Frosted by the Girl Next Door

De: Aurora Rey, Jaime Clevenger

Narrado por: Lula Larkin

Casey Stevens needs distance from her movie producer parents and her social media starlet ex-wife. When she lands in Rocky Springs with a bruised ego and a pile of cash, the quaint tourist town seems like the perfect place for a fresh start. But is it the right place to make her dream of owning a classy sex shop a reality?

Tara McCoy knows a thing or two about licking her wounds. She never wanted to move back home, but she’s making the most of it, turning her family’s sleepy bakery into a cupcake destination. The last thing she wants next door is some seedy sex store, even if it’s promoting self-care as much as sex. And especially if the new owner is drop-dead gorgeous.

With the busy holiday season heating up, neither can afford to be petty or lose a customer. But when their reluctant truce melts into a little bit of sugar and a whole lot of spice, will love prevail, or will their differences be too hot to handle?

©2024 Aurora Rey and Jaime Clevenger (P)2024 Bold Strokes Book Inc

The Perfect Christmas Romance

A cute, yet cheeky holiday romance, sprinkled with some steamy moments to keep you plenty warm this winter.

Sweet storyline

Was a “sweet” love story with good narration. I would recommend giving this a listen.

Good book with a disappointing flaw

I enjoyed this book with the exception of one detail that kinda blows up the grand gesture… or at least took me out of the story for a long minute. It’s a completely avoidable inaccuracy that, while commonly misunderstood, is really disappointing considering that this book must have been read and edited by many people before publishing.

That means this is a spoiler. If you have not read or listened to this book yet, I have given you plenty of warning to move past this review.

The Twelve days of Christmas start on Christmas. Christmas Eve is not too late to start The Twelve Days of Christmas, in fact it’s a day early. January fifth is day twelve and January sixth is The Epiphany. I recognize that most American Christians don’t formally celebrate Three King’s Day, but it’s truly baffling to me that we’ve gotten it so wrong for so long and no one has questioned the significance of December fourteenth (or the thirteenth if you think day twelve is Christmas Eve). If you did, you’d figure out that the twelve days happen on and after Christmas.

I’m not a Christian. I was not raised a Christian. I have attended exactly zero Christmas services or even Sunday services in my 40 years on Earth. I’m certainly not asking people to celebrate religiously.

But let’s say you celebrate with a gift every day of The Advent and each of the twelve days preceding The Epiphany. You will give/receive more gifts. Accuracy here means more gifts. Be correct, get more stuff. Celebrate longer to chase away those Winter Blues.

Fun read

Enjoyable story and characters. Helped get me in to the holiday spirit. These are two of my favorite authors. I recommend it!

Awesome Holiday Romance

Oh, this was a good one!

A sex shop opens up next to a cupcake shop... doesn't that sound like the perfect match? Casey and Tara were such a cute pair. This holiday romance had everything - humor, drama, snow, sweets, and spice🌶🔥💋. A great read!

Fun, cute, and a little spicy

Really fun good listen. Was exactly as advertised a cute Christmas story with the perfect amount of spice. Really enjoyed the characters and story.

So much unnecessary conflict and lack of communication.

Spoiler-ish:

I love both of these writers separately but I struggled with this one. The lack of communication was so unnecessary. The third act conflict caused so much frustration, I was so close to not finishing this book. They’re both fantastic at writing spice but the story line was a bit weak. As a narrator Lula Larkin is good but she isn’t my absolute favorite. She’s not bad but with a frustrating storyline a different narrator could have kept me more interested. I was excited about this book but it was a bit of a disappointment. I wanted so badly to love it.

This download is glitchy.

Beginnings and ens of words are clipped off too many times. It’s a slow burn story but I personally can’t get into it because the glitches are very distracting.

It was an OK book

I liked the MC, but the story line was not very impressive. It was written well but there was a lack of flow.