last few paragraphs contain spoilers fyi — read at your own risk
(no rating bc honestly idk what I just read)
I’m sorry this was not it
Anyway this book features are fmc, Gemma, who owns an architecture company, and our mmc, cole, who owns hotel chains. They meet by accident and are about to hookup, but Gemma realizes that cole thinks she’s a prostitute and is like “nah I’m not like that” and dips (for context she is dressed in a slutty Santa costume wandering around in a hotel lobby)
anyway a few days later, he realizes “oh shit she’s the owner of the architect coming I want to hire to design some of my hotels” and the story begins
looking back I’m realizing there’s a LOT of stuff going on so let’s see if I can remember everything that happens
anyway, cole wants to hire her company but there’s just soooo much sexual tension between the two, so they decide to have one night of sex before they can sign the papers. but cole can’t have non-transactional sex, he can only have sex with prostitutes or as part of a business arrangement. so what’s their arrangement? she’ll force him to go to Christmas related events and then they’ll have sex afterwards (which just sounds like a date but what do I know?)
Why is this the arrangement you may ask? Well Cole is a Christmas hater with a dark past that makes him grumpy, and Gemma is a Christmas lover with a dark past that makes her happy. Typical. They each have ex-fiancé(e)s with ties to the holiday season. sure.
after their one night, they keep going, naturally, having their “transactional” sex of Christmas themed events followed by the ickiest smut scenes I’ve ever read. like idk, one they started having sex, there was a scene every chapter, and they were kinky (nothing wrong with that it just wasn’t fun kink HAHA) and they role play so much I was floored, and their role play scenarios were not it either. idk once they started having sex, we lost the plot of the book.
I was begging for a ftb scene and I LOVE smut but he was clapping cheeks every other sentence he had to be stopped 😭 like I know she’s sore can we NOT
and no author, I don’t forgive you for that one fantasy/roleplay scenario where Gemma dressed up as a slutty misbehaving schoolgirl and cole played her punishing stepfather. yes author, that was weird and made us all uncomfortable.
until the end(ish)
anyway Gemma is the daughter of an earl (did I forget to mention that) and her ex fiancé cheated on her live on British national television with this blondie named Anabel, and at the end of the novel, we’re at this party for earls and nobility(?) and Anabel brings out cole’s ex fiancée to gain fame? why? idk. it doesn’t really lead to drama because they just talk it out like adults (so plus points for no miscommunication)
anyway they decide to be together because their faux transactional sex was just not doing it for them. the book ends with them getting engaged after knowing each other for two weeks so that’s FUN
also Gemma gets pregnant.
yes they did use condoms (except once when they forgot) and she is in birth control (though she missed like 2 days) and yes she did take Plan B. but somehow his sperm is SO POWERFUL that one creampie knocked her up, even after Plan B. sure.
idk why I’m being such a hater, they just gave me the ick.