Review: The Beginnings of a New Family
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 3, 2013
Travis is a six year old boy who has one request of Santa: please bring me a kitten. When it looks as though Santa may not have gotten the message, Travis takes things into his own hands and finds himself stranded in a pet supply shop at the beginning of a blizzard. Shop manager Dani Martin finds herself the unwilling custodian of the boy while they both wait out the storm and until he can be returned home to his father.What starts out as a typical, feel-good Christmas story that would be suitable for the whole family takes a turn to the sensual as Dani goes overboard upon meeting Jackson, Travis's father. Considering the way over the top over-reaction and wildly inappropriate thoughts Dani has upon first sight of him, I have to wonder if her meds need adjusting. It's really a shame that the story went in that direction so hard and fast instead of more subtly suggesting an attraction between the two, because it almost ruined what could have become a classic Christmas story to be read year after year for the whole family to enjoy.Moderately recommended for adult readers, but only suitable for the younger crowd if you can carefully read around the more sultry sections.