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Bad Boy for Christmas by Layla Valentine

Title: Bad Boy for Christmas (Christmas Romantic Comedies #3)

Author: Layla Valentine

Publisher: 2021

Genre: Romance

Pages: 196

Rating: 3/5 stars

Reading Challenges: 


HER:
There I was, reeling from the biggest disaster of my life, with my PR career in smithereens, I was bracing myself for the worst Christmas ever. Then I saw a shot at retribution. Tyler Bliss, Boston’s hottest bad-boy hockey star, finally thrown off his team. I know I can change the public’s perception of him and get him reinstated, he just needs to clean up his act, and follow my plan to the letter. Given his reputation, that might be more difficult than it sounds… Can we make our own Christmas miracle?

HIM:
They call me Bad Boy Bliss. I’m a beast on the ice, and off. All I want is to be back playing the game I love, And now this bossy publicist is telling me she can make it happen. I’ll grit my teeth through all the publicity stunts if it means being back on the team by January, We both need for this to work, But that means keeping our hands off each other, And I’m starting to think the frustration might be more than either of us can take.

Meh. I was intrigued by the summary and was definitely up for a bad boy hockey player. Unfortunately, we just don’t really get to know enough about either character to care that much. I wasn’t that excited about the pairing. Tyler wasn’t the exciting bad boy that I wanted. He’s more like the class clown who gets in fights. The story touches on some hard topics (e.g. alcoholism, death), but seems to just gloss over things. I needed more. And the steamy scenes weren’t all that steamy.

Christmas Romantic Comedies:

  • #1 Fake It for Christmas

  • #2 Stuck Together for Christmas

  • #3 Bad Boy for Christmas

Next up on the TBR pile:

lovesickness.jpg venus blind.jpg stolen.jpg jujutsu7.jpg jujutsu 8.jpg jujutsu 9.jpg how to be eaten.jpg alley.jpg frankenstein.jpg deserter.jpg water moon.jpg liminal.jpg black paradox.jpg tombs.jpg gyo.jpg soichi.jpg uzumaki.jpg jujutsu 10.jpg
tags: Christmas, romance, Layla Valentine, 3 stars
categories: Book Reviews
Saturday 12.31.22
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Fake It for Christmas by Layla Valentine

Title: Fake it for Christmas (Christmas Romantic Comedies #1)

Author: Layla Valentine

Publisher: 2021

Genre: Romance

Pages: 233

Rating: 3/5 stars

Reading Challenges: 


HER:
Billionaires just aren’t like the rest of us, are they?
No sooner has my boss requested my assistance at a winter wedding, we’re boarding a private jet to Aspen, and I’m being introduced to every member of his filthy rich and utterly insane family as his girlfriend – and he barely even knows my last name!
I know I’ve bitten off more than I can chew,
I just need to play this role for a few weeks, collect my check and go.
So why can’t I tear my eyes off his brother?

HIM:
At my sister’s wedding, there’s one girl taking all the attention from the bride,
My brother’s new girlfriend – the one he never thought to mention until right now.
Immediately, I can tell that something’s up. Our parents’ approval is hard-won, and it can drive some of us to ridiculous ends…
Are these two really an item? Or, just maybe, did my brother simply not want to be the only sibling here without a date?

Decent Christmas romance novella, but I really wanted a bit more between the main characters. There was a lot of discussion about the Bentley family and the situation at work, but not enough between Ellie and Sawyer. I wanted a bit more meat on the bone. Still it was a decent open door (but not super steamy) romance.

Christmas Romantic Comedies:

  • #1 Fake It for Christmas

  • #2 Stuck Together for Christmas

  • #3 Bad Boy for Christmas

Next up on the TBR pile:

lovesickness.jpg venus blind.jpg stolen.jpg jujutsu7.jpg jujutsu 8.jpg jujutsu 9.jpg how to be eaten.jpg alley.jpg frankenstein.jpg deserter.jpg water moon.jpg liminal.jpg black paradox.jpg tombs.jpg gyo.jpg soichi.jpg uzumaki.jpg jujutsu 10.jpg
tags: Christmas, romance, Layla Valentine, 3 stars
categories: Book Reviews
Thursday 12.29.22
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Stuck Together for Christmas by Layla Valentine

Title: Stuck Together for Christmas (Christmas Romantic Comedies #2)

Author: Layla Valentine

Publisher: 2021

Genre: Romance

Pages: 219

Rating: 4/5 stars

Reading Challenges: 


For the first time in years, I was excited about the holidays, A week of sun, sea and luxury, curtesy of my newly loaded brother. I should have known there’d be a sting in the tail… The moment I arrive in Hawaii, I realize there’s an intruder in the house, And it’s no burglar—no, it’s far worse than that, Because Ryan Finch—my brother’s business partner, and the same man my mother’s been trying to hook me up with for years—is apparently here for the holidays as well. The longer we spend together, the harder it is to remember all the reasons why I told myself that going there would be a terrible idea, And my relaxing Christmas getaway has just turned into the ultimate exercise in restraint.

Short little novella following a sorta enemies to lovers couple. We get a cute set-up with interfering parents and siblings focused on a Christmas in Hawaii. I love their slower progression to a relationship. I would have enjoyed a longer focus on their relationship after they started dating, but that’s my usual complaint about these type of novellas.

Christmas Romantic Comedies:

  • #1 Fake It for Christmas

  • #2 Stuck Together for Christmas

  • #3 Bad Boy for Christmas

Next up on the TBR pile:

lovesickness.jpg venus blind.jpg stolen.jpg jujutsu7.jpg jujutsu 8.jpg jujutsu 9.jpg how to be eaten.jpg alley.jpg frankenstein.jpg deserter.jpg water moon.jpg liminal.jpg black paradox.jpg tombs.jpg gyo.jpg soichi.jpg uzumaki.jpg jujutsu 10.jpg
tags: Christmas, romance, Layla Valentine
categories: Book Reviews
Thursday 12.29.22
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

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