The Christmas Trap

Snowed-In Billionaire Holiday Romance (The Davenports, Book 7)

By: L. Steele

Narrated by: Shane East, Samantha Brentmoor

Snowed In with My Billionaire Boss… and We're Fake Married Under the Mistletoe

One grumpy, emotionally unavailable billionaire CEO.

One spirited, overworked assistant with an ex to outshine.

One marriage of convenience that's supposed to be all business… until a Christmas blizzard traps us together on his private island.

My boss walked in on me getting dumped.

So naturally, he asked me to marry him, in front of my ex.

I should've been humiliated.

Instead, I said yes.

Brody Davenport, cold, calculating, frustratingly gorgeous, is about to become my husband.

Not for real, of course.

He needs a wife to unlock his trust fund.

I need a fake husband to make my ex regret ever letting me go.

We set the rules. We promise to keep it strictly business.

Then the snowstorm hits.

Now we're stuck on his luxury island estate over Christmas. No staff, no escape, and way too much time for my grumpy, guarded boss to start looking at me like I'm more than just his assistant.

He says he doesn't believe in love.

I've already had my heart broken once.

But the more we play this game, the more it stops feeling like pretend… and the more I start to wonder if the most unexpected Christmas gift might just be him.

Unwrap Brody & Lark's story this holiday season, because sometimes, love is the best plot twist of all.

Tropes

• Grumpy/ sunshine
• Opposites attract
• Snowed-in romance
• Billionaire boss/ assistant
• Fake marriage
• holiday rom-coms
• Christmas romance
• One bed

Listen to the other books in the series—

• The Unwanted Wife
• The Imperfect Marriage
• The Unplanned Wedding
• The Reluctant Wife
• The Rejected Wife
• The Wrong Husband
• The Christmas Trap

©2026 Laxmi Hariharan (P)2026 Laxmi Hariharan

Fabulous

L. Steele has me hooked! I have every audio book in this series. Plus I am in love with SE voice! As he would say F******kkkk! Want a pleasant, romantic and just plain enjoyable book. You have it in this book! What a joy it was to listen to this book.

Loved the ending of this series!!

Loved how the story brought you into love story. Was a great how Brody and Lark love was able to complete the series. They also opened up to the next series.

A soulful heat wave that will make readers swoon.

The spice of life meets the heart of romance with captivating accuracy. Brody and Lark are unpredictable, irresistible and unforgettable. Steele pushes attraction to it's limits. The Christmas Trap is a soulful heat wave that will make readers swoon.