Review: I Could Not Stop Reading
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 11, 2014
Reviewed by DesereBook provided by a contest winReview originally posted at Romancing the BookThe title is in more ways than one exactly what it implies. Yes we meet two people brought together by the spirit of Christmas and yes the gift is a unforgettable surprise. We meet Holly (yes indeed a perfect Christmissy name), who likes to play secret Santa to the folks in her town and this is how she meets the stunning and remarkably grumpy Marcus.Marcus has had is ups and downs in the love department but he soon finds the attraction he feels towards Holly is one that is not going to just go away and soon he acts on the impulse only to discover a deep secret, or what he believes to be a drug addiction and back out of the whole situation immediately.Holly is totally head over heals in love with Marcus but of course with him thinking the needle marks on her arms are from a serious drug addiction she would rather run then stay and listen to him chasing her out of his life.Bet your wondering what the needle marks are from huh?  Well I am not going to tell you, but what I will tell you is that you will never see this one coming it will hit you with such a force that, just like me, you will be crying your eyes out and reaching for the Kleenex in no time.Secret Santa is a short story written by the very talented Kristine Cheney that will make you laugh at some of the funniest dialogue I have read in a while and will also make you cry and wish there is something you could do for these characters to make the misery go away.It is a tale of true love, kindness in a small town, strangers becoming friends and the real insight into the meaning of “don’t judge a book, or person in this case, by it’s cover”.I am no fan of tearful drama like books and I usually tend to not even try to read them to the end as life can be sad enough sometimes and I tend to like my books with mystery, love and action lots of action, but with this one I was intrigued to find out the truth about Holly and why she has those mysterious marks, and even though I bawled my eyes out I still could not stop reading and in the end I was pleasantly surprised.