Three sexy hunks. One lonely saleswoman. And a department store all to themselves for the holidays.After a bad breakup on Black Friday, I get kicked out of my apartment. And with nowhere else to turn, I’m forced to hide out in my department store at night. Dodging security guards, the alarm system, and my way-too-empty bank account. Perfect start to Christmas, right?But I’m not the only one … right?
But I’m not the only one working long hours over the holidays.
Thomas is the tall, dashing manager of the toy department. With an English accent as smooth as silk, he’s the most lusted-after man in the store… but out of all the saleswomen throwing themselves at him, he asks me out on a date.
Gabe is the sweet security guard working nights to put himself through college. With a face like a young Tom Cruise, we share a slice of pizza every night—and he smiles at me like he knows my secret.
Then there’s Victor, the chiseled alpha bartender who helps me forget my troubles one night. Yet there’s trouble swirling in his stormy eyes, and he’s harboring a massive secret of his own.
They each have their own ways of cheering me up.
And some are downright naughty.
But I just need to survive until my next paycheck.
One month living in the department store without getting caught.
Which becomes far more difficult when my ex-boyfriend starts snooping around…
Will my three new guardians be able to fill me with holiday cheer?
Or will our combined secrets ruin Christmas for everyone?
THE NAUGHTY LIST is a sizzling, stand-alone Reverse Harem love story filled with mystery, suspense, and boatloads of holiday cheer. HEA guaranteed!
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I felt bad for everything Brianna had been through when she gets to know Gabe, Thomas and Victor while living at her job. I enjoyed this Christmas story that has Brianna getting her happy ending with Gabe, Thomas and Victor with great steam thrown in.
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A great 6 STAR read from a great storyteller
This book has it all and then some! Everything from angst to laughter, heat to tears, anger to love, the list goes on.
The storyline is original and beautiful while having suspense and a few twists and turns that you don’t see coming. A few places that make you hold your breath waiting to see what happens, and I don’t mean just the steam either. Although the passion in the book is quite captivating. A few places that you might need to wipe a tear away. A few laugh out loud spots, too. But the love the characters have for each other is worth the read. Yes, in my opinion, this story has everything. Not to mention a happily ever after ending and a wonderful epilogue. Good job Cassie Cole. This book was one of my favorites.
this is such a good book. I really enjoyed the characters and getting to know them all individually. The way they all come together is perfect, and their secrets. They’ve each got their own little thing they’re hiding, but none of the guys can deny falling hard for her, or her for each of them. The final blowout was what really tore me apart honestly. A definite must read.
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My first exposure to this author was her story “Smolder”, which is what I compare her other similar works to. While that story did have it’s issues there was an intensity and closeness of the characters this story is missing.
Brianna was unceremoniously dumped by her boyfriend on Black Friday which left her homeless and optionless on such short notice that she had to sneak back into work to sleep.
Brianna left her small town and moved to New York hoping to have a more exciting life, sleeping in a tent in a department store was not what she had in mind.
Her new situation put her in the direct path of Victor as she was wallowing in the bar he worked in. Her offered to help her out with her stress levels thus starting her foray into collecting sexy men into her fold. Victor had noticed Brianna unbeknownst to her for a while and was more than happy to get closer to her.
Thomas managed the children’s toy store in the mall. His British accent, good looks and sweet ways with the children that visited his store, stole many a heart of the ladies that worked in the mall. He too had noticed Brianna and an inadvertent dirty rear end was his ticket to getting that first date.
Gabe found out about Brianna’s secret living situation and instead of turning her in as his job as mall security warranted he kept an eye out for her safety. Along the way he got to know Brianna better and felt himself falling for her.
All of the characters were very likeable, Brianna had her strong moments and her whinny moments.
Victor was alternately a bit cocky, sweet with his share of secrets. I found him referring to Brianna constantly as “kid” a bit off-putting to be honest.
Thomas was the oldest of the harem and while he had a polish to him he also had his share of secrets.
Gabe was the youngest of the harem, he was finishing up college he was also probably the sweetest of the three guys.
For me this story had too many moving parts that didn’t make a good flow. The stuff with her ex while some of us have unfortunately experienced such treatment got a bit ridiculous towards the end. Plus Brianna referring to herself as an ese ell ewe tee pulled me out of the story. I mean there are other words like vixen, naughty minx, wanton any of those would have been so much better. When an author has a female character refer to themselves in a derogatory manner I do lose respect for the author and it is an automatic star drop for me. This would have put this story in the 2 star range so I kept it at 3 stars because I did like the characters.
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Brianna, Victor, Gage and Thomas had a great chemistry between them. Once everyone explained their issues they had a good romance. They all found a way to be together. They have a HEA ending.
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This is a wonderful reverse harem all centred around Christmas.
Brianna can’t understand what is happening when she gets home from her job at Fulton’s Department store to find all her possessions on the doorstep in plastic bags Her delusional now ex boyfriend has thrown her out changed the locks and cancelled her credit cards What can she do. Then she is rescued in an unusual way she is asked to close the store and open it in the morning this means she will be able to sleep there and shower in the staff room and no one will know she is there. What she doesn’t know is that Gabe the uni student night guard knows that she is there and is acting as her protector She also meets Victor bar owner and store Santa as well as Thomas stiff upper lip British man and the manager of the toy department as they all rally to help her get her affairs sorted and protect her from he crazy ex boyfriend The attraction for her grows Which man will she pick or will she have to pick at all.
I really enjoyed reading this story! Cassie Cole really knows how to tell a story that sucks you in and you don’t want to put it down! Characters that pop from the pages. You feel the range of emotions that the characters are going through, and yes, there are times where you are yelling at the book trying to tell the characters what they should do like at the movies. I love how you get to see how Brianna evolves into a strong independent woman who doesn’t want to rely on any man.
Brianna left the farm to move to New York city. She dreams of being in advertising, but is working at the largest department store in New York. She works in Women’s Fashion and after working double shifts on both Thanksgiving and Black Friday, her boyfriend of 8 months dumps her. He won’t even let her in to talk about it. He packed all her things in three trash bags and left them in the hallway. He had been planning this. He called her bank and said she doesn’t live at that address so they cut her credit card limit in half so now she has $55 in the bank to last her to her next paycheck in three weeks. The jerk turns everything around so it is like it is her fault and asks when is she coming home. He stalks her at work too. It also seems that now that she is single, the guys flock to her. Her main concern is where to sleep at night. Well, she works in a huge, 7 floors, department store, and she is the one who opens the store in the mornings and closes at night, so . . .
Gabe is the night security guard. He is a college student at Columbia who works to try to keep his student loans to a minimum. Sometimes he can study at work, but when he sees someone walking around after hours, he is supposed to report them. He let’s it slide the first night because when he goes to confront her, he hears her sobbing. Then they become friends who share a pizza dinner every night. He knows that he should report it, but he knows that she is in trouble and she isn’t hurting anything. The day security guard keeps talking about the Fulton Squatter. That has been a fable for many years there.
Victor is the super hot bad boy biker with tattoos who works somewhere in the store who keeps flirting with her. She sees him at a local pub and hooks up with him, no strings. Okay, maybe a couple/few times. She doesn’t know that he is the Santa Claus that is right next to Women’s Fashion and he watches her every day.
Thomas works in Children’s Toys, actually the Manager. Every woman in the store wants to go out with him, but he turns them down. He is a posh English man in his late thirties who looks like David Beckman. When Brianna comes to his department during lunch to play with the children, he gets to know her and asks her out.
Brianna and her guys all have misunderstandings and break things off at one time or the other until they straighten things out. One is trying to protect her, one knows he can’t give her the children that she wants and the other has secrets that he won’t share with her.
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This is a great story. Brianna has an unfortunate turn of events happen to her on black Friday. Will 3 very different men come to her rescue or will her ex ruin everything for them?
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A Holiday Reverse Harem Romance that is well written and kept me turning pages. Brianna has all sorts of bad things happen all at once, she stays in her department store at night. Then Thomas is the tall, dashing manager of the toy department, Gabe is the sweet night security guard,and Victor, the chiseled alpha bartender come into her life. I enjoyed reading this Christmas story. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Cassie Cole wrote another fantastic reverse harem story that was a delight to read during the holiday season. There is drama with her ex, Carl who locked Brianna out on the apartment they shared on Black Friday because she spent more time working at Fulton than him. There is sizzling romances as she lives in Fulton’s department store until she gets back on her feet. The three guys (Victor, Gabe, and Thomas) who support her during her crisis and gives us the romance in this delightful story. There is heart tugging as she decides which of them is the one and when Fulton discovers that Brianna is living in the store, what happens to her and the guys who helped her? I volunteer to read and review this ARC via Booksprout.
A fun and steamy Christmas reverse harem read that doesn’t disappoint. The storyline will hook you from the start, when you thing Brianna’s life couldn’t get any more messed up something else pops up that keeps you entertained. Lots of laugh out moment, sizzling hot loving and characters that has great chemistry. An unexpectedly good holiday read just in time for Christmas.
Wow. what a wonderful story. I can really enjoy Cassie’s books. 3 men come to the aid of this lady … and how .. hot hot hot. enjoyed sit story .. was just read out. from me 5 stars.
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Brianna’s world has come crashing down, her boyfriend Clay who she lived with, kicks her out, she has no money for a new place at the moment. She has her job at Fultons. Luckily, she even has a set of keys to the place since she has closed a d opened the place. Brianna works during the day and hides out at night as she has no where else to go. Brianna finds that three other employees start to take an interest in her. There is Thomas, he is the manager of the toy department and super sexy, but apparently he only has eyes for her. Gabe, is the night time security guard for the place that knows she there and watches out for her. Thirdly, we have Victor, he runs the pub inside the department store. Each man has his own way of causing an escape for Brianna but when Clay comes back into her life and looks at starting trouble, all three of these guys step up to protect her. Can a girl love three men? Can the men be willing to share her? Brianna just wants to make it through the month but can she do so without everything blowing to bits? Another well written story that takes you on a sexy, steamy journey to a HEA. These characters come together naturally and realistically but what they find together, is more than a fantasy come true. Enjoy!
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This is a cute, feel good Christmas story just in time for the Holidays!
1 small town farm girl trying to make in the big city. 1 hot biker Santa Claus, 1 Charming English Toy Dept. Manager, and 1 Protective Night Security Guard.
All in a Big New York City Department Store during the Christmas rush. Throw in a sinister ex-boyfriend, the Fulton’s Squatter a partridge in a pair tree…just kidding… there’s no partridge in a pear tree…you have the makings of a great Christmas tale.
So, wrap up the “Christmas Package” for yourself and maybe a friend as well.
Happy Holiday Reading!
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I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book. Being dumpt in Thanksgiving after working your butt off for Werks leaves Brianna stranded in her workplace due to lack of money and nowhere else to go… A quite fast past story in you’re well known Cole-style. You also have three hunks that are quite some characters of their own. You get thrown right into the story and get to read about the growing desperation Brianna finds herself in to have to choose between one of them. I’m no fan of Christmas but this story ist nevertheless a very good read to get you into the holidaymood.
I am never disappointed with any of Cassie Cole’s books. They always have the right amount of drama, action, suspense, and intimacy that it’s hard to put down. This was no exception. Brianna struggles with so much leading up to Christmas but what makes it better are the three hunks vying for her affection. What better way than to not choose? They each have their strengths and weakness and balance her out perfectly. Not to mention, when everything starts getting tougher and other secrets start getting revealed, they all need each other.
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They are all giving her multiple orgasms but…. Thomas is hiding something. Gabe is sneaky. Victor has a secret. So is it going to work with any of them? Throw in psycho Carl who is the root of her homelessness and financial ruin, she has her hands full. The story mostly has MF steamy scenes and a couple of short group scenes towards the end. Brianna’s predicament is dire but the author was able to insert amusing and tender moments that established Brianna’s relationship with the three hunks. Good short story. [I received an advanced copy of this book and voluntarily chose to review it.]
Christmas reverse harem
My first read of Cassie Cole, and I really enjoyed it!
So… Brianna plus Thomas, Gabe and Victor. Will these three hot hunks fill her with the Christmas cheer she so desperately needs after being unceremoniously dumped by her (now ex) boyfriend Clay?
This story was entertaining and fun, with some pretty hot sex scenes. One I’d definitely recommend.
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Cassie Cole has done it again. A department store and four of its employees, a former boyfriend with a bit of psychopath in him, secrets galore and hotness, hotness, hotness. What’s a girl to do when her boyfriend kicks her out when she arrives home to their apartment after working two double shifts? And what if she discovers he has previously messed up her bank and credit card accounts leaving her virtually penniless until her next paycheck? Why she carries the bags of belongings her ex left outside his door and slips back into the store where she works. After hiding her things in the locker room she goes back to work, thinks of offering to close the department that night and eventually beds down in a tent in a camping display in Sporting Goods for what she thinks will only be one night. You will have to read the book to find out how she meets Gabe, hot young security guard, Victor, bar worker and store employee, and Thomas, Toy Department Manager and how each relationship go through their ups and downs as she struggles to survive while homeless, get her finances in order, not get caught squatting at work and which man to pick to stay with. And her ex is acting stranger and stranger.
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Imagine what would happen if one day you came home from work to find all your worldly goods in plastic garbage bags in the hallway outside of your apartment, you had no warning of any kind of problems with your boyfriend, only just finding the locks are changed and you have nowhere to go and no friends to fall back on.
That’s what happened to Brianna. She has no cash and her credit cards are not working. When she contacts her bank, she finds out her ex had contacted the bank on the previous Tuesday and he kicked her out on the Friday. She has nowhere to live. But then her boss asks her to close up the next night as well as opening the store for the next couple of weeks. Brianna finds the solution to her problems, work has a shower in the staff room and she can sleep in the camping section of the department store at night.
While living in the store, she develops a relationship with Gabe the security guard, Thomas the department manager of the children’s toy department and Victor the department Santa Clause. But the only one who really knows Brianna’s secret is Gabe, but he doesn’t let her find out till almost a week later.
This story develops quickly with hilarity and romance with lots of steam coming from the pages. There is drama and action between all of the characters as well as Brianna’s ex. You won’t be disappointed with reading this story. I loved everything about it.
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