Five Night Stand by H.L. Day (Snowed Inn)

Title: ⟫ Five Night Stand

Author: ⟫ H.L. Day

Rating: ⟫ 4/5

Blurb: ⟫ The advantage of a one-night stand is being able to walk away. Except, Nathan can’t.

Workaholic Nathan Nicholls hasn’t had the easiest time of late. Still reeling from his publisher’s rejection of his latest book, he seeks refuge in a remote hotel. When he’s propositioned by the sinfully sexy CJ, a man who knows exactly what he wants and isn’t afraid to go for it, why shouldn’t Nathan throw caution to the winds for once and have a bit of fun? After all, he’s leaving the next day.

When an avalanche puts paid to Nathan’s quick exit, he finds himself stuck there for Christmas. Stuck with CJ. What should be awkward, quickly becomes something else. The snow might be cold, but the time they spend together is far from it, and Nathan finds his heart warming. If only their passion and laughter didn’t have a shelf life, doomed to come to an end once the road is cleared.

Nathan Nicholls doesn’t do one-night-stands. But maybe, just maybe, if he makes a Christmas wish, this could be something more.

A sweet and steamy 43k forced proximity story which features a man who never was any good at one-night stands, a cheerful wildlife photographer who might not be as confident as he makes out, rustic log cabins, snow, Christmas cheer, and two men gaining a whole new perspective on life.

All the books In the Snowed Inn collection are standalone stories and can be read in any order.

Review: ⟫ This was such a sweet, sexy story.

The beginning – oh man, I felt for Nathan – that rejection from his publisher was painful to read. How he walked out of there not bawling his eyes out is beyond me. His time at the hotel seemed to be a bit of a wash – he was struggling to connect with what his publisher wanted and the only thing that had changed was his location.

And then along comes C.J. He was so hot, so in control and so totally owning what he wanted, it was incredibly sexy. I really loved their first interactions and their first night together, and was saddened that Nathan allowed his doubts to prevent him from saying goodbye. Then fate stepped in and wow, the story bounded along. I really loved reading the two of them opening up to each other, being vulnerable and just doing their best to enjoy the enforced proximity.

I admit, I was almost shouting at Nathan when the road was cleared and he was going to bottle it, so I was very proud of him.

I loved how honest they were with each other; how C.J. pulled Nathan out of his head and got him to see there was a world he was missing out on; how Nathan bolstered C.J. and respected what he did. They were very sexually compatible but there weren’t too many sex scenes for the size of the book – I felt that it was just enough.

This was a real feel-good book, with a lovely ending and it was all very fairytale which I guess I needed this weekend.

I received an ARC from the author in exchange for a fair and honest review.