A spicy, snowed-in for the holidays romance novella perfect for fans of Chloe Liese, Jessica Joyce, and Christina Lauren.

The last thing Genevieve Danvers wants for Christmas is a date.

And yet, she is at the library’s holiday date auction, determined to leave with her dignity and savings account intact. 



Gen is only there to prevent her best friend from bankrupting herself over a weak-chinned nepo baby—certainly not to bid on one of the city’s most eligible bachelors.

But then Nicodemus King takes the stage. And no one is more surprised than Gen when her auction paddle shoots into the air faster than Santa’s sleigh.


The only thing Nicodemus King hates more than Christmas songs is the library’s date auction.



And yet, he is on stage at the annual fundraiser, being auctioned off to the highest bidder. 

Nico is only there because the night benefits initiatives he cares about. Despite despising the event format, he can endure an evening with whoever wins him to support the cause. 

Then he meets Gen. And it doesn’t require a single glass of spiked eggnog for him to propose they go out immediately rather than wait until the new year.


But when the weather gets frightful and a snowstorm hits the city, their strictly-for-charity date becomes a Christmas neither of them expected.


Gen keeps telling herself it’s a holiday fling. But Nico knows it could be for the books.

Readers can expect: 
🎄 holiday grump x eldest daughter
❄️ snowed in together
🎄 age gap
❄️ spicy lessons
🎄 family drama
❄️ she falls first, he falls hard