Dear Santa, Send Me a Cowboy: A Spicy Christmas Novella

by Remi Rose

Single mother, Diana Ward is at her wits end. Between her lousy baby daddy and the daily challenges of life, she feels overwhelmed. One night, fueled by a little too much wine, she writes an unconventional letter to Santa, asking for a cowboy. What she never expected was that her wish would come to fruition in the form of Lawson Boone—a tall, rugged stranger who shows up onto her doorstep delivering her Christmas tree with a grumpy scowl and a gaudy silver belt buckle that screams cowboy.
With his well-built frame and calloused hands, Lawson is the epitome of masculinity.
Everything she should want, and he seems determined to show her that she doesn’t have to face life alone. But Diana’s stubborn “I can do it myself” mentality clashes with Lawson’s persistence, creating a tension that’s unbelievably hard to ignore.
Unbeknownst to her, Lawson reveles in the challenge of taming the fiery, beautiful single mom. So as the holiday spirit sparks between them, can Diana learn to let down her guard and embrace the help—and the romance—right at her doorstep?

Genres: Christmas, Westerns, Novella, Holiday, Romance, Cowboy Romance, Holiday Romance

144 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 23, 2024

About the author

Remi Rose lives in Missouri with her boyfriend, young daughter and lazy dog. When she's not writing, she's either watching a serial killer documentary or eating way too much chocolate.

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Reviews

[Lorena ♡ (semi-ia)]

dnf @31%

Now, what the hell was this? 😭 The premise sounded fun, like, drunkenly writing a letter to Santa asking for a rugged and super hot cowboy, and then having one knocking at your door the next day? Sign me up! But the execution was not it.

The MMC is constantly thinking and talking about disciplining the FMC, and I know is meant in a hot "i'll spank you for being a bad girl"-way (it sounds so corny writing it down but you know what i mean 😭) but it doesn't feel like that at all. And them being so immediately horny for each other wasn't sexy (the way it should be in an erotic novella) but instead, very weird to read about ―and this comes from someone who has read multiple insta-lust erotic romances and loved them, this one was just not well-executed. To let you know how much I wasn't feeling this: I stopped reading right before their first sex scene 💀.

I know this novella is supposed to be a hot and silly time, but I cannot take it like that because if this man knocked on my door and started acting the way he did, I would've slapped him, called the cops and put on a restraining order 🤸‍♀️.

[Jen ♥ · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐


Man, was it hoooot. 🥵 If readers want a spicy Christmas novella, maybe they should give this a try. Lawson and Diana were so hot together. Just keep in mind to suspend some disbelief since the whole novella takes place over a day and a half, so it's definitely a bit of an insta-something. 🤭


Book info:
- Novella
- Insta-lust/love
- Dirty talking cowboy
- HEA (2 yrs later, married and pregnant)

[Kailynn (slump 😔) · Rating 4 out of 5]

⭐️ 4.25

“I want you, Diana. I want to be the one who puts that gorgeous-as-fuck smile on your face every day and shows you that true love is real and worth believing in… And if it takes time for you to see that, then so be it. I’m more than willing to wait.”

𝓜𝓒𝓼:
Lawson (30s??)
Diana (33/34)

𝓣𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓼/𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓔𝔁𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓽:
🩵 Single Mom (12 yr old boy)
❄️ Christmas Novella
🩵 Stubborn & Curvy FMC
❄️ Grumpy Cowboy MMC
🩵 He Falls First and Hard
❄️ SPICY

𝓘𝓷𝓯𝓸:
Prologue
Dual 1st person POV
No ow/om drama
No cheating
No virgins (see note)
Open door spice
Spanking
Light biting
Bondage
Ladder, belt buckle, frosting, & tinsel scenes
No third-act breakup
Epilogue (2 yrs later)
HEA

History — It’s been a while for the h and has never had an O. The H says he hasn’t been with anyone in two years.


𝓜𝔂 𝓣𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼:

Oh my gosh! The smut was smutting y’all!! God. Damn.
 
The epilogue was so cute 🥹💗
 
If you want a short smutty Christmas novella about a sassy single mom and a dirty-mouthed cowboy, this is it!!
 
**Thanks to Love Notes PR for this arc in exchange for an honest review! All thoughts are my own.**

°❆🤍⋆.ೃ࿔🧸*:･:*🎄❆°

𝓹𝓻𝓮-𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭:

Single mom AND Christmas?! My two favorite things 🤭

[Darlene I read WAY to many books · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel all fuzzy inside. heheh, Diana is a strong, stubborn single mother who does everything. Girl needs a break if you tell me. The dating scene is ew since none of the guys seems to keep up with her or she's too independent. Enter Lawson, who has amazing comebacks when she Sasses him. It's gold he knows there is something when he brings her a tree. The banter between them is so good. And yeah, she does push away and is hesitant because men always let her down. That doesn't stop Lawson from helping her. From lights to spanking her for not listening
🔥🔥🔥🔥

These scenes plus his dirty mouth!! 🥵. He does have scenes with the son, which is cute. i wish they had more time to bond. But glad he knew what they needed.

No ow/tiny tiny om drama, no cheating,Sexy times, no virgins


Recommend-yes
Cover-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Heat level-🌶🌶🌶


Slowinsta
Push away from h
Brat vibes
Praise kink
Punishments
Spankings
Bondage with tinsel
No condom
Hea
Epilogue

[Kylie ve · Rating 2 out of 5]

they knew each other for all of TEN MINUTES!!!!!! and they were already talking about forever together and babies?????? listen i like spicy books but they have to have a plot with them!!! the plot in this book made absolutely no sense. I can see this being a fun novella for you if all you want is straight spice.

[nikki · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you’re looking for a quick and spicy holiday romance with a single mom and dominant cowboy, then look no further! Overall, this was a fun read for me - albeit a bit cringey and ridiculously funny at the same time (I mean, pulling down the pants of a woman who you just met and spanking her ass while also pulling her hair because she’s sassy? Sorry, but I’d slap that man into outer space lmao😂) Other than that, I enjoyed reading about Lawson and Diana🫶🏽

Safety squad:
- no OW/OM drama
- no cheating/sharing
- possessive + jealous H
- single mom x cowboy romance
- holiday/xmas romance
- slight breeding kink
- insta love
- no manwhores/virgins (H has been celibate for 2 years, no info on h)
- spicy novella
- HEA

[M · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lawson, Lawson, Lawson. You and your filthy cowboy mouth! You brought out the best in sassy Diana and didn't try for one minute to stifle her independence. Her "I don't need no man" declaration was barely a stepping stone for you and your sexy charm.

“𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒂. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔-𝒂𝒔-𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏… 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒕. 𝑰’𝒎 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕.”

After a writing a drunken letter to the man at the North Pole, she discards it to be forgotten on the kitchen island. Pouring out her wants and needs in man for her and a potential father figure to her son. As the snow comes down, she hears a very unexpected knock on her door.

This single mom + cowboy read was the perfect recipe for an amazing Christmas novella.
So festively (hello cookie frosting 🥵) spicy and heartwarming at the same day. Makes you really believe in holiday miracles especially for a woman who deserves the world...
Or just one sexy as hell cowboy with a smirk that will set your panties ablaze!

“𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅. “𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆.” 

[A · Rating 4 out of 5]

Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice Rating: 🌶🌶🌶
HEA: 🌟🌟🌟/3
❗️Safety and Small Spoilers Below❗️


📌 Triggers: none

📌 HEA: Married with Baby OTW

📌 No Cheating/Sharing

📌 No OWD: No past was given

📌 No OMD: FMC has a son, the father is semi-active in the child's life, but there's no romantic drama between the two.

📌 No Separation/Third-act Breakup

[danielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

i need a cowboy to show up at my door pls and thank you

[Casey · Rating 2 out of 5]

OK, what did I just read?!?!
They knew each other for 6 minutes and 12 seconds?!? And they are talking about forever and not using protection?!?!
What happened to going for a coffee first?!?! 😂😂

[Andrea ☾ [is inconsistently consistant] · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.25 ⭐️ Mmm... yeah, no thanx, I'm good.

See, asking Santa for a cowboy seemed like a good idea in theory. This guy, however, needs to learn to use his words and mind his business. And, sure, I'll suspend my disbelief all the way and all that, and even still I wouldn't let this guy touch me with a 10 ft pole.

When single mom Diana gets tipsy one night and writes a drunken letter to Dear ol' Santa asking for a cowboy to have and to hold, she definitely wasn't expecting the grumpy son of the sweet man who always delivers her fir tree to come a-knocking. Especially on her first night alone after leaving her kid with his father for the holidays.

That all sounds like a book I would enjoy. And I'm sure I would if this was a 21st century romance-book cowboy we were talking about. This asshat, however, goes around being like "I need to discipline you, woman. You ain't listening to me". And I wish I was kidding but those are literally things he says/ thinks in this book. He has known her for about 10 minutes by the time he starts with those kinds of thoughts. There are zero conversations had about anything before he basically forces her to engage in impact play (sp*nking) outside on her lawn in the middle of a blizzard!! Like, seriously, what in the actual hell!?

Then, there are enough grammatical mistakes to made me dizzy, but tbh I usually forgive those when the book's good. I'm not in a very forgiving mood, though.

All in all, I would recommend you skip this book and pick up some of the other amazing books -similar to this one- that are coming out this holiday season.

🌶️🌶️🌶️/5 - I mean, it was spicy, but the plot made me nauseous so the spice didn't help.

[melissa · Rating 1 out of 5]

this was not good.

I get that this is a novella so things move quicker than they do in full length novels, but this went from 0 to 100 real quick and not in a good way. I did not root for them to be together, they had zero chemistry, and the spice was just so icky. the “dirty talk” was uncomfortable and their nicknames for each other had me rolling my eyes.

also I love dual pov, but with Lawson’s pov I felt like I was in a man’s brain and not in a good way. his inner monologue about Diana made me cringe the entire time.

this truly was not for me and, unfortunately, I would not recommend it.

thank you Love Notes PR for the ARC!

[Natiley Holmes · Rating 4 out of 5]

ARC Review

This book is an absolute delight! 🌟 *Dear Santa, Send Me a Cowboy* is the perfect holiday read that had me grinning from ear to ear. The vibes are just immaculate, and I’m still riding that giddy wave! There are scenes in this story that I know I’ll be thinking about forever.

Diana Ward, our single mom protagonist, is relatable and overwhelmed by her circumstances—especially with a baby daddy who doesn’t help. But just when she thinks she can’t take it anymore, she writes a cheeky letter to Santa asking for a cowboy. Enter Lawson Boone: tall, rugged, and grumpy, yet undeniably charming. I mean, who wouldn’t want a Lawson on their doorstep?

I’m a huge fan of the single parent trope, and cowboys, which is just *chef’s kiss*! Lawson knack for knowing just what to say is seriously swoon-worthy. The chemistry between him and Diana is electric, and their banter is a joy to read.

And that ending? WOW! I could have read more about these characters for days. Lawson is ready to embrace everything that comes with being with Diana, and it’s heartwarming to see their relationship develop amidst the holiday chaos.

If you’re looking for a festive read that’ll leave you feeling warm and fuzzy, this book needs to be on your Christmas TBR! 🔥🎄 I'm putting A Lawson on my Christmas list.!

[Dani · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you for much Remi for giving me the opportunity to read an arc of your book!!🤠

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

“Dedicated to all the moms out there who feel like they aren’t good enough. YOU ARE. But if you need more reassurance, write a Dear Santa letter asking for a cowboy and maybe someone like Lawson Boone will show up on your doorstep.”

5 stars this was exactly what I needed. A SPICYYYYYY CHRISTMAS COWBOY NOVELLA🤭🤤🤩

The vibes of this were ✨everything✨ I’m obsessed with our grumpy cowboy Lawson!! Please Santa send me him too!🤩
We follow Diana - a single mum who is feeling a little lonely during the Christmas holiday. She writes to Santa for one wish. On her doorstep is a grumpy cowboy who has just moved back home - Lawson, could he be the Christmas miracle Diana wants? Could one night change everything?

Diana, my favourite sassy single mum!! Her wish is my wish 🤩 I’m obsessed with her and how bratty she is… she stands her ground and she knows what she’s doing 🫡 Her Santa letter is top tier ❤️‍🔥 She felt relatable with the emotions she was expressing and she was HEARD!!
Lawson, omg hello new favourite grumpy cowboy alert!!!! H O T !!! I’m obsessed! Please, he was captivated by his woman straight away. He was not up for leaving and I LOVE IT! The spice in this book is something else. I was blushing, and all I’m saying is frosting sounds extra fun now 👀

This is such a fun holiday book, it was so easy to read and so enjoyable! The vibes were immaculate and I’m still so giddy!!! There is scenes in this book I will be thinking about forever 🥵 It’s safe to say we all need a Lawson on our doorstep 🤭 I’m going to be thinking about them for a while, I thoroughly enjoyed myself with this read. I’m a massive fan of the single parent trope, he falls first AND a grumpy cowboy?!?! I ate this UPPPPP🤩 I love how Lawson just knew what to say like it’s so damn hot🥵 This needs to be on your Christmas tbr!! Plus the ending?!!! HELLOOOOOO I’m obsessed and I will not shut up about it! I honestly could’ve read more, I loved how Lawson was ready for everything with his woman. Dear Santa, send ME Lawson 🤠✨

What to expect -
🎁 christmas Novella
🎁 bossy fmc who needs discipline
🎁 single mum
🎁 grumpy cowboy who falls hard
🎁 “talk her through it”
🎁 spicy ladder scene

Favourite quotes -
🎄 “They were everything to me. My entire world. My goddamn Christmas miracle.”

🎄“Nowhere else I’d rather be or want to be, darlin’.”

🎄 “Stunning. Fuckin’ stunning, Diana. My little Christmas miracle right here.”

🎄 “Never had a woman made me want to drop to my knees, but in that moment when those big, brown doe eyes met mine, I knew I was a goner.”

🎄 “Let me carry the weight,” he whispered. “Let me take care of you like you deserve.”

🎄 “You’re the prettiest damn thing my eyes have ever seen.”

🎄”And tonight, with Lawson showing up onto my doorstep, it gave me a flicker of hope that maybe, just maybe, he’d be the Christmas miracle I needed to finally feel complete.”

[Mara Ines · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was hot 🥵🥵 need a cowboy for Christmas too 🤌🥵

[Ashley Osborn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lololol this book. I surprisingly didn’t hate it. But it was 145 pages of just straight smut. I guess sometimes that’s just what a girl needs 😂

Found it hard to get connected to the characters in the short 145 pages but I guess who needs a super strong connection when it’s just smut. Also thought it was so interesting this book took place over two days. Don’t think instalove is my fav trope.. but here I am still giving it three stars because maybe I enjoyed it a little.

Oh also, received as an arc from Love Notes PR!

[Marlee Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊, 𝚂𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝙼𝚎 𝚊 𝙲𝚘𝚠𝚋𝚘𝚢 🎄❤️ 𝙰𝚁𝙲 𝚁𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠

5⭐️
4🌶️

Is this book made of CRACK?!?! Because god damn it felt like crack

When I say I want a spicy cowboy holiday novella THIS IS THE STANDARD 👏🏼👏🏼 Lawson Boone had me sweating like a sinner in church the moment he showed up 🥵 when I say this man is a Grumpy cowboy i mean GRUMPY. Hes rough around the edges but damn if i didnt love him! The back and forth between Lawson and Diana made this story just the touch bit angsty and I ate it up 🤤

“𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣’ 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚, 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣’ 𝙖 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙟𝙤𝙗. 𝙄𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣’ 𝙢𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙗𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚.”

The spice in this story was H O T 🔥🔥 it will give you lots of new ideas for frosting 😉 and the ladder scene had me sweatingggg 🥵

The sweet and heartfelt moments sprinkled in between the spiciest spice that ever spiced was just the cherry on top 😚🤌🏼

“𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙞𝙣’𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣’ 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙪𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚. 𝙏𝙤𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩, 𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙨"

Thank you to the author for the ARC of this story 🫶🏼🎄❤️

📖: Dear Santa, Send Me a Cowboy releases on KU 11.23.24 📣GO READ IT 📣

[Christine (myfictionaldays) · Rating 1 out of 5]

I refuse to believe this was written by a woman. Two words ‘sweet nectar’

[Abby (bookrecsbyab) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here for a good time, not a long time. This was fun. It was the perfect little break in between books, giving me a dirty cowboy but also some humor as well. Not my favorite, but I came in wanting the 🌶️ and I’m happy with what I got 🤣🤣

[(betts) ⚜ · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5⭐ / 3🌶️

— vibezz
🎀 xmas novella
❄️ single mom x cowboy/tree farm owner
🎀 love at first sight
❄️ independent woman/caregiver man
🎀 he ties her with a tinsel

mini blurb — ✍🏻
After one drunken evening and feeling overwhelmed with problem with the men in her life, Diana writes a letter to Santa asking for someone nice, loyal, reliable and basically a cowboy.
Little did she know that her wish would come true the next day.

//

That was cute, a little unrealistic if i had to be honest, the way basically Lawson barges in her house and doing things, fixing light on the porch and shit.. SIR it's a stranger home you're entering 💀 and yeah, ofc one time she ended up in a ditch going to the tree farm to get one and the owner (his father) for 8/9 i forgot for how many years, end up delivering a tree to her home, just like that. Is this a service they offer? is she special? idk this gave me the ick for some reason, and even the 🌶️✨spicy scene were a bit awkward in the way they were written 🧐

But all's well that ends well, I liked him at the end, he really stepped up and proved to be someone strong and reliable for both him and Diane's son, he defended her *swoon* and the epilogue was really cute

[Lauren (lololovesthings) · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars!

Remi Rose's "Dear Santa, Send Me a Cowboy" is a deliciously sexy Christmas novella that sees a fierce and independent single mother at the mercy of a grumpy cowboy who quickly becomes obsessed with pleasing her. For one night, while her son visits his father, Diana and Lawson explore each other in ways she only ever drunkenly dreamed about. It's insta-love-y, short, sweet, and full of delectable, devious spice. It's not too terribly bothered with the backstory or details of these characters or this town, choosing to foster the chemistry through little looks, touches, and banter between Diana and Lawson. Diana is used to being in control as a single mother, so she can let her inhibitions go with the bossy, commanding Lawson. Think "filthy mouths," and I mean that in more than one way! Christmastime spice is my favorite kind of spice. *wink* I did think it ended a bit too quickly, but it's a novella, so that's par for the course. I enjoyed this one quite a bit!

Thank you to Remi Rose and Love Notes PR for the complimentary ARC of this book. All opinions are my own. I was not compensated for this review.

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dear Santa, Send Me A Cowboy is steamy holiday novella. It’s short & sweet & full of spice 🥵!

Diana is a fiercely sassy single mom who tells it like it is. Lawson is the hot cowboy everyone wants. Put these two together & you have one spicy book that will leave you fanning yourself.

Taking this book for what it is & trying to not look into it with too much depth, it’s a short porno. Right off the bat, there’s angst & sexual tension that leads to sexy time. The body of the book is sex. The ending has a little drama but a good happily ever after ending.

Again, this is a short novella so everything comes at you fast (no pun intended) 🤪 so there’s no character building, no in depth background between the two characters.
But that’s what makes it a novella & I gave it the rating I deemed appropriate.


✨Thank you to Love Notes PR & of course the author, Remi Rose for the ARC! ✨

[Diana Cornelio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Remi Rose knows how to deliver!!!! One of my top 3 books is Nodus Tollens and that was my introduction to Remi Rose. Then she came out with After some which was book 2 and when i tell you i could not put down any of her books. I had no choice but to be excited when i saw this book from her. Needless to say, I had to force myself to slow down and enjoy this book but i wanted to fly through it in one day. The banter between Diana and Lawson was too damn good. Lawsons dirty mouth made me throw my kindle on the bed several times and kick my feet in the air like a high school teen. But lord that man was too good to be fiction. He was the perfect mix between dirty and a family man and i loved every chapter of it. Safe to say Remi Rose did it again. :)

[mia]

DNF @ CHAP 5, 28%

What a cringefest this book is.

I know it's supposed to be bang bang down the chimney but it's just so bad with how desperate both of them are. Insta lust, insta fools.

You're telling me you'd invite a random man into your house who delivered a tree on behalf of the shopkeeper and you'd let him sniff your neck?

As much as this is a novella and it's smutty this is just not it, it shouldn't be this worse. Make it realistic and then you can make her see stars.

Also, can authors stop with the darling and cowboy trope? Not all cowboys need to use darling for sure as an endearing nickname. It's alright to come up with new ones.

Geez, what a waste of time.

[❀ Tayla ❀ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Christmas is coming and so is Lawson Boone 🔥🥵🤠

Girl this is what spicy Christmas novellas are all about!
Diana is a single mum needing some company while her son is at his dad’s for Christmas. During a night of lonely wine drinking she writes a letter to Santa asking for a rugged cowboy to come knocking on her door. And just who turns up the next day to deliver her Christmas tree?? Grumpy cowboy Lawson Boone! 🫠

This was just pure joy to read, the vibes were immaculate, the characters were wonderful and the spice was phenomenal. There are so many scenes that live rent free in my brain!
I need Remi to write more cowboys because Lawson was everything 👌🏼

Add this to your holiday tbr, I can guarantee you won’t regret it 🔥🤠

- Christmas Novella
- Bossy fmc who needs discipline
- Single mom
- He falls first
- Grumpy cowboy
- A spicy ladder scene 🥵

[Mandy Robitaille · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 ⭐️

Dear santa... please send me a cowboy like Lawson 🙏

This is such a cute and spicy Christmas novella!

[Makena Cagle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mega insta love but 🔥

[Katie Mozeleski · Rating 4 out of 5]

No stakes. No conflict. Nothing but pure joy and spice. Loved it.

[TTP · Rating 4 out of 5]

Christmas novella
Single Mom (12 year old son)
Grumpy MMC
Sassy FMC
Insta Love

H shows up on her door to deliver her Christmas tree and he will not leave, because he just met his future wife.

Funny, dirty mouth cowboy who will fight for his girl.

Safety
- H celibate 2 years
- h ex (father of her kid) is still around, but nothing other than him being a shitty father

[liv🪩❤️‍🔥 · Rating 2 out of 5]

high 2⭐️ at best.

wtf was this book? it was 90% smut, no story to it what so ever. single mum asks Santa for a cowboy, gets one when he’s delivering a tree to her, and in one night there whole relationship starts. that’s literally it. this is way too much.

on top of that, I hate how possessive he is, when silvan was there like you’ve just met this child and you’re acting like his dad, let’s be for real he’d be scared of you.