2.5 stars rounded up

Cute and simple holiday romance between a single mom and her next door neighbor. Super short so not much development but there’s some fleshing out. Even though they’ve seen each other moving about, their interaction takes place over two days, so this is more shallow.

The H is in an MC (though no details) and the h is a teacher and recently divorced with an eight year old. The h’s daughter is sweet with the H. They invite him for Christmas dinner after he helps with a home issue and bonding happens, as well as the adults giving in to attraction. One short steamy scene and one a little bit longer. The epilogue is a year in the future with the h and H living together now and engaged. This romance does feel more lust based, even with the epilogue, since it’s so short. Written in first person, dual POV. No ow/om drama and neither are virgins.