Review: "...a sweet quick romance..."
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 28, 2012
As a head teller at the local bank, Kelly McMaster had no idea that the gun pointed at her head was going to bring the past back to her and change her world as she knew it. Kelly lives only for her young son after she had been kicked to the curb by her parents. She was knocked-up from a one night stand a couple of years ago, and she attempted to find the father, but since she didn't know more than his first name... it proved to be a non-starter. Struggling to survive and terrified after that hold-up, she is confronted by the man from her past, Trey Burstyn.Officer Trey Burstyn responded to the robbery call at the bank. He was surprised to find that the teller held at gunpoint was the Kelly McMaster who had given him an incredible night two years ago. Trey had attempted to search for Kelly the previous year, but with no luck. Now as fate would have it, look who has popped back up on his radar--Kelly McMaster--and this time she is bringing more than he bargained for to the table. Trey isn't too thrilled with the secret that Kelly kept from him, but he soon sees her side. However, now Trey wants more. Yet, Trey finds he has to work past Kelly's pride and determination to isolate herself in order to convince her of what he wants. Will he be able to show Kelly that their showdown is ordained by fate, or will it be just another one night stand for her?Christmas Showdown in the end was a sweet quick romance. I thought Trey didn't put up much of a fit about Kelly's secret, but then he knew she didn't have much information to go on in locating him. Christmas Showdown wasn't full of angst, but the child interactions seemed realistic. I liked that Kelly stood up to Trey's family in this story though. She really came across as someone that would fight for their child even though she didn't have money growing on trees! The secondary characters helped Kelly to understand the difference in Trey after she had come into his life.Christmas Showdown wasn't a bad read. I just wished that Trey and Kelly hadn't moved so fast from anger, which really wasn't there, to the sack. I felt like both of them should have had more time to wallow in their anger. I kept wondering if they had even used protection during their one night stand since he can't stand using them.Reviewed by VanessaFor Joyfully Reviewed