All I want for the holidays is the secret potion that’ll help me resist my brother’s new business partner. You know, the super hot, super sweet, super smart guy I now have to plan the holiday party with.I mean, really. Who thought THAT was a good idea?Oh, me. Yep, brilliant, strategic me who raised her hand and said yes I’d love to hang mistletoe with that sexy former sports star. I’d love to … love to taste test spiked hot chocolate with that charming, flirty man. I’d love to get snowed in with the one guy I shouldn’t fall for.
As long as I can make it through the holidays I’ll be on my merry way, fa la la la la. But the holidays have a surprise for me.
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Cute and sweet while a bit over the top in cheerfulness. The story is short so it’s fast paced and quick, insta love. It felt like there were holes because itbwas so short and fast. Also the amount of Christmas cheer was enough to last me the season, lol. Enjoyable read for a few hours time.
I loved this book
A short and cute holiday read. Vaughn and Quinn’s instant connection was fast and real. Can two broken hearted people be each other’s answer to happiness and eternal love. Loved it!!
I love any & everything by Lauren Blakely.
This book is funny, romantic and sexy. Vaugh and Quinn are wonderful characters. Quinn is the sister of Vaugh’s business partner. When Quinn’s brother Josh asks her to plan his company’s holiday party with Vaugh, she didn’t realize how hard it would be to stay professional. Vaugh has always found Quinn tempting, now they’re working together and the sparks will fly. Delightful holiday story.
Special Delivery
By: Lauren Blakely
Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Dan Bittner, Jason Clarke, Emma Wilder
Series: Always Satisfied, Book 5
It’s time to get into the holiday spirit and what better way than with a novella by Lauren Blakely? This is Vaughn and Quinn’s story, and it’s delightful! Talk about fun banter, these two have it in spades, but while I love that, it’s not what intrigues me the most with this story. I love how they think they can have a casual love affair for a couple of weeks and not get involved! Have you heard Vaughn’s voice? It’s impossible for these two not to have a connection, other than the animal magnetism they have. They are fun and flirty and I love the ending. It’s also so much fun how Blakely integrates characters from the previous books in, making me happy as we get a glimpse of them! It’s pure fun and a perfect start to my Christmas spirit!
Now the narration! Dan Bittner as Vaughn is pure magic! I loved his voice, and he brings so much to the story! Add Andi Arndt as Quinn and the story just flows! I loved their performance with cameos by Jason Clarke and Emma Wilder. And ending with the outtakes just made it that much more fun! A great listen that you should not miss.
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Quinn, a party planner, is helping her brother out by planning his sports management company’s Christmas party, with the help of his partner, Vaughn. The attraction between Quinn and Vaughn is instant but the catch is that Vaughn is moving to Miami soon to expand the business. Blakely gives us a light, enjoyable story in this quick read Christmas novella.
Entertaining series.
This is another installment of the Always Satisfied series – there is a reason for this name!
Vaughn and Quinn are very cute together. Witty banter, chemistry, steam, and a holiday setting.
Quick, fun read!
I voluntarily requested and read an advance reader copy.
A sweet read that will keep you entertained and smiling throughout the entire story. A well-written, must read holiday story.
I adore Christmas Novellas. They give me that holiday joy that we so look forward to this time of year. I am truly joyful after reading Special Delivery.
What a read! Just cute and special. Quinn and Vaughn are just that something special. Vaughn is an ex-football player and Quinn is a party planner. Neither is looking for love but isn’t that when you always find it?
What a great start to the holiday reads and as always what a great book by Lauren Blakely!
4.5 stars for this lovely, seasonal read. It has all the best ingredients for a Christmas story, a delightful coupling of Quinn and Vaughn, snow, tinsel and cocktails. My kind of Christmas with a delicious dollop of a warm romance to go with the mistletoe.
Short, sweet, and adorable. Absolutely nab the audio version. It’s loaded with an all star cast of narrator favorites. Perfect for that holiday mood.
Starts with Vaughn and you learn some about him then some about Quinn. Both sworn off romance but when they meet their is a instant attraction that will test them. I love reading how they react to each other and fought the chemistry they have with each other. Love how the story goes, what happens and with them and how it ends!
Two of my favorite things come together in Special Delivery!
Holiday romances mixed with instant connections. Vaughn and Quinn connect on another level. They instantly vibe with their cute banter, smart comebacks, and sexy flirtations. Their cuteness level is off the charts.
With a dash of something special…
And a sprinkle of holiday surprises…
Special Deliver is my favorite holiday novella of all time!!
5 Fa La La La Stars!!
The minute this holiday novella landed on my kindle I immediately started it because what’s better than a sexy and sassy novella from Lauren Blakely? A holiday novella revolving around Quinn and Vaughn who we’ve met in previous books in this series!
This book finds Quinn trying her hardest to resist all the sexiness that is Vaughn Channing. Problem is, they’re working on planning Vaughn’s company’s holiday party and there’s only so much side stepping of the mistletoe they can manage! There’s an immediate chemistry for each of them, but they’re both on a “dating diet” for a variety of reasons so the challenge is on to keep things platonic!
This book is funny, flirty, sassy and hot in all the right ways and places. Watching these two fall and fall hard was so much fun! It’s a perfect read for a chilly fall weekend day getting me in the mood for all the holiday fun coming my way!
This is a quick entertaining read! Lauren Blakely never disappoints.
Special delivery is a romantic holiday story. Quinn and Vaughan meet up to plan an office party, the chemistry between them is so strong they decided to go on a date.
Another delicious romantic comedy by diva Lauren Blakely this time to the notes of Jingle Bells … with a very special delivery from Santa Claus.
Quinn is one of Josh’s sisters, protagonist of the book Overnight Service. She is obsessed with planning and organizes parties. Because of this Josh hires her to organize his company’s Christmas party. As the most popular and charismatic of partners, Vaughn is chosen to plan everything with Quinn.
The big problem is that he was attracted to his partner’s sister from the first moment he laid eyes on her and both she and he are avoiding relationships, they are kind of on a diet and can’t and won’t get involved with anyone for a variety of reasons.
But the proximity between them to choose the menu, venue and activities for the party ends up potentiating their already big chemistry and they can not resist so much tuning and end up succumbing to the intensity of everything they are living together. Gradually, they realize that everything that involves them two is much more than business and sex and will need to decide whether they will want to live this love and give up their hearts or give up this love and move on. Especially Vaughn who already has plans for next year.
If I had ever loved this transcendental human being named Vaughn in Overnight Service in his book I fell in love even more because the guy is so so good and a little more: kind, gentleman, hard worker, intense and dedicated lover, handsome and the best of all ultra- hyper-mega romantic. Lauren presents us with sweet and super sexy scenes.
OMG! The scene of their first kiss is so beautiful that I shudder just to remember and the scene in which he decides to declare himself to her …. what a wonderful moment! I know I always say that when I read a book by Lauren Blakely but it was the sweetest scene I’ve ever read. She excelled at her delicious Christmas delivery.
5/5 bright stars
A fun holiday read!
This is the 5th book in the Always Satisfied series. This is the story of Quinn and Vaughn. They are pushed together to plan the office holiday party. They begin a holiday fling even though they are opposites in so many ways. But the chemistry is off the charts and together, they work. A wonderful holiday story that will have your kindle burning up!
I received an ARC copy of this book and am voluntarily reviewing it. All opinions expressed in this review are my own and given freely.
Special Delivery by Lauren Blakley is Always Satisfied Book #5, but a stand alone book. This was an amazingly fun book that was filled with the Christmas theme yet really build the relationship. Neither Vaughn or Quinn are looking for a special somebody. In fact they have both sworn off dating in order to focus on their respective careers. Particularly in the light that each of their past relationships ended in disaster and heart break. But after just one business meeting the lines between friendliness and flirting are completely blurred and neither of them knows what has hit them.
This was a fast book and the pacing was perfect. We are given each of these characters at the height of their craft. Successful, witty, flirtatious and hot. The fun never stopped the whole way through and I couldn’t put it down. Lauren Blakely hit it out of the park with this one with characters I fell in love with.
(I voluntarily reviewed an advance review copy of this book I received for free in exchange for my open and honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.)
3.75 stars–SPECIAL DELIVERY is the fifth instalment and novella in Lauren Blakely’s contemporary, adult ALWAYS SATISFIED romance series. This is former Super Bowl-winning tight end Vaughn Channing, and party planner Quinn Summers. SPECIAL DELIVERY can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Quinn and Vaughn) SPECIAL DELIVERY follows Quinn Summers as she is tasked with planning the Christmas party for the Premier Agency, a sports management group co-owned by her brother Josh Summers and former Super Bowl-winning tight end Vaughn Channing. A meeting between Josh, Vaughn and Quinn ends with Vaughn and Quinn making arrangements for the next day, arrangements that include the start of a relationship that nobody wanted. What ensues is the quick building relationship and romance between Quinn and Vaughn, and the potential fall-out as Vaughn’s time in Manhattan draws to a close.
Vaughn Channing doesn’t do relationships, and has issues of trust when it comes to affairs of the heart. Having been burned in the past, Vaughn is on a hiatus from dating and women until he comes face to face with his business partner’s sister, a spunky, independent businesswoman who in turn, isn’t looking for a happily ever after. Time spent together planning for the upcoming holiday party finds our couple drawn closer together until the time for Vaughn to move on with his life.
The relationship between Vaughn and Quinn is one of immediate attraction; a sexually palpable attraction that threatens Vaughn and Quinn’s ‘just say no’ to relationships and love. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
We are reintroduced to Quinn’s brother Josh (Overnight Service #4), and their younger sister Amy.
SPECIAL DELIVERY is a quick read ; a fast paced novella that follows the best friend’s sister romance between two people who never expected to find love or a happily ever after. The character driven premise is engaging and inviting ; the characters are flirty and sassy; the romance is spirited and tender.