This was a cute and fun time, but nothing super memorable. I think the authors said there might be more books coming following side characters and I can't say I'm super interested in those, but this has made me interested in perhaps checking out Sierra Simone's books as I know she's usually self-published and I'm more intrigued to see what she does outside of traditional publishing.

This book was just the right amount of spice to plot! I loved the plus sized representation. It wasn't triggering at all and I loved that Bee loved her body and career! The sex positivity was amazing. This book is gonna be one of my favorites of the year! It was just sooo full of happiness and love. Bee and Nolan had amazing chemistry that made me feel all the love. I can't wait for everyone to read this book and feel the holiday sprit!!

This book was absolutely phenomenal! It's one of my favorite romances of the year. It's so sex positive and I loved the plus size representation. The characters felt fully developed and the Christmas elements never felt cheesy. I can't recommend this book enough!

A spicy-non traditional Christmas romance, that is all about self acceptance, self love and how sometimes being who you really are, rather than who people think you should be is the best gift ever. If you have an aversion to sex scenes this book is not for you.

This collaboration with Julie Murphy was excellent!!! It was equal parts funny and potential drama. I mean what can you expect when you have an ex bad boy from a boy band and an adult film performer?!
Bee had begged Teddy to let her be in the Hope Channel Christmas movie he was producing. He was trying to break away from his adult film company so he has extra income to support his children’s dreams. An unfortunate accident takes out quite a few of members of the production crew and the lead actress. The director sees a head shot of Bee and demands she be the replacement. Gretchen has no idea what Bee’s actual profession is!
Nolan Shaw is trying to reform his reputation. His many, Steph, demands he not do anything to tarnish this new start. This becomes increasingly harder to accomplish when he sees that his new co-star is Bee, aka Bianca Von Honey. He’s one of her biggest fans, but he can’t let her know that he knows who she is!
Filming gets very interesting as these two try to fight the attraction to each other. Bee has been obsessed with Nolan since the beginnings of his career in the boy band INK! Craziness happens as more crew replacements show that Bee recognizes!
I love that Bee is a plus size character. I love the representation of the LGBT community within this book! I truly hope that we get more stories with Kallum, Teddy, Luca, Angel, and Sunny!

I was disappointed in a YA author writing this content. Just a bit to risqué for me. I was expecting more pretty woman vibes.

A downright sexy and fun holiday romp!
What do you get when you put two powerhouse authors together and have them create a fun but vulnerable Hallmark movie type book? You get laughs, fun characters with some interesting backstories and seamless writing between the two authors.

Bee is a plus sized woman that has been passed over for many opportunities because of her size. But she has created her own buzz and has made a life out of being an adult entertainer (aka porn star). She is successful at what she does, has two supportive moms and the best friends, but perhaps she wants more out of life. When she gets an offer for a role on the Hope Channel (sounds like the Holiday Hallmark channel to me), she takes it to expand her brand, but she hides who her online persona is.

Nolan is a former bad-boy boybander looking to resurrect his career and turn himself around. He promises his agent not to let her down and to abstain from any sex while filming for the clean Hope Channel. This is his opportunity to show he's so much more than what people have seen of him in the past..

What follows is unexpected when both of these stars recognize one another from who they are and what they are hiding, unbeknownst to the other.

I loved watching Bee and Nolan fight their attraction and hearing their inner monologues. You can have a case of bad communication, but these two were pretty honest to begin with and actually communicated quite well after getting over a bit of 'stage fright' with each other. Their problems were so much bigger than their attraction. But their work ethic and the way they connected is what held this story and the story within the story together. While this was Bee and Nolan's very sexy story, the supporting characters were just as fun and entertaining and gave this book that much more goodness to grab onto.

Overall, the combination of Ms Simone and Ms Murphy worked extremely well. Sexy, steamy, smart and funny all wrapped up into a very adult Holiday Hallmark type book that will be perfect for the season. I would probably read spinoffs of this book about supporting characters. My only problem? I wish this would've been released closer to winter as it had all the festiveness I love to imbibe in for the holidays.

This awesome writing duo has created a unique, interesting, steamy, hilarious story that I loved. The writing is excellent, the characters are striking and the story is absorbing. Be sure to make time for this little beauty, you won’t be sorry!

Two bisexual disasters on a film set have separately been given orders to keep it in their pants and maintain a very chaste public image...what do you think is going to happen?!? Pure unadulterated (and disastrous) fun of course. Also this is a Hallmark-ish Christmas movie and the stars are a former bad boy popstar and a fat porn actress with a lucrative Only Fans-ish following. Is he secretly a subscriber at the highest tier and did she have a big crush on him back in the day? So much yes!

Honestly this whole book is a delight. It's achieved the perfect fusion of funny and hot. The side characters are great and I'm very much hoping for sequels. The fat rep is fantastic. And the sex work representation was very thoughtfully done, not played for a one note punchline.

Back when this partnership was first announced, I wondered how the book would turn out. While I very much enjoy Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone, they have different writing styles and core audiences. Now I think it's the best thing to have ever happened to Christmas rom-com's.

This book had a great premise, but for me, it just didn’t fulfill expectations.
Plus, as a fan of Julie Murphy’s young adult books, and a retired school librarian, I am concerned about the cartoonish cover for this book, which is probably not appropriate for the school-aged reader!

Big thanks to Avon Romance for an early copy of this book via NetGalley. This review is being given honestly and all thoughts and opinions are my own.

5 Jolly Stars for my bi idols!

Absolutely loved Nolan and Bee and was super excited to read their story. I was not only obsessed with the premise (porn star and former pop star who are secretly obsessed with each other before they meet?) but loved the fact that Bee was a plus size queen! Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone did such a great job executing this book and I struggled so much to not annotate my physical copy because I wanted to keep it in great condition! I DO have plans to annotate the eff out of one of the 3/4 copies I pre-ordered and may even need to re-read to make a note of everything I want to mark.

Honestly you can’t go wrong picking up this book and I really recommend that everyone preorder it asap!

To say I loved this book would be an understatement. I have been in such a slump recently and this is my first five star read in a while. I ADORED all the various rep (plus size! Bisexual! Gay! Jewish!) and I loved that this gave an inside peel into sex work.

I also ADORED the rom com of this whole book not was just *chef’s kiss* perfection. Reformed bad boy Nolan and sexy vixen Bee are just perfect!

I love this author duo. They really made some spicy Christmas magic together! I flew through this book. The whole cast of characters were a good time. I’m excited to see what Julie and Sierra write together in the future!

Thank you so much to Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone, Avon Books, Harper Collins & NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

This has been one of my most anticipated reads for the year ever since the premise of this book was announced. I mean a plus size female main character and a former boy band member working on a movie?! This was made for Stephanie.

"I love making people happy and nothing brings more joy than Christmas and titties."

Porn star Bianca Von Honey is looking to expand her career to what she always wanted - to be an actress. Going by her real name Bee Hobbes, she has the opportunity to star in Hope Channel's holiday film "Duke The Halls" alongside her boy band crush Nolan Shaw. What Bee doesn't know is that Nolan also has a crush on her as he is a loyal subscriber to her Closed Door account. They both needed this project to work as Nolan struggling to remain afloat once his boy band era fizzled and Bee trying to not be cancelled due to her career as a sex worker.

"I love you in the dark. I love you in the light. I love you everywhere."

This book was so much fun and had everything that you want in a romance read. I was already a fan of Julie's work but had not yet gotten to read any of Sierra's work yet so I was really excited to read this. She definitely brought allll the spice to life. In today's culture, as fan of public figures we tend to think that we know that said figure. In this book was no exception,

I am torn in how I feel about Nolan and Bee's relationship. Nolan felt as if he knew Bee and Bee felt like she knew Nolan. I like to think that with all the down time on set and off, they really got to know each other and connect on a deeper level. Sometimes it felt as if they were just living out each other fantasies.

But I also love that Nolan's feelings for Bee were known right away. I felt that his developed sooner than hers did. Not much further being but just a tad. It also just made me giggle with his time with the trusty gingerbread lotion (iykyk). I love Bee's relationship with her moms and the friendships she made with those that she has worked with on set. I also love that Bee was not apologetic about her body. She loves it, she embraces it and doesn't let it affect her goals. I also love that not only was Bee bisexual but Nolan was as well. I feel that the times I see bisexuality represented it is just the female so it was refreshing to have a male mc be bisexual as well.

This book also shed light on how the treatment sex workers are treated. Bee became the subject to many articles (good and bad) and unwarranted comments.

I really hope that Julie and Sierra continue to work together on future projects.
I really like the style that they both brought to the book.

4.5

A former pop star and a current adult film star falling in love while making a Christmas movie is a very entertaining story premise. Bee tries to hide her other profession, wanting to give it a real go as a serious actress, and Nolan is trying to revamp his image. Not to mention they've both been ordered to not engage in any sort of hanky panky while filming. But I mean, that chemistry was strong. And they were already fans of each other.

There were some funny moments in here, like I laughed out loud. And the steam was good. I appreciated the love for a plus sized heroine, and I really liked the way things turned out. I love the beautiful cover, and I'd love to read books about Nolan's past band mates in the future. Very enjoyable read, in a cute Christmassy town.

I just loved this book. The characters pulled me in and it was a fun story, with all the emotions.
Sad happy steamy
Julie and Simone are a great team

A steamy, 18+ romance with a wonderful amount of depth of character. The slow burn was just long enough.

This book was such a disappointment. I could not get into them as a couple. It just seemed like they were both fulfilling fantasies before they even got to know each other. There was no connection between the two of them.

This is an enticing and entertaining story. Bee is an adult film entertainer getting the opportunity to branch out as a regular actor. Nolan is a former bad boy singer trying to reform his image as an actor. The authors have created some superb characters for the story. They are funny and witty. Bee and Nolan make sexy hot and smart. The plot is creative and showcases love, family and friendship. Bee and Nolan fall in love and find the true meaning of Christmas.

Fa La La La oh my, A Merry Little Meet Cute is just the right amount naughty. The cover alone sold me. The story served up ALL the tropes for a sexy romance; childhood crush, workplace romance and forbidden love.

This holiday love story is more than just sex, it serves up public perception of certain industries, plus size women and living life on your own terms. I throughly enjoyed the audio as we'll. The narrators were simply fantastic.

I need more of this duo's books NOW! Thank you Avon for the e-book and Harper Audio for the audiobook.

LOVED A Merry Little Meet Cute!