{Review} The Billionaire's Christmas Bride by L. Nicole

Title: The Billionaire's Christmas Bride
Author: L. Nicole
Release Date: December 10, 2019
Genre: Contemporary Romance

All he wants for Christmas is her.

Nikolai Serepova took one look at Gabriella and knew he had to have her. He was too old for her, but it was like lightning struck him when she smiled and there was no way he could walk away. He’s been biding his time and finally, the moment is right. He has Gabriella right where he wants her. He’s going to claim her and nothing will stand in his way.

Billionaire Bad Boys are just what the series title implies. They’re filthy rich, and well, just plain filthy in general. They know what they want and when it comes to women, once they find ‘the one’ there’s no way they will walk away. If you like safe reads with insta-love, Alpha men, and a definite happily ever after, then you’re in luck, because that’s exactly what’s inside a L. Nicole book.

*Please note this book was previously published as The Billionaire's PYT, but contains some all new content.*

What We Liked

♥ We love a woman who doesn't conform to men with money and entitlement and treats women like property (looking at you, stepdaddy George), and our heroine, Gabriella, is that kind of woman.

♥ The pace seems to be fast considering the length of the book and the H and h's first encounter, giving the illusion of "instalove" but the H had his eye on the h for a while, biding his time until the opportunity struck.

♥ Escaping the posh, fancy, rich and snooty life and its controlling, lecherous clutches.

♥ Acknowledgement of the dark side of money and how it changes a person, coming from the perspective of someone who grew up in that lifestyle.

♥ No protection, but more than that -- making sure both parties wanted that.

What We Didn't

• Aren't we over the whole women are property thing and thinking it's romantic in this day and age, or do I expect too much progress(iveness/-ion) in modern romances now?
• "My hand wraps in her hair, as I use the hold to pull her back to me. She hisses from the sting of pain, but I don't soften my hold." Was that supposed to be sexy? Because if it was then it wasn't executed that way. Try again.
• We couldn't tell if the h traded one prison for another when the H rescued her from her evil, rich stepdad.

The Ladies

Gabriella // We love how she never fell into the rich and glam lifestyle hole when her mom married a rich dude. She'll play the part to protect her mom but doesn't want anything to do with her stepdad's riches or business arrangements. Gabriella is no one's property. She is a human being who belongs to herself first and we stan.

The Guys

Nikolai // You can tell by his name that he has a sexy Russian accent. However, he lost us when he told Gabriella "I'm claiming you as my property, Gabriella." (There's a sexy way to write something akin to that, that is not chauvinistic, but that was not it). Other than that, he is pretty clever in his businesses and dry sense of humor.

Lust Factor

2.5 flames