Christmas by Design

A Holiday Novella

They don’t have a blueprint for love, but can they build a foundation together this Christmas?

Interior designer Beckett Camdon is decidedly not full of Christmas cheer. His idea of a perfect holiday is sitting by his sleek, gas fireplace with a brandy, a good book, and his cat. But when his boss asks him to pair up with Gemma, the resident ray of light and lover of all things Christmas, he has his work cut out for him.

Gemma Woodard is a project manager for flipping houses, and she’s damn good at it. Not that any of the men she works with notice. Her abilities are overshadowed by the fact that she’s a woman—and a single mom to two-year-old Nova. She won’t let that get her down, though. She’s determined to take on this flip, even if it means she has to do it with grouchy Beckett Camdon.

As they work together more and more, an undeniable attraction grows. And when they find themselves snowed in at the house they’re supposed to be flipping, that spark gets harder to ignore.

Will Beckett and Gemma’s desire melt away after just one night, or will it snowball into something more? One thing’s for sure—this Christmas, they might find themselves wrapped up in more than just holiday decorations.

If you love grumpy/sunshine, adversaries to lovers, workplace romances where they get snowed in and swear it's "just for one night," you'll love this fun, quick burst of Christmas happiness this holiday season.

©2024 Allie Samberts (P)2024 Tantor Media

Christmas by Design

Such a cute novella. The grumpy vs sunshine and enemies to lovers trope was so good. I really enjoyed the HGTV vibes. Gemma and Beckett were so cute and easy to relate to. The banter she loved to give him and those nicknames were just funny and cute. I really enjoyed those swoon worthy moments where Beckett show he was thinking and cared about her, but not overbearing way, those little sweet moments.

Allie Samberts did not disappoint! An auto by author for me, I just love all her books!

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Narrated by Patrick Brawn, Victoria Connolly. Great narration and bringing the characters off the page.

Cute holiday romance!

I love Allie's novellas! How she manages to write fully developed characters in such a short time is just magic!