Thank you so much to Netgalley and the publisher for my review copy.

This was a wonderful romance with a great plot and memorable characters. A very enjoyable read.

This is a Brother’s BFF trope with your standard Harlequin formula of a Billionaire, grumpy, manho MMC who did not have a great home life and is lonely in his wealth until the sweet virginal heroine reemerges to teach him what love & family is all about.

Our Hero here had a rough family life and grew up to be wary of making any lasting relationships or having any expectations that people won’t let him down. He had one BFF - The chosen one’s brother (aka Lusty 🤑. Aka Heroine) .

Now “Lusty” had a major crush on him from age 16/17 up until present and for 30% or so it is her lusting after him and him rejecting her over & over again which as a reader you have 2nd hand embarrassment for her and want to shout “Get a life girlfriend! He is just NOT that into you!”. 🤒

In the present, the Brother/BFF had died a year or so prior which left poor “Lusty” all destitute and trying to make ends meet on her own because step-daddy dearest has pushed her out of the family and going after her fortune! (Oh HECK NO!) 🥶

She runs into Hero during one of her temp jobs and though she tries to avoid him, she can’t help lusting after him - still. 🤦 Hero in turn drops OW he was having fun times with to rescue the damsel in distress. Why, I’ll never know but let’s suspend disbelief and go with it. Okay? 👌

Next thing you know, the standup guy that he is, he ditches the OW with some flowers & jewelry that all Billionaires tend to do these days (I guess? 😛) and sets out to reclaim “Lusty’s” inheritance. Yip·Pee!

First on the agenda though is to find out what Step-Daddy Dearest is up to which is a “Duh” moment ‘cause we KNOW he is stealing her fortune! 🙄 The greedy bastard! But yes, we also learn Step- Daddy wants to marry her off to an OM for whatever reason that must have gone over my head ‘cause Hero won’t allow his “Lusty-One” to be taken from him! So OF COURSE a marriage is planned to ruin Step-Daddy Dearest’s plans, and OF COURSE he now for some unknown reason lusts after her too and has always done but she was too underage and his BFF’s sister and there is a Bro code which is I guess nil & void since you know, dude is dead.

So then we have the deflowering and making babies before all is well in HP land and everyone gets their comeuppance and HEA.

The End.

Konstantin and Eloise's story draws you in and makes you keep reading to find out what will happen next in their story of unrequited love on Eloise's part. They are seemingly brought together by random events some sad, others joyous and often around the Christmas holiday. This is a great book for those who like to see the good ones win and the bad ones ultimately lose. I loved their story and highly recommend it.

A chef's kiss to Dani Collins for creating the perfect holiday romance in Husband for the Holidays, which features wonderfully drawn main characters, believable conflicts and dreamy locations. Although Eloise and Konstantin have known each other for years, they are slow to acknowledge they are each other's soul mate. I adored this fresh take on the brother's best friend trope.

I so liked this story. Wished it was longer. Konstantin and Eloise were perfect together. Being a billionaire doesn't always make things easier but the fun was worth it.