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My Holiday Joy

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Joyann Reese has just moved from her home in New York City to the small town where she spent most of her summer holidays as a child. The great-aunt she hadn't seen since her early teens, the only adult who'd taught her to love herself, extra curves and all, had died and left her the only place she'd ever felt safe. Moving to a small town opening up her own bakery, all around the holidays was already a bit harrowing, so she didn't need the extra bother of a love interest.

As a plus size, 'big girl' she knew well her limitations and one look at the dreamboat next door told her that he was way out of her league, but that never stopped a girl from dreaming. If only he wasn't so overbearingly perfect...

Devlin Monroe took one look at his new neighbor when she showed up at his door with her baked offering and smelled trouble. It didn't take him long to decide that she was a nuisance and a pain not to mention an unwanted distraction in his otherwise ideal existence. He'd had a good thing going in his small hometown until she moved in next door.
She's nowhere near his type so why does he find himself going out of his way to spar with her, and why is she the last thing on his mind when he lay his head down at night?

178 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 23, 2018

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Jordan Silver

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Jordan Silver is the author of more than 150 steamy romance novels and novellas featuring over the top alpha males and the women who love them.


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Profile Image for Bookloverme.
620 reviews611 followers
February 13, 2019
3.5 Stars


I had mixed feelingd for this one. It's a good story. Just that I want them to stop fighting their feelings and accept it especially her.

The story is about Devlin and Joyann.

Her aunt died a few months ago and left her house to her. It's her safe haven. Now that she already moved in, she wants to open her own bakery shop. She's excited and happy. Only she  has a pain in the a** hot neighbor, Devlin.

He's a fireman. He likes to annoy her. It's his way of checking her and seeing her. He doesn't know how to handle his feelings for her and I don't like how he handles it in some ways.

At first, he keeps on saying she's not his type. He even hides from her one time. It feels like he's ashamed of her. Then Joyann's so insecure of herself. She doesn't think someone like him would really want her. I just want her to be more confident about herself and him to be sure about his feelings for her. Maybe, I'm just used to JS having heroes who know what they want and get what they want.

It has a nice epilogue.


SAFETY:
Profile Image for Raine.
2,463 reviews52 followers
December 28, 2018
Love it!

A very awesome enemies to lovers Christmas story by Jordan Silver. She is a little overweight and He's is the handsome hottie that lives next door. They are both immediate attracted to each other from their first meeting but are fighting their attraction throughout the book.
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5,097 reviews624 followers
January 18, 2019
"My Holiday Joy" is the story of Joyann and Devlin.

Her pussy nectar was in a league of its own. Hands down my new favorite flavor.

A sweet but typical JS holiday romance in which two neighbors:- a sweet baker and a grumpy playboy firefighter finally decide to get together. The highlight of this book is obvious: the H has never slept with a size 16 girl, so he is extremely fascinated by every aspect of the curvy h: her sexy long slit, puffy lips, saggy bewbs, cuddly tummy, thunder thighs, rosy puckers etc- and spends a long, long time buried in all of the above. It was written in a way which reminded me of an addict discovering a new drug, which made me crack up.

By the time I settled between her thighs with my dick resting on her plump cunt Mons that were fuller, fatter than any I’ve seen before, I was ready to rut her like a boar.


She had one of those deep pussies that go hand in hand with that extra long slit and I knew I was in for a treat.

Her ass was like a perfectly shaped peach. The sight of my cock slipping in between those two mounds to get to the pussy was something I’d never get enough of.

Thick girls have a whole other kinda pussy.

Her plump engorged clit.

I traced her large firm tits with my trembling fingertips. Though they were heavy, they had just the right amount of sag, something I never thought I’d like but now find sexy as hell.

I enjoyed the H's insane curvy girl dilemma, his puss puss addiction, PITA overuse, and the h was just there to squeak and squeal like a tiny rat. Overall this was a very enjoyable read with likable characters and no angst.

Safe
4/5
Profile Image for Nara.
409 reviews42 followers
December 26, 2018
Say whaaaaaaaa??!

Absofvkinglutely inlove with this book!! No and NO! The male character of this book was kinda different with JS's another character. Nope.

The story was about our two main character Joyann Reese, the baker and Devlin Monroe, the firefighter.
Joyann moves to the nighborhood, next to Devlin and gracefully became his Pita. Pain on the ass. Bwahahahahaha!!!! And Devlin became the Sour-face neihbor to Joyann.

Even when they tried to avoid each other but meh. Imposible! Especially from Devlin. Of course he can't. Of course. So he practically glued to his window to watched her every move and turns out frustrated because yeah, he can't see much and tried anything so he can see her. What he tries was, always, make Joyann angry. And also hot. LOL!

What I love about Devlin's character was, he quiet different from JS' usual male character. He wasn't wham, bang, and keep kind of guy. No. It was slow tortured with Devlin. Because yeah, he kinda hard to surrender of his feeling towards Joyann. He keep saying to himself that he was okay without Joyann that of course always crubles to his feet, his sayings.

Joyann was like another JS' charater. Not talkative, I mean, she talked okay, but JS didn't described her talking too much which is okay dokay with me!!!
Profile Image for Lit Reader.
471 reviews34 followers
December 27, 2018
This was bad... this girl goes on on how she's so over what anyone thinks and then she's all shy & vulnerable. The clueless manly man is bordering on abusive with his inability to make up his mind. The chemistry between them is very hot and for long into the story that's all there is to it because to him she's prettty much a convenient object, until he gets "hooked" and then he's ok with her being a person.
He compares his being ok with her being of a different body-type from what has been his type (thin & gorgeous) to her having a type as well for not previously liking men with greasy hair & bad breath.... yeah! Because being fat/plump/big/whatever is akin to being dirty and unkept... wtf? But hey! That's ok because he still gets hard.
There's also some intense body shaming for large and thin at the beginning of the book.
And also, he has already screwed all women in that town except her 3 or 4 best friends (maybe)... so that's nice for building a trusting relationship 😬👍🏼

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2,284 reviews
December 28, 2018
Loved this book and the hero was most definitely different from most of Jordan Silver's alpha male character. Hero, Devlin was a jerk, a trip, and an A-h*le with a capital A from the very start. He fell for his sweet yet sassy next door neighbor, the baker, Joyann but she was not his type or so he claimed. At times he was a bit childish trying to start confrontations with her to get a rise and when he got bother well jerk Devlin would just walked away from his feelings. Finally when Devlin came around and stop talking to himself (lol), he discovered Joyann was exactly what he needed, wanted in his life and she, him.

So hey, when a man calls you a Pita and that not your name always think (P)ain (i)n (t)he (a)ss!

Dev's inner talk about his first Dear John letter...ever:

"She’s a colossal pain in the ass. I kinda knew that before, but after that dumb ass brush off note she’d brought to my door I was sure of it. I knew she was going to pull some kinda stunt but I didn’t know she’d go that far."

..."Then I saw the words she had written there and my hackles rose. She’s lucky I have some control or I would’ve broken down her damn door and taken care of her ass."

5 stars of smexy goodness!!!!!!!! *****
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2,065 reviews7 followers
February 21, 2019
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Thank You Miss Jordan Silver! I laughed through out the whole book, tears down my face laugh😂😂it was very enjoyable, Devlin and Joann are definitely made for each other, amazing just AMAZING, you definitely deserves that 5 star!
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1,266 reviews
January 4, 2019
Very enjoyable read with Hot H ( curse alot ) , sweet h and very sexy and hot love scenes and the epilogue was so cute and funny .
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5,414 reviews44 followers
January 3, 2019
Joy

Hot is a plus size baker with a sexy hot fireman next door. He's the town player but he's about to get a holiday gift in Joy. Someone who he can't get out of his mind. Perfect sexy holiday read.
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5,866 reviews546 followers
December 9, 2023
Joyann Reese moved to her Aunt who passed away, small town home after graduating college. She knows it was not the wise choice within her family, but she knew it was the right choice for her. She didn't exactly plan on having the local Lothario living next door, Devlin Monroe is all man. He is also the only man to get under her skin and she does her best to avoid him.

Joyann is nothing like Devlin's type but for some reason his interest is peaked and he can't seem to stop wanting to get her hackles up. What he didn't expect was to become addicted to her, or that she was quickly becoming the most important person to him. The self proclaimed bachelor is about to find his heart taken by the girl next door.

This was a lot of fun. I liked Devlin, he seemed truly unnerved by his attraction to Joyann. This was a fun holiday treat.
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540 reviews19 followers
January 17, 2021
Really really wanted to give this 5 stars but......while it was a fun holiday read and had great push and pull from the main characters and that almost enemies to lovers trope that I love, I still wasn't 100 percent convinced that Devlin was all in. It took until the last couple chapters for me to be able to safely say that he loved her and not just her vajajay.

Also, I considered it safe for me but some might not like the fact that he is self professed player and is sleeping with other women until about 2 weeks before he gets together with Joyann. She's seen chicks sneaking out of his place so he wasn't even being discreet but once they're together there's no one else for him.
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2,313 reviews229 followers
May 16, 2019
°Virgin heroine (23 y/o)/womanizer hero
°Naive heroine/alphahole hero (he showed a sweeter side in the last chapters and the epilogue)
°Switching POVs
°Enemies to lovers
°He was not celibate after meeting the heroine but stopped sleeping around after kissing her
°After they met but before they were together she saw several women coming in and out of his house
°No real OW drama
°No OM drama
°Intimate scenes only between hero and heroine
°Push/pull
°Very steamy
°No cheating
°HEA
Profile Image for Amanda .
30 reviews
January 6, 2019
JS is always a one click for me. I'll even buy her books without even reading the blurb (and will continue to do so). This is one of the lowest scores i've given her books and it was due mostly to the alpha treating her badly and acting like a 13 year old boy. what alpha HIDES behind a car to avoid the girl he then screws like 5 minutes later? What alpha RUNS (literally runs) from a female especially after she "nearly" died in a fire 3 seconds ago? And I mean "nearly" loosely because she was unconscious in a burning/smoking house and then 10 seconds later is baking something for the fire squad? JS books have unrealistic story lines (which i freaking love. hello 11, 12 and 13 inches) but this was just.....silly-unlistic? can i add that to webster? and for an alpha, he just left her? At the beginning his jerk-ness was funny and hot bc it was included with banter and all alphas are a-holes most of the time. but he was a jerk through and through. and then after f-ing without protection he up and leaves her? i was like....wait, he was supposed to claim her and go all alpha maybe-baby. don't get me wrong, the sex was hooooootttt. but the alpha being the way he was, i felt like she settled.

oh, and describing a woman as bbw or size 12-14 or whatever is sexy. describing her as huge or gargantuan is just a turn off because my mind goes straight to thinking about The Blob and not a sexy curvy woman. and when the alpha describes her as anything but sexy curvy, i immediately want to throat punch him for the rest of the book bc then he's not just an alpha-hole, he's a shallow douche.
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160 reviews1 follower
December 25, 2018
Wonderful holiday story!

I think I liked this book even though it wasn’t a super Alpha male, insta-love story, because it was relatable to so many females who aren’t a size “6” and have the perfect body and have insecurities that maybe they don’t deserve someone special. That was Joyann.
Joyann didn’t think she was good enough for someone like Devlin, who himself thought her not to be his “type”. As we know love knows no sizes, and the heart and other “things” want what they want!
Jordan hits a high note as I think this is a real holiday love story with all the Jordan Silver goodness included!
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45 reviews
December 27, 2018
🎀❄Speeding the Joy 🎄❄

I have enjoyed all of your X-Mas themed books. This one is no different.
A lot of places I was smiling or out right laughing.
Joyann and Devlin are different from one another. Then something changes and put each other a roller coaster of emotions and each of them handle those emotions differently.
Joyann did not come from a nurturing family her step-mother wanted Joyann to be something she simply wasn't.
Devlin was confident and he knew he was attractive. The women who fell into his lap confirmed that. Now he has who a new neighbor who flat out runs him the wrong way.
1,748 reviews34 followers
December 29, 2018
Good story. I liked the plus sized sixteen heroine. I loved her sass. Also the fact that she was a virgin. Even though it's done to death. The male lead is a manwhore womanizer or whoremonger. Take your pick your choice. Who is an ass and has a huge fat penis. Who has a type that's not her. But he is hot and at times seems to want to make her life difficult. Because his organ has a mind of its own and gets hard, faster for her. Because the other skinny skanks are shallow and boring. But hey he slowly realizes she is his. Than takes her cherry. Than only thinks she is his because of it. The sexual encounters between them were 🔥 hot. And better than anything he has ever experienced.
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72 reviews
September 18, 2019
Poorly written

Someone said in an earlier review that My Holiday Joy sounded as if it was written by a 12 year old boy, and I could not agree more. The gratutitous use of the words shit and ass was my first clue. The use of off-color sexual references like cock-snot was my second clue. The fact that Devlin was so jealous and possesive, he ripped off her outfit, made her change and gave her hickeys on her chest and back to keep her from wearing an outfit he deemed too revealing was my third clue. The typos and errors were out of control. Basically, it was a hot mess. Consider yourself warned.
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1,543 reviews
October 2, 2019
Devlin Monroe, is an utter pig, a cross between a Viking warrior and a Scottish laird.

Joyann is his new neighbour with self-image issues. He takes great delight in annoying her and although he admits she isn’t his type. As a fireman, an unattached, single man, he is the epitome of a tomcat.

His past six years, has been a smorgasbord of women. He cannot seem to avoid her going out of his way to seek her out.

He gauges her at a size fourteen-sixteen, heavier than he likes, never having had sex with anyone above a size six nor does he plan to. He admires her body from a distance but is still convinced that she isn’t on his radar. He does enjoy getting her riled, their foreplay.
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1,440 reviews217 followers
December 28, 2018
Oh what's not to love from "thin line between love and hate" kinda romance. This one hit the homerun with that theme. (1) Short but enough details on the background story of both MCs. (2) Steamy scenes with a promise to heat up your kindle. And (3) the built up tension that heat up the dynamic between MCs. I liked how their relationship grew from their everyday banter, as well as how they're both trying so hard to deny what's actually happening (while others could see it perfectly clear). A truly cuteness and delight to read on holiday season!
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156 reviews6 followers
December 27, 2018
One of the greatest things about Jordan is her ability to make you laugh while reading a sexy, erotic story! In “My Holiday Joy”, you get a view into Devlin’s crazy mind with his inner monologue, which had me laughing til my sides hurt. I love the banter between the characters and how they get past their own hang ups in order to find everlasting love. No one writes a (HOT) love story better! Also, LOVE this cover!!!
2,014 reviews24 followers
December 27, 2018
I am in the minority here, I just didn't care for the actions of the H, a personal thing, not bad writing. I also wouldn't consider it safe due to him dating after he met the h, even if he was fighting his feelings at the time.
I didn't like the way he talked to her, kiss her and walk away, have sex and walk away, some of the sex was a bit too much, he called her names and was an overbearing arse.
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940 reviews13 followers
January 13, 2019
My goodness this book! Read it

This author has been hiding from me and after reading my holiday hot I'm hooked. This book was funny and sweet but so dirty I mean the smutty dirtiness was off the charts and I loved every minute of Devlin and Joy. I a! Telling ya read this book! The only thing I would of likes is if they would have done more dirty talk most of it was in there heads but everything else was perfect. Safe too!
Profile Image for Jennifer Stokes.
178 reviews
January 23, 2022
This was crazy

This book was so crazy. I kept laughing my a@@ off. I look very MS silver and her Alphas. They are always super possessive and just plan nuts. BBW heroine was fun and has realistic hang ups about herself that the hero shoots down like duck in the sky.

You know the book is a good one when you speed read the entire book to the end. Then you flip the page dang it's over that is what happened a minute ago. Dang it.
Profile Image for Tracy Keck.
3 reviews
December 25, 2018
Some of the beginning was a little boring but by the end of the book I was hooked. Juicy details, the lonely big girl finally gets her man!!

Some of the beginning was a little boring but by the end of the book I was hooked. Juicy details, the lonely big girl finally gets her man!! Will definitely recommend this book to my fellow readers.
60 reviews
December 26, 2018
A little holiday cheer!

I love Jordan Silver. This book made laugh and brought a year to my eye. As a bigger girl I understand the Joy character. Her hero is wonderful. Reminds me a bit of my own husband. He doesn't see size he sees the woman. But then the size becomes a bonus. If you need a smile i recommend this book.
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23 reviews
January 1, 2019
Let the fireworks begin

This is a love story about a guy, who was a little bit of a man slut. That thought he had one type until he was knocked on his rear. Also about a young woman, who grew up well if financially, but not always with self esteem. She pushes all the right button without meaning too. Great story you will truly enjoy.
137 reviews
January 5, 2019
Enjoyable

Good read but is skips the part when he decides to put a ring on it. For this type of book that is an important moment. Somehow we got the build up and clash but not the clincher. That would make the story a five and not a four. Plus we spent 30% learning about her parents and they never meet him.
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416 reviews
January 10, 2019
Yes! Damn good read!

Jordan Silver delivers with book! I fell in instalust ! It was damn good I was hoping for more chapters! The story really was sweet and sexy! I felt I was reading some of her older stories! She’s back and she delivered big time with this holiday story!!!
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