Review: An entertaining romp!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 5, 2013
In White Christmas by Ros Baxter, Explorer Tabysha survived the crash landing on Tyver only to have vampiric ice creatures then begin stalking her. She manages to make contact with Command while she hides out in an ice cave for safety. Tabi chooses to ignore the order she receives to leave a fallen soldier behind and goes to his rescue anyway. Unfortunately the pilot is the one man she never wanted to see again. Her ex-boyfriend Asha.'The arrogance of this man. He had always been this way. So freakin' sure of himself. So long-legged and honey-voiced and bad, bad, bad.'Tabi allows Asha to accompany her back to the ice cave where she slowly learns more about his abrupt departure from her life ten years ago. As she wonders how different her life would have been had she known the truth, the ice vampires threaten them yet again. The only option to scare them off is to make use of Tabi's research, which means things will go from ice cold to smoldering hot in no time.She took a breath. "You need to take your clothes off."Her words broke the spell and Asha's eyes snapped open. "If this is some dying wish thing, you could maybe romance a guy a little first."White Christmas is a sci-fi romance novella by Ros Baxter that is based around a reunion, which is one of my favorite tropes, for our main character Tabi and her ex Asha.This short story was a nice change of pace. I don't venture into sci-fi very often, but this is exactly the kind of writing style that makes it worthwhile. There was a suspense element with the ice vampires and wondering if the two main characters would be rescued. The romance was very intense and laced with a little bit of lighthearted banter. And even though we didn't get the full backstory on Asha and Tabi, it was evident in their dialogue that they cared deeply for each other.White Christmas is a story with a sense of humor, sci-fi action and a smokin' hot love scene. Definitely check this out if you're in the mood for a quick but entertaining romp.