Taking her business partner’s place in Germany, Devon McShay is supposed to be picking Cal Logan up from the airport and then accompanying him to his hotel and acting as his assistant.  When a handsome man comes up at the airport and lays a huge kiss on her, Devon is shocked to find out that she 1) is enjoying the kiss and, 2) she is wishing that the kiss hadn’t ended!  Devon and Cal’s instant attraction sends sparks throughout the hotel.  When the hotel and all of Salzburg lose power due to an ice storm, Devon and Cal are pretty much stuck with each other – sharing a room and bed for warmth – is a given.  It’s what they do in that forbidden hideaway that matters.  Is this only a Christmas fling? Neither hopes so although they keep those thoughts to themselves.

I would love to say that The CEO’s Christmas Proposition was a book I couldn’t put down but I can’t.  The imagery and festivity of the holiday season was invoking and a cute plot device.  But, no matter how much I liked the scenery or the town in which the book takes place, the book just didn’t arouse anything special in me. The characters were likeable.  Cal was sexy as all get out but he wasn’t anything extraordinary and neither was Devon. 

The CEO’s Christmas Proposition is an enjoyable holiday read.  While I did not feel anything special, that does not mean another reader won’t love this book. It just didn’t click with me.