REVIEW: Once Upon a Sexy Scrooge by Ella Frank & Brooke Blaine

ONCE UPON A SEXY SCROOGE

by Ella Frank & Brooke Blaine

Release Date: November 29, 2022

Review

I love a small-town christmassy romance. Where everyone knows and cares about each other. Where big families love (and torture, I mean tease!) each other. And that’s exactly the world in which Micah Noble lives. Running the family Christmas Tree Farm

In classic Christmas romance fashion, Maxwell, an acquisitions guy, shows up in a snowstorm with fancy shoes and no snow tires, read to convince Micah to sell his home and family legacy. Rude, obsessed with money and prestige, and with a strong dislike for Christmas, Max finds himself stranded with the sexiest Lumberjack to ever chop a tree.

What ensues is a funny and sweet story of Max getting schooled in the magical ways of Christmas, small towns, and family who love you no matter what.

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Synopsis

Ah, Christmas. The most magical time of the year. A time when the snow is falling, cider is flowing, and couples are kissing under the mistletoe.

Too bad all that makes me want to gag.

Look, it isn’t that I’m a hater, it’s just that I have a job to do, and this particular holiday is getting in the way of that. And I know what you’ll say, that Micah Noble’s Christmas Tree Farm is a beloved tradition for many of the families of Merrihill, but you have to see the bigger picture here: a five-star luxury resort where overworked Manhattanites can escape to, a serene place of spas and shopping and watching sexy lumberjacks chopping wood…

Oh, wait, scratch that last one. Lumberjacks aren’t my thing. Anymore. Micah Noble cured me of that, which tends to happen when you’re trying to buy someone’s family land to bulldoze to the ground.

He can call me a Scrooge all he wants, but business is business, and pleasure is…well, not something I can afford to think about. Even if it does come packaged in those tight jeans and flannel shirts that make me want to rip them off with my teeth—

No. This is not happening. I will not think of Micah as anything other than an obstacle to getting what I want. A really, really sexy obstacle.

Ugh. Screw Christmas and the sleigh it rode in on.

A sweet and sexy m/m holiday romance novella from USA TODAY Bestselling Authors Ella Frank and Brooke Blaine.

About Ella Frank

Ella Frank is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the Temptation series, including Try, Take, and Trust and is the co-author of the fan-favorite Preslocke series. Her Prime Time series has been praised as “highly entertaining!” and “sexy as hell!”

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About Brooke Blaine

Brooke Blaine is a USA Today Bestselling Author best known for writing romantic comedy and M/M romance. Her novels lead with humor and heart, but Brooke never shies away from throwing in something extra naughty that will scandalize her conservative Southern family for life (bless their hearts).

She’s a choc-o-holic, lives for eighties bands (which means she thinks guyliner is totally underrated), believes it’s always wine o’clock, and lives with the coolest cat on the planet—her Ragdoll/Maine Coon mix, Jackson Agador Spartacus.

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