This was amazing!!!! Thank you for the opportunity to read it!

Adult boybander with a bad reputation, a hot full figure baddie, and a cozy Christmas setting,. This was everything I could possibly want in a Christmas novel.

I loved our main characters, and thought that they both bad wonderful development throughout the story. I love the supporting characters, and the absurdity and probableness of this being a situation that could happen. I had so much fun with this, and will recommend this to everyone.

I enjoyed this book a lot and recommended it to several people. It was very fun, although definitely a fluff read. I would consider reading sequels.

A fun holiday romance, full of steam, snark, and heart! Really liked this first novel from powerhouses Murphy and Simone!

I did not have time to finish this title before the publication date. However, it was purchased by my library (and 41 other libraries in our consortia). Our copy has gone out six time since late September :)

This was a fun collaboration between Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone, providing a lot of spice and a story that captures the heart. The hero and heroine are both extremely likeable and the conflict was believable for their circumstances. A great unique holiday romance!

Okay so it was my bad that I didn’t fully read into what this book was and just requested it. This is about celebrities and I don’t really love celebrity romances. With that being said, it was well written.

I was so excited when I read the description for A Merry Little Meet Cute! As someone who loves romance and Christmas, this book caught my eye from the very beginning, add in that it is written by two of my favorite authors, Julie Murphy, and Sierra Simone, I knew that it would be one of my favorite books of the year, and this book did not disappoint.

From the moment that I started reading this book, I could not put it down. The writing captures you from the very beginning, it’s funny and witty, and the characters are so lovable. Simone and Murphy’s writing makes it so easy to be drawn into the book and the characters. I have enjoyed every book that I have read by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone, and I am so glad that I can add this book to the list. It was so nice to see a plus-size MC being unapologetically and publicly loved and appreciated and I really appreciate the fact that this book was so sex-positive and destigmatized sex work both in the writing of the characters and the scenarios that they experience. Bee Hobbes is a plus-size porn star who has a dream of mainstream acting and is getting her big break acting in a wholesome Christmas movie for the Hope Channel, but she has to keep her other identity Bianca von Honey a secret from everyone.

Nolan Shaw, the bad boy with a secret soft side, just wants to forget the past, put his head down, and help his family by acting in this wholesome movie, that is until he meets Bee. Nolan and Bee have their own motivations and secrets to protect, but the chemistry that these two have is incredible and instantaneous, though neither knows (yet) that it began long before they met. Nolan has a secret soft side and is fiercely loyal to and protective of those he loves. Bee is such a great character because regardless of what she is experiencing she is confident and stays true to herself. These are two characters that you can’t help but root for.
If anyone is looking for a holiday read that includes a lot of spice and has real characters that are experiencing real-world issues, I would suggest that they pick this one up. I really admire the fact that Simone and Murphy put so much effort into representing and accurately portraying sex work and mental health issues such as bipolar disorder while destigmatizing sex work and mental health issues. The writing of this book is phenomenal, and you can’t help but love Bee and Nolan.

I absolutely loved this book and have already started reading it again. This is a great read, especially for anyone who loves Christmas and especially Hallmark-esque Christmas movies and wants some more spice. I hope to see more collaborations like this from Murphy and Simone in the future.

Thank you Avon and Harper Voyager and NetGalley for this ARC, all opinions are my own.

Cute, spicy fun holiday read! Love that Sierra Simone added to the spice of this. I had high expectations due to other reviews and description. Only slightly disappointed

Now that the strike at Harper Collins is resolved, I can say that I enjoyed this as a holiday read. I am always looking for holiday books with rep from other religious celebrations.

I am NOT a holiday romance kind of girl, but I just couldn’t pass this up! I’m so glad I didn’t because this book was good. So so good! I wasn’t expecting it to be as steamy and such a smirking good time. But. It. Was. Loved loved loved. Read it if you like a curvy h and just an overall good time.

Small town Hallmark Channel-esque romance, but make it super sexy. This is a fun spin on the rise of Hallmark-esque romance novels that have popped up since the channel's wholesome Christmas movies became unavoidably popular, but the most special thing here is the embrace of sex work. There's never any judgment and, while Bee wants to get out of the sex work industry, her attempts at self-growth and change isn't rooted in self-loathing or embarrassment. She's proud of her body and her talent, as she should be.

This is one of my favorite books of the year. The fact that the premise is a bit absurd and the action is placed in an ideal Holiday setting is just a recipe for a wonderful read. If you like characters that are well written, sex positive and not as shallow as you'd expect at first glance get this book now, it will be most enjoyable.
This is my first read from author Julie Murphy, but definitely not my first from Sierra Simone - her books are pretty much a 1-click buy for me and now that I have discovered Julie's voice I am running to get hers as well.

I absolutely love Julie Murphy and I will read and recommend everything she writes. Her characters are funny, relatable and well written. This is definitely an adult book and not your typical holiday story!

I loved this book! I thought the writing was so good and the characterization incredibly unique. The chemistry was palpable. I didn't love the conflict nor the resolution (really the end of the book) but the rest of the book truly made up for it. I can definitely see myself rereading this next Christmas season!

I really loved this very steamy romance - fat positive, also sex worker positive and always second chances in love and life

Overall: 4.75/5
Spice level: 3.5/5
Tropes: Hollywood, coworkers, LGBTQ (both main characters are bisexual), secret affair, plus size rep

CW: fatphobia

I don't usually get drawn into holiday stories, but this was Sierra Simone so I had to. Also, this story is way spicier than the cover lets on. But that makes sense because the heroine is a plus size p0rn star and the hero is a reformed bad boy pop star.

What I loved was how Bee and Nolan had basically pined for each other from afar for years and didn't know it. It created an almost instant chemistry when they met in person to star in a Hallmark-esque movie together.

I really loved the unapologetic and sex positive nature of this book. And with both characters being bisexual and a surrounding group of diverse characters, there was plenty of representation.

I loved the secret forbidden nature of the story since they were coworkers and had reputations to protect. I was definitely hoping for a p3gging but it didn't happen. The hero definitely hinted at being interested in it.

Overall i loved all the characters and the pacing of the story. And the spice was nearly perfect.

The way sex workers are represented in this book is fantastic. And the stigma and external pressures are heartbreaking and the judgment they experience hurts.

The romance is spicy and realistic. As realistic as famous stories can be.

A festive and steamy romcom! Perfect balance of steam and holiday fun. I hope to read more from the author duo of Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone.

"A Merry Little Meet Cute" is the absolute delight of the 2022 holiday season, and this is a writing duo for the win! I loved Bee and her sweet nature, unapologetic adult film work, and real curves, and boy-band bad-body Nolan and his jaw-dropping infatuation with the actress of his dreams, along with his love for and commitment to his mom and sister. The picturesque film-set setting of Christmas Notch, Vermont, and the supporting cast of characters really round out this world, and it's a joy from start to finish, a perfect mix of angsty and sexy, with scenes hot enough to melt any Northeastern winter wonderland, which I really appreciate in a Christmas title since love scenes in the holiday genre are very often watered down, fade to black, or even nonexistent. Even better is that with confirmed sequels featuring Nolan's former boy-band members, each with their own fascinating stories, we're going to have more to come in this finely balanced and rich world, and I can't wait for Kallum and Winnie's story!

Don't let this title and cover fool you. This book is NOT a sweet, "Hallmark" romance! It was pretty raunchy from page one to the end.

The main character, Bee Hobbes, is a plus-size adult-film star, Bianca Von Honey. She's highly successful at what she does but when one of her favorite producers offers her a starring role in a movie he is making for the Hope channel, she figures her regular consumers wouldn't recognize her in a sweet, clean film. An added bonus for her: her co-star is Nolan Shaw, the boy-band star of her teenage dreams. (Her childhood bedroom is still wallpapered with posters of his face - even on the ceiling.) Can she really pull this off, when their onscreen chemistry steps into offscreen shenanigans?

Nolan Shaw is doing what he can to clean up his act so that he can better support his mother and young sister. When he learns that his co-star is his favorite online drool fest, he's concerned that he won't be able to "keep it zipped", which was his manager's one requirement. Working with Bee is by turns delightful and steamy, but Nolan holds it together until .... Well, read it to find out.

I listened to most of this and really enjoyed the voice of the male lead. Most everyone involved in the story falls into the LGBTQIA+ category, so in some ways, it's surprising that Bee and Nolan end up together. The only thing merry and cute in the story is the location of the movie being filmed. I wasn't a fan of this story, but it did have some pretty humorous moments. I really struggled to complete it, though.