Salvation is a quanit little town that really doesn't like the resident Sweet family. The Sweet triplets have returned after their uncle's death to get the family brewery back into shape - but things always seem to go wrong. A little too wrong to just be bad luck.

Natalie is an OCD anxious mess most of the time. She thrives on creating order out of chaos, and I'd really like her to visit my home office and whip it into shape for me. Her best friends are her color coded pens, calendar, and lists. The more I read about her, the more I loved her. While my OCD shows off in a whole other fashion, I could really relate to her need to have things done just right. Sean, on the other hand, isn't much for all this fancy crap that Natalie is trying to do. He sees it as messing with his creative process and refuses to listen to a word she says. He's kind of a jerk about the whole thing.

When they start feeling the sparks they are both quite surprised. And when they are thrown together by chance in their own investigation of who might be sabotaging the brewery they realize just how much they spark together. Sean just about blows it though by keeping too many secrets, and Natalie's need for control get in the way. Their compromises were amazing - a true testament to how a relationship should work and I loved watching them navigate through their differences.

This was another cute and fun romance from Susan Hatler. It was a very nice sit down and have a happily ever after type of book. Kristen and Ethan are side characters in pervious stories. We get to see some of the gang from previous books in this edition as well, which is always something I love about romance series.

Kristen beat herself up just a little too much for my taste. It got a little tiring to hear about how much she doubted herself on every page - and then to watch her spread her distrust of men to her friend. When she finally snapped herself out of it I was so happy. Ethan was a great guy - but I felt like I didn't really get to know too much about him. Their tradition of "save the date" was a great way to show their history and similar interests though. The way it played througout the story was something I looked forward to.

If you have not yet read the Vegas Mates series, and you are looking for a great holiday paranormal/shifter read - this may be just what you are looking for. Krystal Shannan did a great job of giving relationship details as needed to follow Tess's story. It wasn't a re-hashing of previous books, but just enough to help me a bit.

Tess is royalty in the wolf world, so she's a bit worried when she finds out that a bear is her fated mate. I loved the way the characters related to their animal - especially Tess. She had full converstaions with her wolf and they even seemed to have different personalities and goals at times. They truly were two creatures living as one. And when you throw a fated mate into the mix - well, her the animal side gets a bit vocal about having her way.

Patrick seemed to be the strong quiet type. He was fiercely protective, but didn't crowd Tess either. He let her come to her own conclusions and decisions - which was definitely a good move. There's a few dashes of excitement here and there - lots of hot sex - and tons of true love in this story. Add that little splash of Christmas magic and it is just perfect for the season.

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The title of this one is just a tad misleading. While Simon does teach Jenna a lot about the more physical aspects of love, in the long run she is the one that does the lifelong seduction of Simon's heart. They are both facing issues from their past that are making it difficult for them to connect fully with each other and how they feel.

As childhood sweethearts, they have a history - but it didn't end well and now they are both living lives that just aren't quite full. While Simon wants to get her out of his system so he can continue, Jenna realizes that maybe they could have more. This is a quick and fun read, but there were a few parts that were a little repetitive, but overall this was quite fun.

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Holiday Harbor is an amazing small town. It's everything people expect from one - close friends and nosy neighbors, a tight knit community that never forgets - whether it was a good thing you did or a bad. Unfortunately for the pastor's long lost son, Nick McHenry, a lot of it is bad. But Julia is new, she wasn't there for his history and she just may be one of the first ones to give him a chance.

The Holiday Harbor series is a clean romance, what many would consider inspirational. The other two books in the series have Christian overtone, but this book was very much a Christian romance. Perhaps it's because the pastor's family is a main role in the story. God was a much larger presence in this book than in the others, and my personal preference is for him to a bit more discreet in these type of books.

I did love seeing Julia Stanton's history of how she ended up in Holiday Harbor. She is such a sweet and intelligent person, it's hard to imagine anyone not loving her from the second they met. Nich was just enough bad boy without being a really "bad boy" to set her personality off just right.

The think I like most about this series is how the story concentrates so much on their relationship. As clean romances we don't get more than a few chaste kisses and some hand holding, so there is a lot going on emotionally. And it's not only between our two main characters, you can see it in everyone around them as well - slight changes in behavior and attitude as the story progresses. It's my favorite thing about this series - watching the entire town grow and change.

This was an amazing and heart touching story. Jessie is a veteran that has been discharged after a bomb blew up and injured her leg. Yes, HER leg. The veteran is a female and I loved how the story really took her perspective and brought it to life for me. She was such an intense character and had a drive to prove that she still had value. Blake had some very similar characteristics, but they were shown in a different way. He was determined to show the world that he was more than just another pretty face. But in the process he helps - and hurts - the woman he has grown to care for.

A lot of this story was about the two of them coming to grips with their past and figuring out where to go with their future. My favorite part was watching Jessie really come into her own again. Her journey back to herself was not fun, but in the end it was worth it - at least until she found out Blake's secret. How they work that out, I'll leave for you to find out. This is one you won't want to miss.

Oh, and as a bonus, it could be called a Christmas read. While the season doesn't play a huge roll in the story, it does happen over Christmas.

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I originally read this story as part of A Very Scandalous Holiday Anthology (which I gave a rating of 4) and when it showed up as an Amazon freebie over the summer, I figured I would pick it up to read again near the holidays. It is a cute story of two childhood friends that fall in love. But one has no fortune and needs to validate his ability to take care of her. So off he goes - but things don't happen the way he planned. Now that he's returned she's a bit peeved at him and he needs to win her back before Christmas.

As I said, it was a fun read, but it didn't really stand out to me. At about 64 pages it is a good one to read all at once and the story does keep moving at a nice place. It was just a tad too cliche for me to rate it much higher.

Eve Langlais brings a nice dose of humor to the holiday season in Caribou's Gift with a sweet and funny look at Kodiak Point over Christmas. The small town comes together and puts on quite a Christmas parade for the kids, but this year it may be missing a very important player - Rudolph. They are one reindeer short and everyone is hoping Kyle (the caribou - close enough) will be convinced to play the part.

It's going to take more than just a few sweet words from the hot newcomer, Crystal, to convince Kyle to play the part of the red-nosed reindeer - and his convincing comes in a smaller pint sized version named Gigi whose only wish is to see Rudolph. The little kitten is super cute and adorable, but also terrified of everything - for good reason.

These two unlikely friends are going to teach each other a few things this holiday season. The spirit of Christmas is very much alive in these pages and the only thing missing was our bad guy from previous stories - I'm sure he'll be returning after his Christmas vacation.

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This is a very sweet historical romance. The characters were very captivating and Seth's son is absolutely adorable. The 1920's is sadly neglected (or I just can't find them) in historical romance and it is such an interesting era. We get to see quite a few different sides of this period, from a speak-easy, to a shop girl, to a wealthy family home. The time period was really brought to life.

Erin is such an innocent girl - a little too much maybe. But I still loved her for it. Seth falls for her from the moment he sees her in jail. But he never imagines that she will end up working for him as a nanny. Having her under his roof is such temptation, and he falls even more for her. It was very well written and I was so happy when they got their HEA.

This was an amazing sequel. The story has a lot of classic science fiction elements paired with a great cast of main characters. Book one flows directly into book two with a shift in perspectives from Andromeda to Nova - rivals since school. There is a hint of a love triangle - but it dissolves very quickly and is more of a school age crush finally ending than anything.

Most of the story takes place on the alien ship that Nova has discovered hanging out nearby. These aliens are not nice creatures. They were written brilliantly and gave me the heebie-jeebies everytime that skittered (yes, they skitter) into a room or scene. There was quite a bit of suspense as Nova and Sirius explore the ship and I loved every word of it.

The romance was really on the back burner most of the time. I knew it was there hovering in the background waiting for the right time to pop up again. It was nice not having teenage love shoved in my face every few minutes. I would highly recommend this to any sci-fi YA lovers out there.