While It Was Snowing by Elyssa Patrick
Felicity Evans and Harry Walsh have been best friends forever, but lately, Felicity has noticed the looks Harry has been giving her. And she's going to do something about it. Sex solves everything, or so she hopes. But she never knew Harry was a virgin--until now. Being snowbound in a Vermont cabin is the perfect opportunity to take things to the next level . . . and perhaps dare to lay her heart out on the line.
Review
This was utterly charming with a bold curvy woman without the body issues that plague so many BBW in Romance and a friends to lover seduction that is funny, tender, and real.
Harry is a wonderful risk adverse virgin hero with a bow tie. Yum.
It is all the small touches that make this such a lovely find of a romance. The writer is very meta about the conflict. At first there doesn't seem like there is going to be any (and I was fine with that myself as two people always have friction just by being and that is enough for me) but the heroine actually comments on it. And then it doesn't go so well. Its humorous and it is all endearing.
Warning. The book is a sexy times tease. We don't get any really despite the foul mouthed heroine and the erotic tension that is flush in this novella.
None the less: A warm happy hot coco of a Christmas time read. I am picking up this Patrick's backlist!
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