Oh, my gosh!
I truly loved this story!
Grumpy boss
Savvy designer
Their story makes for a laugh out loud story that I read in just a few hours.
Beautiful Christmas/Holiday romantic comedy that I highly recommend.
Thank you NetGalley, the publisher and author for the opportunity to read this book for my honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.

I loved this book & all the characters. Hendricks was the perfect grinch and Ava was the best main character who helps change his perspective on it all. Camryn saying she knew made my heart melt for them

Cute, sweet story. Clean romance. No sex. Barely any kissing.

Ava was a good character who I enjoyed watching her melt Hendricks' heart.

Enjoyable story

Ava is a young, frustrated interior designer obsessed with Christmas and is currently searching for a new job after her last boss stole her designs, took credit, and fired her. Hendricks Cole is a self-made architectural billionaire, who is also a grumpy, Scrooge, and his PA is about to retire. His PA pushes Ava onto him, realizing whether or not, they both need each other. Hendricks is also trying to win the pitch to build Camryn Wren's, a famous writer, producer and director, to build her forever home, and realizes he needs Ava's help to learn everything about her,
Camryn is famous for her Christmas romances, so Ava suggests for Hendricks to watch a few movies to understand her vibes, but what he takes away from it is that Camryn is all about family, and if he is a married man, he has a better chance at commission. He proposes a fake marriage contract to Ava enlist her help until he end of December or until he gets the contact, while Ava gets a decent amount of money, free will to decorate his homes, and his client list.
Hendricks is all about the blueprints and lines when it comes to the house, so when Camryn tells him he wants the house to feel like a home, he must enlists Ava's help even more so they can pull together their designs for her new home.
If you like Christmas Hallmark movies, opposites attract, fake-relationship romances, then this is right up your alley. Hope into this cute lil Christmas romcom before the holiday season!

This is the cutest feel good Christmas book! Ava is an out of work interior designer who is obsessed with Christmas and being Holly jolly. When her BFFs aunt wants to retire from her assistant position for Billionaire architect Hendricks Cole, he gets Ava the job without a hitch. Soon after, Hendricks has the incredible opportunity to design a home for none other than the famous “Christmas romance” actress Camryn Wren and he’ll need alot of help from Ava to pull it off. Mixing Ava’s love for Christmas and Hendricks Grinch like disdain for it made for adorable comedy and a heartwarming story. Highly recommend for getting in the Christmas spirit!

Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this e-book in exchange for an honest review.

This is a romantic comedy set during Christmas. It follows Ava who gets the perfect job just before Christmas, one problem, her grumpy, handsome new boss. To get a big client, Hendricks, her boss, offers Ava his client list in return to be his fake wife for Christmas.

I thought this was a sweet Christmas romance. I enjoyed hearing how Ava would transform a space to a Christmas wonderland. Some of the fake relationship moments were funny, especially when they were around friends and family who were in on their antics!

Tropes:
Workplace Romance
Grumpy X Sunshine
Fake Relationship

*I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I LOVED this book!! It was so Christmas-y, it definitely got me into the spirit of the holidays! This book is great if you want something quick and easy to read this holiday season. I loved every single character, especially the gay friends. This was just a really fun read. Thanks NetGalley for the ARC!

Hendricks needs a wife to land a major job with a huge client. Ava needs a job and a client list. She loves Christmas and he is a major grump. Hendricks' PA is retiring and hires Ava as her replacement. The two must work together to land a contract with Camryn, who is famous for her gushy Christmas romances.

I enjoyed this book. It was a cute and quick holiday read. Ava wears down Hendricks with her extravagant Christmas decor. This has the feeling of a Hallmark Christmas movie. It was a sweet story that includes enemies-to-lovers, fake-relationship and opposites attract romance.

Thanks to NetGalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to review this book!
This was a cute book! It had a lot of sweet moments ❤️. I appreciated that the FMC was smart, driven but also not a “Grinch”, like most people portray strong women! I love that she was such a big ball of joy but could defend herself and didn’t need rescuing.
The biggest tension was the MMC, who was the “Grinch” in this story. He is the grumpy boss who is reluctant for most of the book to embrace her and Christmas in general. I did like him, especially at the end, when he decides to embrace everything- he embraces EVERYTHING! And it’s cute!
It’s an easy, cute read for the holidays!

Sigh! I loved this book so much. It was so stinking cute. It didn’t hurt I read it by my Christmas tree with instrumental Christmas music playing. This will be a yearly read for me! Perfect perfect Christmas love story.

I really enjoy the fake dating trope. What could make that better - Christmas. This was a really cute easy read about an anti Christmas boss and his new Christmas loving assistant. A fake relationship is needed to win a new high profile client. From there real romance blossoms.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I picked this book because I love marriage of convenience books! Unfortunately, this one didn't work for me.

First of all, this was closer to fake dating as they weren't actually married. That's fine thought I like fake dating too. I just didn't really connect with the characters. They were flat and didn't have much personality. I also didn't feel like this book really captured the grumpy sunshine vibe it was going for.

I did enjoy the descriptions of the holiday decorations but we mostly heard they were great and didn't get much description.

Finally, these characters don't even kiss (except maybe at the very end but if so I've already forgotten). I don't mind closed door romance but this went beyond that and felt like all sexuality was excluded from the relationship with the exception a few small mentions of attraction.

There are lots of great Christmas books, I would recommend skipping this one. It just falls short in a lot of ways.

I get that is a holiday romance book, but the story felt kind of flat to me. I didn't love it but I didn't hate it.

Hendricks Cole, a grumpy architect, hates Christmas. When his assistant retires, she hires Ava Brown, a Christmas loving designer. When Camryn Wren, a famous movie director, selects Hendricks company as a finalist to build her winter retirement home. To win her over, he feels that he needs to have a family and asks Ava to be his pretend wife. The two opposites must work together to show Camryn why they should work with them all while trying to pretend to like each other.

This book is a Hallmark movie in book form. It was cheesy, full of Christmas spirit, and family shenanigans. I thought it was cute but not something I would read again. The beginning lagged and I felt the book rushed at the end.

Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you for the ARC Netgalley and publisher. This was a fun holiday novella. Basically if you want a Hallmark Christmas movie in book form that you can read in one night….this is it.
Tropes:
- grumpy/sunshine
- fake relationship
- forced proximity
- boss/assistant
I did find Ava a bit snobby and materialistic for my liking but overall the dynamic between Hendricks and Ava was really sweet. 3.5 ⭐️

The Worst Christmas Wife was filled with all the Christmas spirit I want in a Christmas romance! I love that the main character was Christmas obsessed. I enjoyed the storyline and I felt it was interesting but not heavy, there were no major bumps in the road which was soothing to my anxious little being. This was a comfort read for the holidays.

An absolutely cracker of a Christmas romance with all the bells and whistles - fake dating, eggnog, best friends going above and beyond, and two people falling in love. Bachand has delivered a top tier cosy romance perfect for inhaling with a mug of hot chocolate by your side. Ava and Hendricks, despite their adherence to standard romance tropes, felt incredibly real and believable. Of course, there were some stereotypical moments, for example a fake dating contract, but their banter and genuine affection for one another gave the story a level of charm. I can definitely see myself looking into more of Bachand’s Christmas stories.

It was a sweet Christmas romance, very similar to the TV movies that come out every year. The fake marriage trope was fun, and I liked that it was within the idea of a business run by a couple. It has a lot of cliches, which you will either love or hate, gay best friends, over the top spending, old lady "matchmaker," etc. Ava and Hendricks had good grumpy/sunshine chemistry. Overall it was a very quick holiday read that put me in the same mood as the movies do, pleasantly entertained for a few hours.

I read this book in a day and I never looked back! The twist and the plot were pretty easy to identify but the different POV's kept me intrigued to see how everything was going to unfold. A couple of the characters were so unlikable that it made it hard to feel bad or connect with them in any way. I do wish that the ending would've given a little more, I wanted to know how the characters dealt with the aftermath.


*I received a copy of this eARC via NetGalley*

I was extremely bored the whole time. It had no way to keep me entertained. The romance wasn't really there. This did not live up to my expectations