Hot Toy
From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Crusie comes a hilarious, sexy story about a determined shopper who grabs the last action figure off the shelf, only to find herself plunged into the arms of a sexy secret agent. Mayhem under the mistletoe ensues. Business as usual this Christmas season…right?
Christmas with the Billionaire Rancher
Nate wants to stay away from all the women who want his money in Mandy Baxter’s story set deep in the heart of Texas. But when gorgeous do-gooder Chloe Benson comes knocking at his door—in search of funds for her charity—Nate can’t ignore the passion he feels for her. Maybe love is priceless after all?
Christmas at Seashell Cottage
’Tis the season in Jewell Cove when local doctor Charlie Yang finds her quiet, steady life disrupted by both an abandoned baby in the nativity manger and ex-SEAL Dave Ricker. Are these turn of events too good to be true? Or is Christmas working its magic—for real— Donna Alward’s heartwarming holiday story?
Hot Toy
Trudy Maxwell is a woman who has been
wronged by several men along the way and disappointed by even more. Most of all her father. She doesn’t let it keep her down she keeps on
going. This librarian is not your simple
minded manner gal. No she is bubbly and
outspoken.
That is exactly why Nolan Mitchell had
asked her out. But when he had taken her
on a grand total of three dates she was soft spoken and quiet. Nothing like at work. Where he is a Chinese Literature
Professor. So, by the third he just
never called after that.
On Christmas eve she bumps into him while
shopping for her nephew Leroy. You see
her sister, Courtney, is going through divorce since her ex-husband ran off
with the nanny. Which is really not
surprising since he originally ran off with Courtney being he was originally
Trudy’s boyfriend. Well, before he left
he promised him Santa would bring him the hot toy, Major Mac Gruffin. So, Aunt Trudy’s the one out looking for it
since Leroy just mentioned it.
So there in the store with her is
Nolan. She is not happy. He wants to let bygones be bygones. She
says NOT. He says he’s sorry he never
called but could she blame him because she was nothing like herself on the
dates. Which really pissed her off and
she wanted to blow but they were in public.
She said well he took her to two faculty functions that behavior matters
she should know her father is a professor so she was trying to help his
career. The last date if he could recall
she said is that awful Chinese foreign film he took her to. Which by the way was a total downer which he
would not know about since he had gotten a call soon after it started and left
to take it. Leaving her with a theater
of weeping depressed people. So, no she
didn’t want to be friends.
Then this this turns into a whole cat and
mouse game of chase with a third party that just never fit right for me. I just never got totally engaged with the
story. It was cute though just not
engaging for me. I give this 3 stars.
Christmas at Seashell
Cottage
What a fun story. This couple had you from the beginning. Their chemistry is fun, sassy, and serious
all rolled up into one.
This is about Dr. Charlie Yang. Who has been lusting over a guy on the docks
during her lunch hours. After a year of
living in Jewel Cove, Maine, she decides it’s time to start becoming an active
part of the community. Until now only a
select few would dare address her as Charlie.
So she signed up to help with the
Christmas festivities. Her job was
setting up the statues and hay for the manger and untangling the lights. She was pretty well set but the lights were
giving her trouble and she just couldn’t put the baby Jesus on the hard hay
with no cover on it. So, until she could
find something she had him in a box and was talking to him since there was no
one else and it had been a while.
She started telling him about the
injustice of having to work out in the freezing cold and then about her fantasy
boyfriend that she sees at lunch. Then
she tells him that he works on the docks and that he has to be new to town
since he has not shown up as one of her patients. Which works for dating purposes.
When someone with a deep smooth voice asks
her who she is talking to? Scaring the
heck out of her. When she turns she
doesn’t even realize that picked up the baby doll and secured it like a
football. When she turns around…her lustful
dream man had come to life. Dave Ricker
as he introduced himself. Ex-Navy
SEAL. Who now works on the docks on
boats. He is even bigger and sexier in
person so it throws Charlie. So much it
throws her off her game and makes her speechless. Not to mention she is not sure she knows if
he heard what she told the doll so she is heating up from the inside out.
He finds out she’s the doc all the guys on
the dock call “pit bull.” They say she
is all business. She seems shy and soft
spoken to him. He can’t get over how
beautiful she is and how tiny and petite.
She lets him know about a tree lighting the next night they kind of make
plans to both be there. After the
lighting they decide to go to the bar with friends for drinks. As they are walking past the church with the manger
Dave sees something out of corner of his eye.
He walks to the manger and finds a baby and walks back to Charlie on the
sidewalk and says, “We have a problem.” She
goes into “pit bull” mode. Which turns
him on. It shows her confidence,
concern, giftedness, and love for children.
See how they resolve the issue with the
abandon baby. Will this make or break a
new relationship? What secret will be
revealed to Charlie on this night that Dave hadn’t told? You will get totally invested with this
couple and the community as I did I am sure.
You won’t want to
Christmas with the
Billionaire Rancher
I had read this before in a review and had given it 5 stars.
http://www.1rad-readerreviews.com/2015/10/christmas-with-billionaire-rancher.html
Overall I give this 5 stars. Provided by netgalley.com. Follow us at:
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