Stranded by Selena Winters had absolutely no plot. I have read 2-sentence horror stories with more substance than this. I picked this up way back during the holiday season because it says it is a dark Christmas novella, but honestly? There was very little Christmas, and very little romance or tension. Ivy breaks up with her cheating boyfriend and takes their holiday trip solo to an isolated cabin in Alaska. She, a lone woman, arrives where there’s no reception and sees a man jerking it outside in the cold. Decides yeah, this is cool, this is good, this is a safe and smart decision. Instantly, she wants to jump his bones and starts teasing him through the open windows. Ma’am? There is no build-up, there is no nothing. Okay, cool, maybe this is just straight up erotica pwp and nothing else. But here’s the thing, the author tries to include substance, it just doesn’t work. Poor Ivy is rich but can’t do what she wants, which is design clothing. Boohoo, so sad. Maddox is a wanted criminal but able to fly post 9/11 without being caught. Why do they like each other? Who knows! We certainly don’t, other than they share kinks. Don’t even get me started on the biphobia/homophobia/trans fetishization. I did not care for Stranded by Selena Winters one bit, but I did finish it and it wasn’t the worst thing I’ve read. I simply wouldn’t recommend it though. Not enough sex to simply be erotica. Not enough substance to be a romance. Way too phobic to be enjoyable toward the end.