAuthor on all socials or EvieMitchell.com

Reviews

[Floripiquita · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pues nada, otra historia para olvidar. Pero sigo insistiendo con esta serie y esta autora porque con The X-list Evie Mitchell me sorprendió para bien y espero que lo vuelva a hacer.

#Popsugar21 Reto 36: Un libro que tiene menos de 1.000 reseñas en Amazon o Goodreads (o cualquier otra página).

[Tetyana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Нехай буде 3,5/5
І знову новорічна новела, і знову другий шанс, але з дуже гарячими сценами.
В цілому, мені сподобалося, я отримала те що хотіла: мінімум сюжету і максимум сцен 18+😂
Це історія про двох людей, які одружилися в юності і не навчилися говорити і повністю довіряти один одному. По суті тут немає ніякого розвитку стосунків, починаючи з половини книги герої тільки одним і займаються😅. Ближче до кінця нащось приплели інцидент з сестрою, який ніяк не вплинув на сюжет, мабуть, щоб хоч щось замість сексу написати🤣
Не дуже сподобалася причина їх розриву, це було дивно і нелогічно, по суті вони впусту потратили 5 років.
Але мені сподобалося роздуми гг, сподобалася що Колінз така сильна, смілива і відверта, сподобалося як Ніко говорив про свою дружину, його ставлення до неї, те як він оберігав всі спогади про неї ( хоча замість цього краще б робив щось).

"— Якби я міг, я б одружувався з тобою щороку. Щомісяця. Щодня."

"— Ти була моїм світлом, Ко. Моїм єдиним добром. Я повертався додому до тебе, знаючи, що ти в безпеці і щаслива. Ти цілувала мене, і я відчував себе новим. Чистим."

Наче й непогано, але якби було більше передісторії, якоїсь логічності було б краще.

[Travelogged Blogs · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Why did you do it, Collins? Why did you leave? You never even gave me that." He turned, his gaze searing. "You owe me that much." "Because you never loved me,"

Here's what this book had: marriage in trouble, second chance, lots of baby making, short, quick, smutty but not anything worth remembering.

[Zero · Rating 3 out of 5]

This second chance romance is sugary sweet and ridiculously spicy. The five year separation doesn't make sense, but it's still a cute novella.

[Irena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Красаааа🥺🤧

[Darlene I read WAY to many books · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ill be honest at first i disliked nick.. like the way he acted i was this is why your wife left you you were always focused on work. But when you dive more it was both of their faults. Nick and Collins never talked about their problems they both just assumed the other fell out of love.  Thats what cost them their relationship Nick always working thinking he had to make money to keep them happy and be a yes man, as for Collins she thought her husband never loved her when she overheard a group of men with him in it not defend her. So yeah both assuming the worse... they are living seperate lives still married.. just apart. now that Collins wants a baby these problems come out and they finally talk and work together to fix their relationship.

I honestly wish it didnt take them 5 years to fix this problem..


No ow/om drama,  no cheating, Tiny drama, sexy times, no virgins or manwhore

Recommend- maybe
Cover-⭐⭐⭐


Slowish-insta
Married couple
infertility problems
No condom
Safe
Faithful
Hea
Epilogue

[Literary Child (Tania) · Rating 3 out of 5]

дуже багато нелогічних речей, але загалом гарна атмосфера 💞

[Alex (HEABookNerd) · Rating 3 out of 5]

THE MRS. CLAUSE has quite the wild set up and it really feels more like a moment in time for this couple but it was super sexy and emotional. Collins and Nick had an arranged marriage meant to tie their families businesses together. But shortly after their wedded bliss Nick starts to pull away and Collins is convinced it's because he doesn't love her. She leaves but they remain married, though estranged, for 5 years until Collins shows back up in London hoping to have a baby.

All their problems are based on some pretty terrible miscommunications in the past but I was happy to see these two reconcile. They've never stopped loving each other and both have been completely faithful but they're lonely without the other. I will say that even with the short length this felt fairly full in story and Mitchell still includes a decent amount of time for the emotional connection to heal, not just the physical one.

[yami๋༊*·˚ · Rating 4 out of 5]

La verdad las historias de Evie nunca decepcionan, siempre me gusta cerrar o empezar el año leyendo un libro de ella porque son buenísimos, entretenidos, con mucho spicy y super ligeros. Sus protas masculinos son siempre perfectos LOS AMO💌 buena manera de empezar el año con historias de mi reina.

[Anastasiia · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5 ⭐️
Так і не зрозуміла, чому вона не змогла розлучитися просто
Але так як вона не розлучилася, то вийшла невеличка історія про другий шанс та створення великої люблячої родини

[Brianna - Four Paws and a Book · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was steamy, spicy and a great time! I'm finding that when it comes to christmas romances, my perfect length is a novella, or right around 100 pages. This gives me a glimpse into their story, through the lens of Christmas, without getting over run with the sugary sweetness of christmas romances.

[Alison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stars: 4
Length: Lunch Break Read
POV: Dual
Series: Capricorn Cove Book 4 (Stand Alone but Connected)
Ending: HEA
Re-read? No

“He thought I'd left. Finally comprehending his panic, my heart melted, my body moving to throw myself at him. He caught me, crushing me to his chest. "You can't leave," he whispered hoarsely, his voice breaking. "You can't fucking leave me again."

I usually really don’t enjoy second chance romances and steer far away from them. Since I’m going through this Capricorn Cove series I didn’t seem to have a choice. It wasn’t as bad as I feared. I think that’s mostly due to the fact that they broke up over a misunderstanding and neither had ever gotten over the other. I mean, Nick has straight up been pining for Collins and basically lives in a shrine to her. With those things, it made for an interesting read and I’m glad i didn’t skip it due to my prejudice against second chance love stories.

[Alicia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This wasn’t my favorite storyline. Nick and Collins (female, btw) had been married for awhile through an arranged marriage and we find out a bit later in the story that they did love each other... but Collins left Nick because she thought that he didn’t love her. He would stay late at the office and basically ignore her any other time so she felt he was pulling away from her.

Five years later and she decides she wants a baby so she shows up and asks Nick to donate his sperm so she can do IVF. He says no, for them to do it the regular way and have sex.

So they do that and reconnect. The next morning they decide to finally confront the issue and figure out what happened between them - why Nick pulled away and why Collins left. It was some stupid shit and could’ve been figured out if they had just talked to each other. And they basically ignored the problem for 5 years. 🙄🙄

Sure, the epilogue was cute and ended in an HEA but damn. Talk about not communicating whatsoever. Idk, this is like a 2.5⭐️ read for me. The writing style was great but not my favorite plot.

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Mrs. Claise

Wow this one is full of emotion. I was all over the place with anger, sadness, hopefulness, smiles and tears of joy. Woooo ok so Evie Mitchell is a new to me author and while this is the first story of hers that I have read it will definitely not be the last!

A second chance romance done right! This book shows us how easy it is to let a very small misunderstanding and a lack of communication keep you from your true love for 5 years. I'm so glad that they finally figured it out and got their Happily Ever After.

This one is completely safe and free of any kind of abuse, cheating and ow/om drama. Neither one was with anyone else in the time they were apart. There was too much love for that!

[Louise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just like everyone else on the planet, Christmas causes me stress.
Big stress.
Hiding from my family stress.
It makes my anxiety vibrate itself into apoplexy and generally makes me want the whole fucking thing over and done with.
Thus, I need escapeage.
And my greatest escape is, and will always be, reading.
It's magic. Actual magic. I read and I don't exist, only the story does. Tell me that isn't sorcery, I dare you.


So... currently I'm beyond stressed and I need, need, a little seasonal filth to go along with my current Mercy Thompson addiction (read her, she's an ass-kicking delight).
And Kati Wilde doesn't have a Christmas book this year ← so fucking sad about this.
So, I needed someone to fill the Wilde void. Someone reliably cute and awesome and filthy.
...
I've only read one other Evie Mitchell story (the Thor-tastic, Thunder Thighs ) but I knew without question, she was the woman for the job.
I'm still stressed, and grumpy, and running away periodically from my unbelievably understanding family but now I have an added squishy feeling inside.
It's made up of alpha-mallows and vulnerable, confident heroines, and a whole bushel of smut.
...


This was the goddamn cutest.
And Evie Mitchell? You're delightful.

[belu · Rating 2 out of 5]

creo q el que más me gustó hasta ahora

[Dul · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ya había leído a esta autora anteriormente y qué bonito libro. Es un matrimonio arreglado en el cual fueron extraños durante años y ella tiene una petición para el “darle un bebé.”

La verdad es un libro corto así que está perfecto si buscan algo para pasar el rato 🫶🏼

[Not your Mother’s Romance(semi-hiatus) · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was fine. Nothing to spend too much time on a review fire. More sweet than anything else.

[Midniteillusion · Rating 2 out of 5]

The premise was good, the execution not so much. It’s a novella and the author couldn’t quite make up her mind on what she wanted this book to be about.

Also this as not a BBW romance at all. She has slightly full breasts and that’s about it.

Too many ideas/tropes crammed into one novella and it just doesn’t work. This also lead the characters, especially the hero, to turn into a completely different person, even the way they talked.

Maybe a full novel by the author would be better, given she’d have more time to flush out ideas.

[៚Est˚ ༘♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fue muy lindo, desearía que fuera más largo para desarrollar mejor la historia, but es un relato corto así que lo entiendo jajaja

[Inna_hubchenko · Rating 3 out of 5]

Досить мило та різдвяно новорічно☺️ну і звісно з пікантними сценами

[Valeria · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Grazie per avermi restituito il mio cuore. Senza di te, il mio petto era una cavità vuota, la mia vita senza luce o speranza. Sei la mia anima, Collins. Il mio tutto"

The Mrs. CLAUSE, es un libro que si pudo desarrollar su historia en las páginas que tenían, así que es todo un logro.
Le hubiera dado un cuatro, porque si considero que está bueno y rompe la barrera de lo que son los libros "cortos" pero hubieron cositas cringe y no sé.

No obstante, siento que tiene una buena historia que en un libro como tal hubiera sido épico y hasta de mis favoritos.

[Gosia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Everything was fine until the first steamy scene. After that, the rest of the book felt repetitive and, honestly… a bit boring. Not because the story lacked potential—it definitely had it—but because the second half felt rushed and underdeveloped. I think this could have landed much better if the pacing had been handled with more care.

[Kathryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really nice second chance romsnce short.

[Charli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Arranged marriage and a clause

Sexy And short. Just the way I like them. These books are brilliant to read between longer books and never fail to give you the warm and fuzzies. Loved it.

[Ana Ramirez · Rating 4 out of 5]

The title it's so funny after reading the book.

I liked the quickness. They had problems, talked, solved them. It was funny, super sexy, and entertaining.

[Jackie Neidhardt · Rating 5 out of 5]

So cute!! I love the rekindling of this couples relationship!!

[marimaswho · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was surprisingly cute, not very christmassy but 🤷🏼‍♀️ also, hot! and the new nsfw covers for evies books are just to die for!!

[Sami G · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was such a good read, I think they’re my favorite couple from this series so far🥰

[Adeline · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this! This series is just so enjoyable!