Synopsis
Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. With a huge following and two supportive moms, Bee couldn’t ask for more. But when Bee’s favorite producer casts her to star in a Christmas movie he’s making for the squeaky-clean Hope Channel, Bee’s career is about to take a more family-friendly direction.
Forced to keep her work as Bianca under wraps, Bee quickly learns this is a task a lot easier said than done. Though it all becomes worthwhile when she discovers her co-star is none other than childhood crush Nolan Shaw, an ex-boy band member in desperate need of career rehab. Nolan’s promised his bulldog manager to keep it zipped up on set, and he will if it means he’ll be able to provide a more stable living situation for his sister and mom.
But things heat up quickly in Christmas Notch, Vermont, when Nolan recognizes his new co-star from her ClosedDoors account (oh yeah, he’s a member). Now Bee and Nolan are sneaking off for quickies on set, keeping their new relationship a secret from the Hope Channel’s execs. Things only get trickier when the reporter who torpedoed Nolan’s singing career comes snooping around—and takes an instant interest in mysterious newcomer Bee.
And if Bee and Nolan can’t keep their off-camera romance behind the scenes, then this merry little meet cute might end up on the cutting room floor.
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Review
I love Sierra Simone and Julie Murphy, and their first book together s no exception. A Merry Little Meet Cute has Julie’s sweetness and Sierra’s steam.
I love both Nolan and Bee. I also loved the setting. I love Hallmark Christmas movies, so how could I not? This book had many great things, like a fat female main character working in porn. While trying to hide her porn past to be more of a mainstream actress on the Hope Channel, I loved that Bee was never ashamed of her work. Instead, she was proud of what she did and loved the confidence it gave her. A Merry Little Meet Cute was a fat and sex-positive book, and I loved that!
Nolan, however, was trying for some major image rehab, and though it took me a bit to warm to him, I loved how he saw Bee. Getting Nolan’s POV, as well as Bee’s, really made this book for me. We quickly saw that he was a nice guy but that people expected the worst from him.
I did feel like the story was maybe a little too down out. I know we have to set the stage, but the other shoe had to drop sometime, and I would have liked to have dropped a little sooner. Other than that, though, this was a fun read!
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