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Kane Christmas #1
My Fake Christmas Fiancé
Dear Wesley Kane,
We are not getting married. I know we had to get engaged as part of our companies’ merger plans, but a fake engagement is all I’ll agree to. For business purposes. We are never, ever getting married.
We have nothing in common. I’m the nerdy do-gooder girl with glasses and you’re the playboy with a new woman on his arm every week. I’m not your type, and you’re not mine.
Okay, so you’re incredibly gorgeous. And funny. And you keep giving me That Look. And you’ve ditched all your other girlfriends for me. And I’ve seen you in nothing but your boxer shorts, and I’m still thinking about it. Because…wow.
We have to be married by midnight Christmas Eve, and the deadline is getting closer. It doesn’t matter if you might be my dream guy. It doesn’t matter if I’m falling for you—it’s just a business deal.
We are never, ever—
Oh God, I just kissed you again.
We are not getting married. I know we had to get engaged as part of our companies’ merger plans, but a fake engagement is all I’ll agree to. For business purposes. We are never, ever getting married.
We have nothing in common. I’m the nerdy do-gooder girl with glasses and you’re the playboy with a new woman on his arm every week. I’m not your type, and you’re not mine.
Okay, so you’re incredibly gorgeous. And funny. And you keep giving me That Look. And you’ve ditched all your other girlfriends for me. And I’ve seen you in nothing but your boxer shorts, and I’m still thinking about it. Because…wow.
We have to be married by midnight Christmas Eve, and the deadline is getting closer. It doesn’t matter if you might be my dream guy. It doesn’t matter if I’m falling for you—it’s just a business deal.
We are never, ever—
Oh God, I just kissed you again.
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Published October 22, 2020
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December 3, 2022
4 Bad Penny Stars ⭐
An arranged marriage to merge two Christmas Decorations companies. Shame neither Wes or Penny are keen to marry, especially each other. Twelve months to find a loophole to get themselves out of this sham. Oops now they’re down to one week…
It’s the week before Christmas and technically their wedding is looming. With the instigators of this merger (their fathers) MIA, Wes and Penny are running out of options. Losing their companies, disappointing staff, a year of celibacy, yes these are important issues, but significant enough to marry a stranger? Maybe it's not completely inconceivable.
This was Bad Penny. I’d never acknowledged Bad Penny before, but here she was, standing here in this hallway, barely dressed, thinking about licking Wes Kane.
Penny has packed up her life and flown into Denver where she officially starts at Kane Corp. Yet a day in each other’s company, and they click. Maybe the idea isn’t as crazy as initially thought.
He hadn’t been with anyone in a year, and neither had I. Both of us were bottled up and aching for it – for something, anything. I felt like I would die if he didn’t touch me.
It is always a special treat when one of your favorite authors' release a Christmas story. My Fake Christmas Fiancé is the first book in the Kane interconnecting Christmas Trilogy. This novella had me grinning over their initial communications via email and then swooning when the playboy and geeky girl decided to throw caution to the wind and get it on!
An arranged marriage to merge two Christmas Decorations companies. Shame neither Wes or Penny are keen to marry, especially each other. Twelve months to find a loophole to get themselves out of this sham. Oops now they’re down to one week…
It’s the week before Christmas and technically their wedding is looming. With the instigators of this merger (their fathers) MIA, Wes and Penny are running out of options. Losing their companies, disappointing staff, a year of celibacy, yes these are important issues, but significant enough to marry a stranger? Maybe it's not completely inconceivable.
This was Bad Penny. I’d never acknowledged Bad Penny before, but here she was, standing here in this hallway, barely dressed, thinking about licking Wes Kane.
Penny has packed up her life and flown into Denver where she officially starts at Kane Corp. Yet a day in each other’s company, and they click. Maybe the idea isn’t as crazy as initially thought.
He hadn’t been with anyone in a year, and neither had I. Both of us were bottled up and aching for it – for something, anything. I felt like I would die if he didn’t touch me.
It is always a special treat when one of your favorite authors' release a Christmas story. My Fake Christmas Fiancé is the first book in the Kane interconnecting Christmas Trilogy. This novella had me grinning over their initial communications via email and then swooning when the playboy and geeky girl decided to throw caution to the wind and get it on!
December 3, 2023
Short review for short stories: Loved it. Again read the premise before you pick it up and ask yourself if you can accept it at face value even though it's impossible 😂 I shotputted my disbelief into another universe and enjoyed myself. Nerdy, high-strung FMC meets calm, cool, and collected BLONDE (justice for blonde men) MMC.... SAY ENTIRELY LESS!!!!!!
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October 24, 2023
I had trouble getting past the stupid premise of this book. There is no such thing as a legally binding contract that can force two people into an engagement. This would essentially be a contract forcing two people to agree to sign another contract - that being a marriage - it’s stupid. I could have gotten behind this book if it was a promise made on a death bed or an image issue that needed to resolve by a marriage, but the second the author starts spouting questionable legalities that are easily disputed with the smallest amount of intelligence, they’ve lost me.
Secondly, to further insult my intelligence, they are agreeing to get married to push forward the merger of two family businesses. Family owned…. Accountable to only the owners, which would be them. No shareholders. This isn’t a company on the NYSE. So maybe their fathers who were CEOs of each company might be able to hold them accountable….except, both fathers leave the company and the engaged couple then become CEOs. At this point we are to believe that they still cannot dissolve the ‘contract’ requiring them to get married.
Ok so maybe they can’t, let pretend that for a moment. So if they don’t go through with the marriage and the merger falls through - not likely but let’s pretend - would they, as joint CEOs, not then be able to renegotiate a new merger as soon as the next day? Since they both run AND own these companies?
You see we never see any overseers to this merger, we never see any momentum towards this merger, we barely know what the heck these companies even do.
It’s an author’s job to create a scenario with enough information and realism to build trust with the reader. At which point they can then give scenarios that require the reader to suspend their disbelief. But when the author has done fuck all to build that trust and then throws garbage at the reader, the reader cannot be expected to eat said garbage. I’m sorry, this was stupid. No effort was made into making it not stupid.
Beyond that the rest of the plot pretty much went back and forth in the MCs minds without them ever having a conversation with each other. But I guess they were in love at the end? I’m not really sure when or where that happened.
Overall this was a bad attempt at a Christmas book, a bad attempt at a story, and frankly just bad.
Secondly, to further insult my intelligence, they are agreeing to get married to push forward the merger of two family businesses. Family owned…. Accountable to only the owners, which would be them. No shareholders. This isn’t a company on the NYSE. So maybe their fathers who were CEOs of each company might be able to hold them accountable….except, both fathers leave the company and the engaged couple then become CEOs. At this point we are to believe that they still cannot dissolve the ‘contract’ requiring them to get married.
Ok so maybe they can’t, let pretend that for a moment. So if they don’t go through with the marriage and the merger falls through - not likely but let’s pretend - would they, as joint CEOs, not then be able to renegotiate a new merger as soon as the next day? Since they both run AND own these companies?
You see we never see any overseers to this merger, we never see any momentum towards this merger, we barely know what the heck these companies even do.
It’s an author’s job to create a scenario with enough information and realism to build trust with the reader. At which point they can then give scenarios that require the reader to suspend their disbelief. But when the author has done fuck all to build that trust and then throws garbage at the reader, the reader cannot be expected to eat said garbage. I’m sorry, this was stupid. No effort was made into making it not stupid.
Beyond that the rest of the plot pretty much went back and forth in the MCs minds without them ever having a conversation with each other. But I guess they were in love at the end? I’m not really sure when or where that happened.
Overall this was a bad attempt at a Christmas book, a bad attempt at a story, and frankly just bad.
November 21, 2021
How glad I am to have pushed through the emails in the beginning! At first, I was sure it would be a dnf for me, but then the main characters met in real life and it became magical! Heh, maybe not magical, but just as fantastic as Kriss can make it.
It was a hot and sweet Christmas read - and I believed all the feelings, all the vulnerability and all the chemistry.
Just push through the email exchange at the beginning and you are in for a lovely story, the author did not disappoint.
It was a hot and sweet Christmas read - and I believed all the feelings, all the vulnerability and all the chemistry.
Just push through the email exchange at the beginning and you are in for a lovely story, the author did not disappoint.
December 14, 2021
4 Christmas merger stars!
This was a very cute, engagement-of-convenience, Christmas story. I don't really have much to say about it, I liked both MCs and thought their chemistry just worked. Loved the slow burn of it. I wish that there were more email exchanges over the year that they were engaged, instead of every few months. They were quite cheeky!
This was a very cute, engagement-of-convenience, Christmas story. I don't really have much to say about it, I liked both MCs and thought their chemistry just worked. Loved the slow burn of it. I wish that there were more email exchanges over the year that they were engaged, instead of every few months. They were quite cheeky!
October 20, 2020
When the book started I really thought this was going to be the first
Julie Kriss
book that I didn't enjoy. Whilst I loved the email communication aspect, the entire set up felt a little cheesy and full of every cringeworthy cliche going. However the moment we got to actually "meet" Penny and Wesley I was totally hooked.
My Fake Christmas Fiancé is a fun, slow-burn but still incredibly steamy, heart warming romance. I adored both main characters and watching them fall in love was, quite simply, utterly joyful. This is yet again another winning book, I adore the author's writing and hugely recommend this book, both to get you in the christmas spirit and because it is just so darn good!
My Fake Christmas Fiancé is a fun, slow-burn but still incredibly steamy, heart warming romance. I adored both main characters and watching them fall in love was, quite simply, utterly joyful. This is yet again another winning book, I adore the author's writing and hugely recommend this book, both to get you in the christmas spirit and because it is just so darn good!
January 15, 2021
Yo sigo en christmas mood.
Entretenido, corto, rápido de leer excelente para agarrar ritmo en la lectura.
Entretenido, corto, rápido de leer excelente para agarrar ritmo en la lectura.
December 24, 2022
Akmayan, kokmayan, yormayan, mis gibi bir anlaşmalı evlilik novellasıydı🤌🏻🤌🏻
October 4, 2020
This story is so much fun! And wow, that slow burn really heats up the pages. Penelope and Wes have great chemistry. This story has you smiling from the start and gets emotional. It’s a fun story full of anticipation and will make your heart smile.
November 7, 2021
Kindle Freebie. Notable only in that I finished it. I've had a string of DNFs with books from Freebooksy recently.
December 27, 2021
Really enjoyed this, love this trope!
July 5, 2021
Penny and Wesley's story was super sweet! From time to time, I indulge in Christmas related romance stories and this one was really enjoyable! I loved reading every page!
August 30, 2023
4.5⭐ My favourite Christmas romance book for this year so far.
Wes Kane and Penny Gold agree to an arranged marriage in order to merge and save their family businesses, Kane Co. (Christmas ornaments) & The Christmas Experience. Weeks before they need to marry, buttoned-up Penny moves to Denver to work at their consolidated company. Unfortunately, her new apt. isn't ready - OH NO! lol - so she stays with gorgeous former player Wes Kane, and the action starts. A great fun, slow-burn, steamy story with a nice twist of Christmas. Like a good martini. 🍸 Oh and Wes is the superstar - a sexy, patient, smart book boyfriend...
Note: first Julie Kriss book...will read more of her books!
Wes Kane and Penny Gold agree to an arranged marriage in order to merge and save their family businesses, Kane Co. (Christmas ornaments) & The Christmas Experience. Weeks before they need to marry, buttoned-up Penny moves to Denver to work at their consolidated company. Unfortunately, her new apt. isn't ready - OH NO! lol - so she stays with gorgeous former player Wes Kane, and the action starts. A great fun, slow-burn, steamy story with a nice twist of Christmas. Like a good martini. 🍸 Oh and Wes is the superstar - a sexy, patient, smart book boyfriend...
Note: first Julie Kriss book...will read more of her books!
December 6, 2020
Really hilarious and sweet. The only reason it’s not five stars is they waited until the very end of the book to be honest about how they felt.
December 20, 2020
When Wes & Penny’s fathers’ companies made plans to merge, their fathers made it a stipulation that Penny & Wes had to get married the following Christmas. Somehow they agreed to the arrangement, emailing back and forth over the next year, planning on how to get out of it. Penny lives in California, Wes in Colorado, and neither of them want to get married anytime soon. But by the time the holidays roll around, Penny finds herself picking up and moving to Colorado and the marriage they never planned on going through with is actually about to happen. While Wes and Penny get to know each other, they can’t tell what’s real and what’s fake anymore, as true feelings develop. And when it’s time to end their fake relationship, neither of them want to say goodbye.
My Fake Christmas Fiancé by Julie Kriss is book 1 in the Kane Christmas novella 3-part series. I’m a sucker for fake relationship books/novellas, especially surrounding the holidays. I like that this was an engagement of convenience that turned to more. Wes & Penny’s emails back and forth were probably my favorite part. And for being around 150 pages, their romance was fairly slow burn. This was a sweet read and I’m interested in the other two novellas and the couples that this book hinted to. The other two novellas are written by different authors so fingers crossed they’re as good as this one! 3.5/5 stars.
My Fake Christmas Fiancé by Julie Kriss is book 1 in the Kane Christmas novella 3-part series. I’m a sucker for fake relationship books/novellas, especially surrounding the holidays. I like that this was an engagement of convenience that turned to more. Wes & Penny’s emails back and forth were probably my favorite part. And for being around 150 pages, their romance was fairly slow burn. This was a sweet read and I’m interested in the other two novellas and the couples that this book hinted to. The other two novellas are written by different authors so fingers crossed they’re as good as this one! 3.5/5 stars.
December 30, 2021
oh my
I wasn’t expecting to love this book as much as I did but here we are, sat here with a smile on my face at how great this book was.
I am a sucker for a fake dating storyline and this book is exactly what I love the most about them.
She’s the one that’s been in control if her dad’s business, she puts in all the hard work and does everything around the office that needs doing.
He’s the guy who’s checking up on his dad and found out about his secrets and once they’re out it’s his business to look after
But before that can happen a marriage Claus is put into a business meeting and is the only way for the business to merge.
These two characters were so different, so opposite but them both together worked so well it was chemistry from the get go
And the heat from both of them, damn.
This is my first book from this author and I absolutely adored the writing style and will have to check out more of her writing.
I wasn’t expecting to love this book as much as I did but here we are, sat here with a smile on my face at how great this book was.
I am a sucker for a fake dating storyline and this book is exactly what I love the most about them.
She’s the one that’s been in control if her dad’s business, she puts in all the hard work and does everything around the office that needs doing.
He’s the guy who’s checking up on his dad and found out about his secrets and once they’re out it’s his business to look after
But before that can happen a marriage Claus is put into a business meeting and is the only way for the business to merge.
These two characters were so different, so opposite but them both together worked so well it was chemistry from the get go
And the heat from both of them, damn.
This is my first book from this author and I absolutely adored the writing style and will have to check out more of her writing.
December 14, 2021
I've been trying to find fun Christmassy reads and am always on the look out for good fake relationship stories, so this definitely stood out to me. It was enjoyable, but a pretty average read. It's more novella than novel and I feel like I might have liked it a bit more if it was a full length novel. There were a lot of things that could have been explored more if it was a full length book that I would have appreciated. For what it was, though, it was fine.
December 21, 2021
An arranged marriage/business deal to save two companies. I love a good fake fiancé story and this one does not disappoint! Loved the family back stories, the Christmas company setting and the enemies to lovers vibes. Penny and Will were adorable, futilely trying to fight the sparks between them. I enjoyed their back and forth emails and how good they were for each other. Definitely felt that this book sets the stage for the other two and I loved that we get to see them again in the latter books.
December 20, 2020
this was so so so cute I just can’t!!!!!
December 30, 2022
Çok güzeldi 🥺
December 12, 2022
What to expect: Christmas novella, workplace romance, marriage of convivence
Okay I LOVED this!! The tension and build up was amazing. You know I love a good blond MMC who doubles as a lumberjack. The book opens up on chaotic emails that span over a year and I just LOVED THAT! As a novella, it was the perfect way to to do time jumps.
I really loved both of the characters and the Christmas Ornament company was great. One thing I really loved is that he wasn't a typical corporate asshole and knew she was awesome cause women can be bosses too!!
Spice: 3
Okay I LOVED this!! The tension and build up was amazing. You know I love a good blond MMC who doubles as a lumberjack. The book opens up on chaotic emails that span over a year and I just LOVED THAT! As a novella, it was the perfect way to to do time jumps.
I really loved both of the characters and the Christmas Ornament company was great. One thing I really loved is that he wasn't a typical corporate asshole and knew she was awesome cause women can be bosses too!!
Spice: 3
December 25, 2022
Reading a Christmas-themed romance on Christmas day, how very fitting. actual rating: 2.75 stars
December 29, 2020
Hero is so sweet!!!
December 18, 2022
My expectations were low, but somehow this still managed to exceed them by being worse than I imagined. It was so unbelievably lame, I don't get the 5-star reviews at all. It started off somewhat promising. Penelope works at her dad's Christmas decoration company, working her butt off basically running the place, and gets exactly zero credit from him. Every time I mastered something new in the company, my father would tell me what great work I was doing, then ignore me again. Meanwhile, the men he hired got promoted over and over. The last promotion I’d lost out on had been given to a guy I’d gone to high school with, who had been suspended four times for smoking weed on school grounds. That guy was making more money than me. I feel your pain, Penelope. But soon after, this book goes way off the rails. A merger between her dad's company and Wesley Kane's dad's company is orchestrated, but only if Mr. Kane will agree that Wes and Penelope get married. The Kane Co. needs the merger to survive, so now there's a contract that stipulates the merger will only happen if Penelope and Wes are married by Christmas Eve the following year. Penelope's dad decides he's going to disappear to Tibet, while Wes discovers his dad has been embezzling from their company and has him sent to prison. Fun. All the while, the merger is getting closer to being finalized, as is the wedding date. Wes is based in Denver, Penelope in San Diego and the new merged company will be in Denver, forcing her to move in December. All of this happens in the beginning of the book.
Once she arrives in Denver, even though there has been very little contact between the two outside of emails, for reasons unbeknownst to me, they are secretly hot for each other. Because, of course they are - this is a holiday romance. Sadly, one that didn't ring true to me. HOW? How are they suddenly in love and secretly pining for each other?! I had to double check to see if this book was written by a man because the sex scenes literally made me laugh out loud. I decided the author is maybe a nun and therefore has little experience, and is writing what she thinks women want to hear or have happen? Because, "Then his big, warm hands took off my panties." is not going to turn on anyone.
Outside of the ultra lame romance, the story itself was beyond ridiculous. Not only does Penelope's dad suck for thinking she needs to be married to be taken care of, or fulfilled or whatever, uhhh there's no contract that can force a couple to marry. So while Wes tried to find ways out of it, they decided to get married and then divorce. Great plan. Maybe if this was a cheesy Christmas movie I might have forgiven it a little more. But as a book, it was stupid. Unless THIS is your thing. A huge Pontiac pulled into the space opposite me and an old man got out. He saw me talking to myself and squinted. I was a crazy woman in a borrowed coat and a van with Christmas ornaments painted on the sides, sitting in a parking lot and ranting at no one. I powered down the driver’s window and leaned my head out. “I’m a CEO!” I shouted at him. “Mind your own business!” Yeah, that's a nope from me. Probably explains why it took me nearly a week to read a 150+ page book. I just did not care. Thank goodness this was available via KU. If I had paid money for it, I'd be mad. Lol
Once she arrives in Denver, even though there has been very little contact between the two outside of emails, for reasons unbeknownst to me, they are secretly hot for each other. Because, of course they are - this is a holiday romance. Sadly, one that didn't ring true to me. HOW? How are they suddenly in love and secretly pining for each other?! I had to double check to see if this book was written by a man because the sex scenes literally made me laugh out loud. I decided the author is maybe a nun and therefore has little experience, and is writing what she thinks women want to hear or have happen? Because, "Then his big, warm hands took off my panties." is not going to turn on anyone.
Outside of the ultra lame romance, the story itself was beyond ridiculous. Not only does Penelope's dad suck for thinking she needs to be married to be taken care of, or fulfilled or whatever, uhhh there's no contract that can force a couple to marry. So while Wes tried to find ways out of it, they decided to get married and then divorce. Great plan. Maybe if this was a cheesy Christmas movie I might have forgiven it a little more. But as a book, it was stupid. Unless THIS is your thing. A huge Pontiac pulled into the space opposite me and an old man got out. He saw me talking to myself and squinted. I was a crazy woman in a borrowed coat and a van with Christmas ornaments painted on the sides, sitting in a parking lot and ranting at no one. I powered down the driver’s window and leaned my head out. “I’m a CEO!” I shouted at him. “Mind your own business!” Yeah, that's a nope from me. Probably explains why it took me nearly a week to read a 150+ page book. I just did not care. Thank goodness this was available via KU. If I had paid money for it, I'd be mad. Lol
February 18, 2021
Low key wavered between 2 and 3 stars; but it took me ~2 days to read this short book so ... going with "it was okay" [WHICH IS WHAT TWO STARS MEANS.] YO THERE'S A LOT OF REVIEW GRADE INFLATION.
Anyway.
Some parts were cute - but Wesley and Penny TBH barely know each other.
and then it's "ILY!"
:X in fact I actually lost track of writing this review. 😅
I will say I normally don't care for epistolary stories, a) they started out cute b) thankfully were just the intro really.
It might be sleep deprivation and life in general but the whole "good Penny/bad Penny" stuff annoyed me.
Just fucking own up to your shit.
I OBVIOUSLY understand the concept of it etc - just wasn't into it.
I did like the attraction and of course a lot of the "eek do I don't I/do I tell or not" - and the not speaking or being open is because they don't know each other. But that's the thing! THEY DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER.
Literally they spent what, a week? together? Only not even really together for most of it?
Sure he'd kinda seen some of her business acumen remotely ...
but meh.
HOWEVER I do love me a smitten hero - and it was nice that Wesley was attracted to Penny from the start.
I did have to MASSIVELY eyeroll and suspend OMFG ALL THE DISBELIEF to even start the book - because WTAF requiring them to get married for a business merger.
WTAF.
I can't even think about it.
So.
And ... yeah.
So...
enh.
D ... D.... +?
Anyway.
Some parts were cute - but Wesley and Penny TBH barely know each other.
and then it's "ILY!"
:X in fact I actually lost track of writing this review. 😅
I will say I normally don't care for epistolary stories, a) they started out cute b) thankfully were just the intro really.
It might be sleep deprivation and life in general but the whole "good Penny/bad Penny" stuff annoyed me.
Just fucking own up to your shit.
I OBVIOUSLY understand the concept of it etc - just wasn't into it.
I did like the attraction and of course a lot of the "eek do I don't I/do I tell or not" - and the not speaking or being open is because they don't know each other. But that's the thing! THEY DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER.
Literally they spent what, a week? together? Only not even really together for most of it?
Sure he'd kinda seen some of her business acumen remotely ...
but meh.
HOWEVER I do love me a smitten hero - and it was nice that Wesley was attracted to Penny from the start.
I did have to MASSIVELY eyeroll and suspend OMFG ALL THE DISBELIEF to even start the book - because WTAF requiring them to get married for a business merger.
WTAF.
I can't even think about it.
So.
And ... yeah.
So...
enh.
D ... D.... +?
March 30, 2022
My Fake Christmas Fiancé
Kane Christmas, Book 1
I Picked Up This Book Because: Enjoyed a different Christmas series by these authors.
Media Type: Digital
Source: KindleUnlimited
Dates Read: 3/14/22 - 3/29/22
Stars: 4
The Characters:
Penelope “Penny” Gold:
Wesley “Wes” Kane:
The Story:
Wes and Penny have tons of chemistry, even before they gave into it it was palpable. I am intrigued by the other stories hinted at in this one. I like the way these three authors come together to build a town. I hope they continue to do it.
The Random Thoughts:
Kane Christmas, Book 1
I Picked Up This Book Because: Enjoyed a different Christmas series by these authors.
Media Type: Digital
Source: KindleUnlimited
Dates Read: 3/14/22 - 3/29/22
Stars: 4
The Characters:
Penelope “Penny” Gold:
Wesley “Wes” Kane:
The Story:
Wes and Penny have tons of chemistry, even before they gave into it it was palpable. I am intrigued by the other stories hinted at in this one. I like the way these three authors come together to build a town. I hope they continue to do it.
The Random Thoughts:
December 4, 2021
Nice light funny story to pass the time after some heavy reads, it made me lol at Bad Penny. After smelling Wes' coat and thinking she might have just ovulated.
And the whole fertile/futile conversation- hysterical.
There were some plot holes, like what woman waits until the very last day to figure out her wedding??
But overall a nice fun read with well written steamy scenes. I like Penny and Wes.
And the whole fertile/futile conversation- hysterical.
There were some plot holes, like what woman waits until the very last day to figure out her wedding??
But overall a nice fun read with well written steamy scenes. I like Penny and Wes.
December 29, 2021
“my fake christmas fiancé” was really enjoyable in the beginning (gotta love some arranged marriage + funny banter). however, after some chapters i just couldn’t stand how the characters refused to simply talk to each other. i know this is a plot device to create drama, but it just irritated me because it made the story feel endless and boring.
December 24, 2024
3.5/5 ⭐️
2/5 🌶️
Cute Christmas novella. Arranged marriage trope, but I had a hard time getting over the fact that they were contractually obligated to marry due to the merger that their fathers put together. It seemed unenforceable and unlikely. Cute story otherwise. The MCs were good together and the spice level was appropriate.
2/5 🌶️
Cute Christmas novella. Arranged marriage trope, but I had a hard time getting over the fact that they were contractually obligated to marry due to the merger that their fathers put together. It seemed unenforceable and unlikely. Cute story otherwise. The MCs were good together and the spice level was appropriate.
December 15, 2020
[3/5]
this was just an easy, fun, light cute read to get some holiday spirit.
i would’ve rated higher but #instalove. i mean i expected because of the length, but still.
i really enjoyed it, tho.
this was just an easy, fun, light cute read to get some holiday spirit.
i would’ve rated higher but #instalove. i mean i expected because of the length, but still.
i really enjoyed it, tho.
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