Wide-Eyed (Holliday Family #2)
Esme Brett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
4.50
· Steam/Spice level: 3 of 5
Open door [?]
· 2 ratings · 331 pages · Published: 25 Sep 2025
Perfect for fans of Annika Martin and Tessa Bailey.
When New York fashion influencer Lyssa Luxe goes viral for all the wrong reasons, the last person she expects to offer an escape is her best friend’s brother from New Zealand.
But needs must, so Lyssa hops on a plane with plans to pivot to smalltown content to repair her damaged rep. And if she can leverage her ruggedly handsome Kiwi host to disprove haters’ claims she has the allure of a wet noodle, that's even better.
Hobby farmer and beefcake Mike Holliday's mouth has always got him in trouble.
He didn’t think Lyssa would actually leave New York, and now she's stepped out from behind his screen, it’s a full time job keeping her at arm’s length. Mike needs to show his town he’s a mature and responsible entrepreneur, and that means keeping both his mouth and his notoriously revolving bedroom door shut tight.
But when Lyssa asks Mike for help (ahem) ‘finding herself’, his Kiwi hospitality and Lyssa-specific lust will be put to the test. It'll be okay, right? As long as no one—especially not his sister or his small town neighbours—find out.
This is a full-length, fish-out-of-water, HIGH SPICE romcom. For full cws and notes, visit the author's site.
Sponsored links
Tagged as:
- contemporary 2
- funny 2
- m-f romance 1
- multicultural 1
- forced proximity 1
- secret relationship 1
- sibling's best friend 1
- found family 1
- neurodivergent mc 1
- small town 1
- cheerful/happy heroine 1
- himbo 1
- dad-bod hero 1
- working class hero 1
- famous heroine 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- misogyny 1
- geography
- new zealand 1
- Format
- dual pov 1
- first person pov 1
romance tags
The 'Holliday Family' series
4.06 · 8 ratings
m-f · contemporary · humor · new-zealand · dual-pov · explicit-open-door · length-medium · cheerful heroine
Holliday Family reading order and complete book list ❯
