Bayou Book Junkie: Book Blast ~ Benoit’s Surprise Christmas by Catherine Lievens ~ (Review, Excerpt + Giveaway)

Monday, February 1, 2016

Book Blast ~ Benoit’s Surprise Christmas by Catherine Lievens ~ (Review, Excerpt + Giveaway)

Book Blast ~ Benoit’s Surprise Christmas by Catherine Lievens ~ (Review, Excerpt + Giveaway)

Author Name: Catherine Lievens

Book Name: Benoit’s Surprise Christmas

Release Date: January 20, 2016

Blurb:

Belgium expat Benoit Girault has only worked in the administrative department of Toys for All in Milwaukee for a few short months, but it’s long enough for him to miss everyone back home and to fall for coworker Jake Manning—not that Jake ever notices him. Or so Benoit thinks.

Jake notices Benoit all right, but he doesn’t want to risk mixing business with pleasure, not when it could create problems in the office. So when Jake’s friend and boss, Randall, tells him to team up with Benoit to organize a Saint Nicholas party, he’s less than thrilled. But as they work together and Jake nurses Benoit through an illness, he realizes some people might be worth risking it all for.

Pages or Words: 50 pages

Categories: Contemporary, M/M Romance

Excerpt:

"YOU WANT me to do what?”

Jake’s boss smiled at him as if he were asking nothing much—the bastard. Randall knew exactly what he was doing, just like he knew Jake would react like he did. He hated parties, and everyone in the office knew it.

“Organize a party for the new clients.”

“Janet usually organizes the parties.”

“She’s busy with another contract. The Belgian clients are yours, Jake. It seems obvious to me that you should be the one in charge of this.”

“But I don’t know anything about the saint you’re talking about.”

“You have enough time to learn something about him and about the Belgian traditions that go with it.”

“You can’t do this to me, Randall. Please. I’m already busy with this new contract. I don’t have time to organize a party.”

“The clients were delighted when I told them there would be a party.”

Jake gaped at his boss. “You told them?”

“Of course. When Mr. Leblanc said he was bringing his wife and son along, I just knew we had to do something for the kid.”

“Someone could take him to the zoo,” Jake muttered.

“Jake, we’re a toy company. Why would we take a kid to the zoo?”

“It’s not like we actually have the toys in this office. That’s what the stores are for.”

Randall set his jaw and narrowed his eyes. He obviously wasn’t going to be swayed by Jake’s protests. But what about pleading? “Randall, I just don’t have the time to do everything on my own, especially if you want a kiddie party.”

“That’s why Benoit is going to help you.”

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*** Copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie in exchange for a fair and honest review. ***

Benoit has been in Milwaukee since August and from the moment he started his new job, he's been crushing on his co-worker Jake. There's no way hunky, tall, blond-god Jake would return his feelings or is there?

Jake has been lusting from afar over Benoit, but it isn't until his boss Randall pairs them off to organize a party for one of their clients that they get to spend time together. Having to take care of Benoit when he gets sick, makes them get closer.

I really loved this book! It was sweet, short and hot! I loved that Jake and Benoit became friends then agreed to date before anything really happened between them. They were awesome both on their own and together and so much fun to read!

Rating: 4.5 Stars!!!

Meet the author:

Catherine Lievens has always loved books. She’s not sure how she managed to marry a man who doesn’t read, but she deals with it and buys enough books for both of them. Just ask him—he frequently wonders if the books on her shelves mate with each other to produce new ones. She never told him it’s only her buying more books.

After brushing up her English to graduate in English language and translation, she decided to put it to good use and write the characters she always dreamt of. She likes writing about creatures people say don’t exist, like shifters and harpies, because her life’s too boring to write about what she knows, and she always wanted to be a cat anyway.

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