Review: This Time Next Year
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 6, 2011
3-1/2 StarsI read this story with the collectionHoliday Kisses: A Rare Gift\Mistletoe and Margaritas\It's Not Christmas Without You\This Time Next Year, a collection of 4 short romantic stories set during the most wonderful time of the year.Before Brenna Keating leaves for Africa to help work as nurse, she is determined to spend her last week with her beloved grandmother. On the way, blizzard conditions and a crazy deer cause Brenna to spin out and end up in the snow bank. Dillon Craig, a reclusive doctor, rescues Brenna and brings him home by horseback where Brenna must wait out the storm.  Turns out, Dillon knows A LOT about Brenna due to his close association with her grandmother, but Brenna knows nothing about this doctor who gave up his practice to enlist and serve in Afghanistan. Soon, Brenna and Dillon are getting to know each other and both are asking the question: How can you meet the right person at the wrong time?This story was pretty good and is an example of one that could have been really good had the author had more page time to truly develop the story line--give us more time to show and not summarize.  Brenna was pretty well put together, but Dillon had a lot of demons he needed to exercise in his life. I did enjoy watching Dillon open up to her. Without giving anything away, I really liked how the story ended.