Book Review - Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey

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Title: Window Shopping 

Author: Tessa Bailey

Format reviewed: Paperback

Source: Purchased

Publisher: Piatkus

Publication Date: 14th December 2021

Rating: 5 Stars

A sizzling, standalone, feel-good winter romance from Tessa Bailey, New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer.

Two weeks before Christmas and all through Manhattan, shop windows are decorated in red and green satin. I'm standing alone in front of the famous Vivant department store, when a charming man named Aiden asks my opinion of the décor.

It's a tragedy in tinsel, I say, unable to lie. He asks for a better idea with a twinkle in his eye. Did I know he owned the place? No. He put me on the spot. Now I'm working for that man, trying to ignore that he's hot. But as a down on her luck girl with a difficult past, I know an opportunity when I see one - and I have to make it last.

I'll put my heart and soul into dressing his holiday windows. I'll work without stopping. And when we lose the battle with temptation, I'll try and remember I'm just window shopping.

Woah! It's taken me a few days after finishing this book to cool down sufficiently to attempt to write anything resembling a review. 

It got me that hot, steamy and worked up, through it's rather impressive sexy scenes that it's probably the perfect read for a cold winter's night, as it will definitely warm you up. 

Oh and the story is good too - no really it is! It's not all about sex I promise, it's just that the sexual tension and chemistry if off the charts between Stella and Aiden. 

I also loved Stella's vision and designs for the windows of Vivant, while I also admire her for being totally upfront about her past, and knows that many people won't trust her as a result of it. 

And Aiden, is at times an adorable dork, but get him into close proximity scenes with Stella and he shows a whole other side to his character. 

This was a quick and very moreish read, and a great introduction for me to Tessa Bailey, who is an author I suspect I will be reading a lot more of in the future.