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Steamy December
288 pages
A playful, theatrical romp where a comedic revenge prank spirals into unexpected, steamy romance.
What it feels like
Reading this vintage romance feels like watching a delightfully theatrical romantic comedy unfold. The pace is brisk and breezy, carrying the reader through a whirlwind of mistaken identities, elaborate disguises, and comedic revenge. The mood is decidedly lighthearted and playful, yet it crackles with the steamy, undeniable tension of a classic enemies-to-lovers dynamic. Beneath the campy, dramatic prose lies a surprisingly earnest exploration of appearances versus reality, as an arrogant hero and a spunky heroine are forced to look past their initial, prejudiced judgments. It is a perfect, nostalgic escape for readers who love the delicious angst of a prank gone wrong, where indignant retaliation inevitably melts into passionate, heart-fluttering surrender.
- Mood
- lighthearted
- steamy
- comedic
- Tone
- playful
- dramatic
- wry
- theatrical
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- appearances versus reality · enemies to lovers · comedic revenge · pride and prejudice
- The writing
- Breezy and dialogue-heavy, the writing leans into the dramatic, slightly campy flair characteristic of vintage category romance.
- The arc
- The journey shifts from indignant, comedic retaliation to unexpected vulnerability and passionate surrender.
- Who it's for
- Readers who delight in vintage romance tropes, spunky heroines, and the delicious tension of a revenge prank gone romantically wrong.
Content notes
- dated gender dynamics
- classism
About the book
North Kendrick was a connoisseur - he liked his women beautiful and his champagne cold. He had taken one look at Ami and made one of his famous snap judgments. But Ami was determined to prove to him that appearances could be deceptive. As a makeup artist, she could transform herself into anyone she wanted to be....
So she plays a revenge joke on North, who had kicked her off the kerb in front of his new up-market hotel previously, as he thought she was a hooker from her disguise costume - and now disguises herself as a little old, helpless granny who attends the open to the public hotel opening, and again, gets kicked out as she looks like a poor old granny who could never afford to stay there, drawing the attention of negative press by this attitude; not a good thing for the opening of a new swanky hotel!!
Ami soon discovered though, that messing with North was asking for trouble. And trouble was exactly what she got - of the heartbreaking kind!
Description from Open Library.
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