What a blast! Fast paced and full of all the shenanigans right from the get go.

The main characters are fun - a bratty FMC and a dominant MMC that knows how to handle her.

The side characters that make appearances are great - I hope we see more of them in this series.

I read this real quick too - it's not chunky, there's not too much waiting around or excess of anything, we're just down to business and getting jobs done 😉

It's a romance but weighs heavy with sexy time content and a very specific type of that kind of content. The writing of all the play scenes is great - it doesn't seem to go overboard and we get enough in-between that the romance that builds between Grant and Anna seems believable.

What a start to a series!

Thanks to NetGally and Solitary Vice publishing for the review copy of this book :)

Sorry, but this book wasn't for me!
I couldn't connect with characters, the plot wasn't for me either, although it really has a potential. What I really missed is the deepness of the story... I felt like I was thrown in the middle, so I wasn't able to connect with it.

This book was one spicy tamale!! 🥵 and it took no time to jump right in there until the very end! It was done in a different style then I'm used to, like some of what they said or how she described what they were feeling or how they said something was described in more of a British English than an American English. All in all it was a great story line and cute love story and cant forget the HEA! The BDSM Dom/sub scenes 🥵🫠 so intense and describes them so well you feel every part deep down!!
#netgalley #arcread

Also I emailed pictures of some spelling/punctuation mistakes to
anne@victoryediting.com
This email came with the the email saying I got the ARC. Not sure if I'm allowed to share on social media or not if I am please let me know and I will do so. Thank you!

So much sex. I liked it though. I didn't want the story to end. Lola, Simon and Michael were great side characters. I hope they get a story. I would love to read them.

This book was good for what it is. Plenty of smut and kink, as well as, perhaps most importantly, respect between the consenting parties. Appreciated that there is still an element of feelings/romance; these characters clearly develop a bond beyond their sexual relationship.

Overall, a quick, spicy read. Would be interested in reading more from this author.

ARC provided by publisher via NetGalley in exchange for honest review.

(ARC Review)
I did not expect this to be as good as it was. Anna ends up spending her two-week vacation alone in a rental house after her family ditches her.
Grant shows up, completely unaware his mom rented out the place finding Anna in the house. But it’s actually not their first time meeting. After a chat (and some mutual vibes), they decide to spend the two weeks together in a D/s relationship.

This was such a fun, light read with solid banter and very satisfying spice. Really nice seeing a healthy D/s dynamic for once—no toxic alpha a-holes or broken, voiceless heroines. Just two consenting adults having a good time. It felt a little bit rushed towards the end with how quickly their feelings progressed in only two weeks.

That said, it does need a bit of editing. The POV shifts mid-chapter caught me off guard more than once, so some cleanup before publishing would definitely help.

Also, I wish Anna’s relationship with her mother had either been left out entirely or explored deeper—it felt like a heavy topic that didn’t get enough page time in such a short book.

Overall? 3.5 stars. Super enjoyable, steamy, and refreshing in the way it handled kink and communication.

I was in a reading slump and this came along at exactly the right time. It was very spicy right from the start and I was Here. For. It. Didn't enjoy the miscommunication (I never do) but the spice more than made up for it. This was my first book by this author and I will seek them out for future reading!

What an interesting, spicy book! I liked the premise, just the characters meeting the way they did is kinda. Cliche and unrealistic. I did enjoy it tho!

This is the second book I've read by Hannah Murray and was a change of pace from the romantic suspense and PNR books I've been reading lately.

There were several scenes in this book that had me laughing and any book that has a dog gets bonus points from me. The book was more spice than plot, which I expected based on the blurb, and it lived up to that expectation. I still would have liked a bit more character development, but what was enough to tell the story.

There was a lot of conversation regarding consent and interests related to BDSM, and there were no scenes that I felt were non-consensual between the main characters.

Overall, the book allowed me to escape reality for a while and I'm sure I'll read other books by this author in the future.

Thank you, Solitary Vice Publishing, for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All thoughts and options are my own.

4 stars — Bratty behavior, snowed in, and a kitchen counter hate-bang? Count me in.

Anna just wanted a peaceful family getaway. What she got was surprise BDSM winter camp with the Dom who ghosted her after promising to turn her sass into submission. (Honestly, relatable. I too would be petty and bratty if a man ditched me after a club scene and then showed up in my vacation rental like a plot twist in a spicy Hallmark movie.)

Grant Snow—yes, that’s his actual name, and yes, he snows up (sorry)—barges in with one goal: two weeks of full-time power exchange and probably reorganizing her spine. And somehow, it works! There’s snow, sex, sass, a whole lot of control play, and not a single safe word fumbled.

If you like your romances hot enough to melt Michigan snow and filled with forced proximity that actually forces them to deal with their baggage (and each other’s bodies), you’ll eat this up like leftover Christmas cookies

3.75⭐️ a fun and sexy good time.

This spicy BDSM novel is a good, quick palate cleanser and exactly what I needed right now. Anna and Grant have great chemistry and outside of the spicy scenes, their banter is hilarious. I also found the interactions with the side characters really entertaining and the perfect set up for upcoming books in this series that I’m sure will happen.

One little itch that wasn’t scratched; Anna clearly has some emotional issues that are connected to the relationship with her mom and that never gets any closure. I get that this book is basically all smut, so why bring in a potentially deeper topic if that’s not going to be fully explored and eventually resolved? The book basically ends with Anna and Grant promising to talk about it together and that’s it. We don’t get to see him help her resolve those deep seated issues or her confronting her mom at all. Seems like both a wasted opportunity and a waste of time.

Overall I enjoyed this and I think I’ll explore some other works from this author!

Phew. This is a very sexy book, with lots of great scenes told in toe curling detail. There is romance woven into the tale and fire on every page from the opening chapter. Anna is a great character - all strength and power and sass and so when she comes up against her Dom they are dynamite. There is tenderness under it all although the most fabulous part of the book is the interaction with Lola, Anna’s best friend. She is just perfect and allows us to know Anna better as well as to see what a gift a tight bond of friendship is.

I loved this book. I fell in love with both Grant and Anna throughout. The way the spicy scenes were written allowed me to understand what was happening and the world in which this book is set. This book is worth reading!

There's nothing better for a palate cleanser than a quick, easy smutty read! This is a really good spicy read for my darker, smutty book lovers.
Anna is the fmc with a trauma-based past She's sassy, submissive, yet can be a brat. For two weeks, she's left in a winter retreat as her family bailed on her. Enter Grant, the mmc whose family's house Anna is staying in. Grant is a hot ( HE HAS DIMPLES) dominant mmc who likes what he likes.

One of my highlights for this book (other than the hot spicy scenes) is how the author displayed what healthy kinks look like. Many readers like me, read smutty books because it helps us dive into taboo topics that we may not have known before (kinks, dom/sub etc.) Being able to convey a type of kink and what it SHOULD look and feel like is so important as readers then know what it should be if they choose to try to do something new in their own lives. (wink wink)

Read if you like:
-SPICE SPICE BABYYY
-A sassy, submissive fmc
-A hot dominant mmc
-Forced proximity

This spicy BDSM Romance book exceeded my expectations.

-Sassy FMC Sub x Dimpled MMC Dom
-Funny Ride-or-Die Bestie
-Spicy Funny Banter
-Cute Dog
-VERY High Spice

The figurative language and writing style made this book stand apart from others to me. It was easy to get into it and stay interested. I LOVED Lola, and I hope we get a second book with her as the FMC. I would definitely read it!

*Check the trigger warnings before reading - there are some very intense scenes and your mental health is important.

This was a seriously steamy read that’s sure to get your pulse racing. It features intense graphic scenes involving rough and force play, so it's definitely not for the faint of heart—trigger warning for those sensitive to such themes. That said, I really enjoyed it. I especially loved that, while the woman was submissive, she was still a strong, badass character who knew what she wanted and got it—just like her partner. As a couple, they were fantastic together.

Snow Bound was an interesting romantic erotica. Anna arrives in Michigan expecting to spend the next two weeks with her family, only to find they have bailed on her for sunny Florida. Grant arrives at his mother's house for a surprise visit to find the woman he was supposed to meet at the club. After initial apprehension from Grant and Anna, they decide to pick up where they left off and maybe push the limits of the original plan. It was an entertaining read.

Thank you to Netgalley, Hannah Murray, and Solitary Vice Publishing are an advanced copy of Snow Bound in exchange for an honest review.

What I appreciate about Murray is that she does not just write smut or kink. She depicts the consent and agreements within the kink community (if done right) and the negotiations of a scene. It's educational and also a reminder that that there is a right way to do kink and a wrong way that might cause trauma. I liked Snow Bound because it depicted Anna confronting her existing traumas within a scene and Grant recognizing that. I am intrigued by the psychology of kink and so Snow Bound was a good read. Yes, it's steamy and I love 10/10 spice but it was more than that. The kink scenes did feel a little long but I think that was due to Murray trying to set the intention of the scene and explaining the non-sexy parts of kink (odd thing to say), which are necessary to establish safety and trust.

Anna goes on a family vacation to snowy Michigan only to be abandoned by her family when they go to Sunny Florida instead. Grant comes home to visit his mom and discovers a woman he’d once met at the club staying there. What happens when a sassy eager-for-pain submissive spends two weeks with a sadistic Dom who is happy to explore every kink?

Although the extensive descriptions and internal monologue seem to slow the flow of the book (and lengthen it significantly, there is also a fun storyline, believable attraction (spicy!), and a handful of intense scenes. A good read - hoping Lola gets her own book after!

wow, i did not expect to like this. it was pov which i usually hate but something about this book made me like it.
was spice the plot, fuck yes, but im not complaining.
i loved our characters relationship. and this book had me GIGGLING.
i love how the book started too.
now for the badish bits.
after 3-4 weeks of knowing each other they move in?? like thats early as fuck.
and the misscomunication?!?!?!? ARG they both liked each other but didnt tell each other. it pissed me off sooo much.

on my goodreads there will be quotes for this book