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Christmas Cherry Auction #6

Baking and Blindfolds

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Cooking with my stepbrothers really heats things up.

I'm a disappointment.
A failure.
A burden.
That's how my billionaire father and his wife see me.

After getting dumped and flunking out of college, there's only one place left to go: back home.
The last thing I want is to see that look of utter disgust in my father's eyes and that smug smirk on my stepmother's face, yet again.
But the one thing I do want is to get over my ex and finally take control of my own life.

And I know exactly the man -- or men -- for the job.
Getting my stepbrothers to bid on me in the Christmas Cherry Auction should get the ball rolling.
It's time to make their resistance waiver.
Torn between their desire to please me in every way possible and their loyalty to my father's wallet for their up and coming business proposal, it's going to take a Christmas miracle to get the gift that I really want this season.

And I know it's the gift that will keep on giving!

If you love dirty-talking men who know how to please their stepsister, don't miss this year's Christmas Cherry Auction!

109 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 31, 2023

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Sylvie Haas

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Sylvie Haas obsesses over dirty-talking heroes who fall hard and fast for the women of their dreams. And often you’ll find heroes, yes plural, in one book because she has such a hard time making the heroine choose one possessive guy.

On most days, you can find Sylvie with the wind in her hair, her fingers on the keyboard, and her mind in the gutter as she thinks up new places her characters can get frisky.

Sylvie’s books will always deliver a happily ever after, and even though they’re short, they’ll leave you feeling satisfied!

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Profile Image for kymagirl.
6,439 reviews89 followers
October 29, 2023
Bianca struggles to make her father and stepfather happy with her after having troubles at college and with her ex. She decides to take part in in the Christmas Cherry Auction at the Aubergine Affair sex club in hopes that her stepbrothers, Mark, Carl, and Sean, will be her winning bidders and give her what she really wants, them. Just as things heat up, choices will have to be made as to whether or not the four have a future together. Hot and spicy age gap, forbidden Christmastime RH quickie with a side of family angst.
Profile Image for Elizabeth.
365 reviews
December 16, 2024
3.25 ⭐
E-book.
For a taboo, reverse harem holiday novella, this was pretty good. I would have liked the spicy scenes, the characters, and everything else more fleshed out, but given that this was a short story, I liked what I got. I like the stepbrothers' protectiveness and how they cared for Bianca.
Profile Image for Natalie  H.
3,834 reviews30 followers
October 2, 2025
October 2025
Kindle edition

This one was a skim read. Nice to read a reverse harem again, feels like I've neglected the genre. Not sure how this one ended up on the TBR or why it was the only one in the series, but yeah, it was awkward. The guys felt grouped together as if joined at the hip. I'm curious about the friends and who they end up with, but the covers made me rethink that, at least for now. Easy writing style but yeesh on the characters.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Amie.
1,067 reviews17 followers
November 26, 2023
A fantastically written story with amazing characters, a great page turner as well as a sweet steamy happily ever after ending.
A story about a young woman who failed college and a boyfriend who dumped her to come back to live with her stepmother and father who puts her down. She fantasizes about being with her three stepbrothers so when her and her friends decide to do the auction at the sex club for charity she sends them an invitation anonymously.
While she’s getting ready for the auction she hears her stepbrothers arguing and then her stepmother comes demanding her to do things for her and gives her a guilt trip about not doing them. She goes to get ready and leaves to go to the club for the auction.
The three stepbrothers have feelings for their stepsister that goes beyond the normal feeling that siblings should have for one another. The stepsister feels the same way that the stepbrothers have for her but she knows that she can’t say anything about her feelings so she uses her ex as an excuse to get close to them.
The stepsister with her friends are auctioned off for charity, the people who win the auction get the person for four hours to either clean, help decorate as well as help wrap gifts and other things that need to be done. After the auctions they take her back to the apartment where things start off really good with two of the stepbrothers giving her oral sex too bad the next morning when her stepmother talks harshly to her even after one of her stepbrothers steps in to defend her. Then the four of them have sex on the roof before it turns really bad when the parents walk in on all four of them in the kitchen. Her father tells her to pack her things and leave, before it happened she asked a friend if she could move in with her so she went to her friend's apartment.
The stepsister blocks all calls and texts from the family. The stepsister starts working three different jobs to make rent and what she needs. During this time her stepbrothers are trying to take to their parents. Come to find out that the father has known where she has been the whole time and all three stepbrothers are upset about it. They go to where the tracker says she is, they go to the apartment and her ex is there. After the ex leaves the stepbrothers talk to her and she winds up going home with them.
They are at the house and are about to exchange gifts when she notices her parents' faces on the screen of the laptop she is about to leave. When they start talking they watch a video and they each get a note, afterwards she goes to the bathroom when she comes back they start exchanging gifts. She goes back to the bathroom and they follow her, they find out that she’s pregnant and they’re all happy.
Four years later they have triplets and a baby. The stepsister goes to the doctor but she doesn’t know that the stepbrothers are having the doctor check to see if she’s pregnant. When they find out the information they get ahold of their parents which they are closer to after everything that happened. The stepsister gets a call from the doctor’s office about not having a flu bug. One of the stepbrothers has her follow him outside where the family as well as her friend is at with their children. He sets her on a cooler and each one of the stepbrothers ask for her hand in marriage and she tells them yes at the end but that’s not all that they have in store for her they also inform her that she’s pregnant again.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Profile Image for Danielle Graves.
874 reviews28 followers
November 1, 2023
When Bianca and her friends decide to offer themselves up for auction in the annual Christmas Cherry Auction, Bianca sends an anonymous invitation to her stepbrothers in the hope they will purchase her. See, she's been harbouring a fantasy about the three men and her, and she's desperate to make it a reality.





On the day of the auction, when Bianca is preparing to get ready, she overhears her stepbrothers talking and assumes they don't want her. Her dad and stepmother are pretty mean to her, letting her know how much of a disappointment she is, bullying her into doing jobs for them because she's got nothing better to do, and just generally making her feel downtrodden and not good enough, a feeling that passes on to how she thinks the brothers feel about her too, something that is only amplified by overhearing their discussions as well as their initial reluctance to be with her.





There are some great spice moments between Bianca and the brothers, but she feels dejected because she realises that by wanting them, it would destroy her family, and when they are caught in the act by her dad, this comes true, and she's kicked out and left to fend for herself.


It was an angsty read as the brothers grow a backbone, realise how important Bianca is, and fight to get her back. There are some real home truths given to both parents, and they really need to work hard to convince Bianca she is worth fighting for because she doesn't believe she is.





I enjoyed reading this, and while it followed similar lines to the last series, it was also completely different and refreshing at the same time. I can't wait to see the other female sideline characters stories.
Profile Image for Nina Sollorz-Wagner.
3,177 reviews27 followers
August 26, 2024
In "Plätzchenbacken & Augenbinden (Christmas-Cherry-Auktion-Reihe) " fühlt sich Bianca als das schwarze Schaf der Familie, erst recht nachdem ihr Freund Schluß gemacht und sie das College abgebrochen hatte.
Zudem fühlt Bianca sich weder von ihrem Vater noch der Stiefmutter geliebt sondern nur gegängelt, weil sie gegenüber ihren drei Stiefbrüdern keinen Erfolg vorweisen kann.
Deshalb kommt Bianca auf die Idee, bei der diesjährigen Christmas-Cherry-Auktion teilzunehmen, um wenigstens etwas gutes zu tun.
Und vielleicht, und wirklich nur vielleicht werden Biancas geheime Träume wahr und ihre Stiefbrüder Mark, Carl sowie Sean geben das höchste Gebot für sie ab.
Ein Traum der wahr zu werden scheint, doch zu welchen Bedingungen. Denn Carl, Sean und Mark sind auf das wohlwollen ihres Stiefvaters angewiesen, um ihre Geschäftidee zum Erfolg zu führen.
Kann es unter diesen Voraussetzungen überhaupt eine Chance für Bianca und ihre Stiefbrüder geben? Oder steht ihrem Glück zuviel im Weg?
Die Story hat mich gleich wieder mit nach Eggplant County genommen, dabei bleibt sie spannungsgeladen sowie abwechslungsreich. Man darf mit Bianca, Sean, Mark sowie Carl mitfiebern und die verschiedensten Emotionen erleben. Es gibt einiges zum schmunzeln bis herzhaft zu lachen, so manche mitfühlende Momente und einige heiße Szenen.
Ich konnte das Buch kaum noch aus der Hand legen, da ich wissen wollte, ob und wie es für alle vier ein Happy End gab.
Das Buch bekommt von mir eine / Kaufempfehlung und 5 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Sterne.
Profile Image for Rebecca Grove.
3,492 reviews26 followers
November 5, 2023
Bianca has had a crush on her stepbrothers for a long time but was afraid to act on it. Her wildest fantasies include her with Mark, Carl, and Sean. Her life has recently fallen apart. Her boyfriend dumped her and she became a real mess. She flunked out of college and is forced to live with her dad and her stepmother. Her stepmother is using her as personal assistant and is constantly putting her down. Bianca decides to go for what she really wants and signs up for the Christmas Cherry auction with her best friends. She also sends an invitation to her stepbrothers anonymously hoping that seeing her on stage will show them how much they truly want her.

Mark, Carl and Sean have been arguing ever since they learned that Bianca has signed up for the Christmas auction. None of them want Bianca to go up on stage dressed sexily and be bought by another man. Mark wants to storm the stage and drag her out to protect her. Carl and Sean are ready to outbid everyone else. They have faced up to the fact that their feelings for Bianca are nowhere near brotherly. However they are about to release an app that could be a big success if they get the backing they need from Bianca's dad. If he finds out what they want to do to his daughter, their plans may go down the drain.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Profile Image for Dee.
5,105 reviews58 followers
November 1, 2023
Part of the Christmas Cherry Auction series each can be read as standalone. Once you start you won’t put it don’t. Bianca has always struggles to make her father proud of her but it seems everything she does works against her feeling like a failure at every turn, nothing she does is every good enough, most of her life she has felt that way, yet she continues to try, but now she is headed back home to face the music so to speak after landing herself in trouble with an ex. at college and not really wanting to face her father or stepmother’s look of disappointment yet again. To cheer herself up since she has always had a close relationship with her sexy as all get out stepbrothers Mark, Carl and Sean she enters herself in the Cherry Auction hoping they will bid on her but do they bid on her if so where are the four of them headed, will she figure out how to make her parents happy, will she understand how to accept her flaws, will her father begin to understand her, and will it all end with happiness for them all?
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9,308 reviews70 followers
November 13, 2023
Bianca is back home after failing some courses in college. Her father and stepmother make it plain how they feel about how she did. Her stepmother puts her to work doing things for her and not giving Bianca a break. Bianca signs up for a charity auction and makes sure her stepbrothers know about it. Mark, Sean and Carl argue about what they are doing to do about Bianca. Its not long before they know that they want to be with her. When they win her and take her back to their place things heat up. However, fear of how their parents will react have them thinking how to be with Bianca. When they get caught things are worse for Bianca because she is on her own. Will the guys do right by her and be with her? Will she give them another chance?

This is a steamy hot story that will hook you from the first chapter on. This is a well written and very entertaining story. Its a book that any book lover would enjoy.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Profile Image for Jenifer.
2,823 reviews6 followers
November 1, 2023
I'm so happy that the Cherry Christmas Auction is back for its second year and this time supporting a woman's shelter. And this time the ladies are all being bid on by their stepbrothers. It's going to be a taboo holiday season for sure.

This story finds our first lady - Bianca up for auction. She's reluctant, feels like a failure and has hatched a plan she's sure will backfire. However, she's pleasantly surprised when all the bros get onboard with her plan and want it forever. There's an incredibly embarrassing scene with the parents that made me snort laugh with what the boys cover themselves with.

I also loved the bonus epilogue and the promise of more goodies in my email. I already got the first bonus goodies which were a crossword and word search. Love that the author goes above and beyond to keep her story world going long after you get to that final scene.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Profile Image for Curvy Girl Book Nerd   (Jen S).
4,700 reviews63 followers
November 10, 2023
Baking & Blindfolds is a short and steamy, reverse harem, taboo, girl gets her stepbrothers romance. Bianca feels she is failing in life after being dumped and then flunking out of school. She moves home, but her father and stepmother treat her as a disappointment, and it affects her self-esteem. She decides to auction her virginity at a local sex club and anonymously sends invites to her 3 stepbrothers, Mark, Carl, and Sean, as she has wanted them for some time But what would her family say? Do her brothers want her? There was a lot of family drama. I felt bad for Bianca as her parents were total tools. The chemistry for me was just ok, but we get a lot of steam and a happy ending.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Profile Image for Sassy Angel.
2,940 reviews
November 25, 2023
I loved that there is another series of books about the Christmas Cherry Auction after reading the first series last year. I can't wait for the rest of the stories to come out. Bianca is back with her father and stepmother after her first semester of college didn't go as planned. She feels like a failure. She sneaks an invitation to the Christmas Cherry Auction to her stepbrothers. She has had a crust on Sean, Mark, and Carl but didn't think that they would see her as anything but a failure. Sean, Mark, and Carl are about to have a chance to make her dream come true and then some. Will they all get what they want this Christmas season?

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
1,179 reviews2 followers
August 27, 2024
Hier ist es nun Bianca, die bei der Auktion mitmacht, sie wird von ihren drei Stiefbrüdern ersteigert.

Ihre Stiefbrüder sind geschäftlich sehr erfolgreich, aber im Privaten haben sie keinen Plan was sie wollen.

Bianca ist in ihrem Leben ebenfalls nicht angekommen, sie fliegt vom College und ihr Freund ist auch Geschichte. Sie denkt, dass sie nichts wert ist, das ist auch der Grund weshalb sie bei der Auktion mitmacht.

Da Beweist sie allerdings schon, dass sie genau weiß was sie will und wie sie an ihr Ziel kommt.

Was wohl die Eltern der Vier von der ganzen Sache halten?

Eine ganz klare Kauf-Leseempfehlung.

5 / 5 Sterne
2,163 reviews7 followers
February 19, 2025
Bianca Sinclair got dumped and flunked out of college, so she had to move back home. Her father and stepmother are upset. She wants her stepbrothers to bid on her at the Christmas Cherry Auction. She sends them an anonymous invitation.

Mark, one of her stepbrothers, wants Bianca but doesn’t want her in the auction. Carl also wants Bianca and sends Sean to a bar so they can find out what Mark’s plan is for Bianca and the auction.

Bianca was worried that her stepbrothers didn’t want her. It was cute how they wanted to protect her from anyone that wanted to hurt her even their own mother. Another cute story in the series.
Profile Image for Jenny Harris.
4,405 reviews33 followers
November 4, 2023
I received this book with the understanding that I could leave a voluntary and honest review.

In this book we meet Bianca, Mark, Carl, & Sean. Bianca is looking to be a part of the next Christmas Charity Auction. The thing is she is looking for her step-brothers to bid on her. After being a disappointment to both her dad and her step-mom she is looking to have something for herself. Can they find a HEA or will others make sure that never happens?

Another hit out of park by this author. I would highly recommend it to anyone.
3,553 reviews52 followers
November 5, 2023
I quite enjoyed this novella. Bianca has a great plan to get her stepbrothers to notice her, and they took the bait. Bianca, Mark, Sean and Carl have great chemistry even though she is quite a bit younger than her stepbrothers. It was a fun read though some parts of the storyline was glossed over a bit and left me wondering about what could’ve happened. Overall, it was an entertaining read.

I received a free advance reader copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving my fair and honest review.
Profile Image for BookJunkyJul.
23 reviews7 followers
November 2, 2023
Baking and Blindfolds
(Christmas Cherry Auction)
By Sylvie Haas

If your looking for a spicy quick read then you definitely need to find out what happens when a step sister sends her 3 step brothers a anonymous invitation to a Cherry auction. Yes that’s correct, she wants to lose her virginity but only to one if her brothers. Read this steamy novella and enjoy the story along with the spice in this wintery read.

I give this book 3.5 ⭐️’s & 3 🌶️ ‘s
Profile Image for Robin Ann.
1,437 reviews3 followers
December 7, 2024
Finding Oneself

What a story of not only finding yourself, but letting those close to you to accept it. She had her failures thrown in her face and yet no one asked her what she wanted. It took her step brothers to figure it out and support her choices. I liked the scene where her parents found out and how one tried to hide part of himself with a glass pan! As usual, I loved the HEA part.
711 reviews6 followers
November 2, 2023
This story was ok! I liked Carl the most! The other main characters Mark, Sean and Bianca just kinda irritated me! Mark didn’t know what he wanted, Sean was the playboy have all the ladies calling was annoying and Bianca was so willing to walk away I never got the feeling she even liked them let alone loved them! Hopefully the next one will be better!
3,299 reviews20 followers
November 13, 2023

Family Christmas Can Be Cheery or Terrible

Bianca wants what she wants, including her stepbrothers Mark, Carl and Sean, but family pressures mean that she doesn’t feel like she can have the life she wants. This story is quick-burn, with the three men falling for her fast, and Bianca needing to know that it’s right for her. Plenty taboo, but sweet as well, a quick holiday read.
984 reviews9 followers
December 7, 2024
Three against one

What a story I was in tears at part of it. “Bianca loved her three stepbrothers and there ups and down had you wondered what will happen next. They get their first surprise after they move her into their house. You have to read it to find out what happened next.
Profile Image for Amanda (edgybookvixen).
244 reviews2 followers
December 17, 2024
A MMMF Stepbrothers VS Virgin Stepsister Romance

This was a bit confusing lol. I think if the author had made the dialogue more clear on who was talking out of the 3 guys and maybe have put the name of the guy on each page in their chapter it would've been less confusing, for me anyway. It's a fun quick little festive read.
Profile Image for Aryssa.
8 reviews
January 31, 2025
Overall a good book, I highly recommend that you read the others first.

I jumped into this series with this one being the first one I read. I didn't know it was a series and it left with me a lot of questions and no answers. I hope that if you have read the others you don't get that lost feeling like I got. Other then that, I liked it.
25 reviews
November 4, 2023
Great Read

Multiple POV, spice level is just right for a short story, FMMM.
I’ve been a fan of Sylvie for a while. Her short stories are well written, to the point, no cliffhangers and always a HEA, the spice is always great. Is just what you need to unwind and have fun!
Profile Image for Renata.
296 reviews3 followers
November 27, 2023
Short & Sweet

Not my favourite out of all these novels.
It was good but for a novella, the guys were to much, then all of a sudden bomb everyones on board. Then there was Bianca having to find herself, learn to stand on her own. Ya if that sounds annoying it was.
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2,383 reviews8 followers
October 30, 2023
This was a short and steamy rh book with lots of steam and forbidden passion. It is a definite must-read.
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4,339 reviews2 followers
November 27, 2023
Baking and blindfolds

To be honest i got half way through was bored i could not connect with the book or characters. Might just be me but there you go.
2,543 reviews29 followers
November 30, 2023
A five-star read from the amazing Sylvie Haas. I love all of her stories, and they seem to get better and better. Her characters always bring the heat, and you will love their perfect ending.
Profile Image for Rebecca Rogers.
284 reviews2 followers
May 10, 2024
This is literally the worst book I have ever read. The story line is fucking stupid and the whole entire thing is just stupid. I absolutely hated this book.
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