When introvert Emma Glover makes a bet with her friends to see who can have the wildest adventure by New Year’s, she has no intention of winning. She might spend her days writing about sex for her syndicated news column, but her nights are all about takeout and flannel pajamas.
When her friend challenges her to live out one of the sexual escapades she writes about, Emma knows she won’t be able … won’t be able to follow through. But that’s before she lays eyes on a sexy stranger across a crowded hotel lobby.
She can’t help but hope he’s interested in more than one night, but when she finds out her gorgeous one night stand is actually billionaire media mogul Nate Wilder, her hopes die a fast death. There’s no way her Christmas wish will come true. Or is there?
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These women, these friends forever, will touch your heart and their men will warm your.. soul.
Christmas with the Billionaire is book one in the Holiday Encounters series by Amy Lamont. This is a short, sweet, sexy little holiday romp that was perfect for this time of year.
Emma Glover was more comfortable at home in her flannel pajamas than out in a club with her three roommates and best friends. She just never felt comfortable. When Emma was with her three friends, she felt like a wall flower next to them. They always shone and she felt plain, dull. Her friends kept telling her she was beautiful but that’s not what she saw when she looked in the mirror.
Emma is a writer. In real life, her romantic experiences had been pretty limited. But she wrote a column under a pen name, Brandi Silver, who was a proclaimed wild child. All of Brandi’s exploits came out of Emma’s imagination, or maybe her fantasies.
Emma’s roommates were increasingly concerned with Emma’s introverted nature. So, the bet was born. The four of them made a bet that they each had to have an adventure, something out of their comfort zone within the next six weeks. Then they would vote on whose adventure was the best. Emma knows she won’t win. But her friend Paige makes her choose one of Brandi’s adventures as her own. And the one she drew was “sex with a stranger.”
“Even without the bet I wouldn’t have been able to stay away from him. From the second I laid eyes on him in the lobby, there was just some sort of instant attraction.”
Emma goes to the Hotel Wynter, a place that holds wonderful childhood memories. A hotel that is decorated as a winter wonderland. She was standing in the lobby when she saw the best looking man she has ever seen. She was drawn to him like a magnet. She went into the bar and sat next to him but had no idea how to flirt, how to start a conversation with him.
Nathaniel Wilder was a billionaire media mogul but he introduced himself to Emma as just Nate. She had no idea who he was which assured him that she wasn’t paying attention to him because of his money. So, the night of Emma’s wildest fantasy begins. Only, it doesn’t end the way she thought it would.
Days later, Emma finds out who Nate really is and any hope she had of him being interested in someone like her is dashed. She really had hoped their one night together might lead to more.
This was a short, sweet, fun little story. I love reading these in between my longer books. I really enjoyed this. The only thing I might have wanted was maybe a little epilogue to see into their future a bit. I definitely look forward to the next book in the series, Snowbound with the Biker, which is Katelyn’s turn for her adventure.
Fun reading