Review: Unsatisfying on several levels
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 15, 2012
When I got A HUSBAND FOR CHRISTMAS, I was hoping for a quick, heart-warming read about reunited lovers after some horrible event kept them apart.  What I got instead was an unoriginal storyline with enough eye-rolling and snort-inducing moments to kill any warmth from this "second chance" story.Husband, presumed dead for nearly three years, suddenly appears in the flesh.  So what does he do when his shocked wife calls out his name?  Says "who else could it be, Maeve baby?" and... GRINS!  And does he then calm her down so they could have a much needed chat?  No, he sexes up her in her workroom because he "missed her".  OK, I'll chalk his desperation up to celibacy during their long separation (assumption here), but still, don't you think that something else might have a slightly higher priority in this instance?Although not badly written, I can't recommend this to anyone.  Frankly, it was a waste of my reading time (which thankfully, wasn't too much).  And I've said it before--IMO, if authors label their work as "erotic", then they should ditch euphemisms which are more appropriate for old-school romances and call a spade a spade.  Maybe it's just me, but "womanhood" and "product of their desire" just doesn't seem right in a contemporary erotic romance.Lastly, A HUSBAND FOR CHRISTMAS is noted as "Season of Desire - Volume 1".  That's slightly misleading because this is neither a volume nor a serial.  As far as I can tell, subsequent "volumes" don't continue this storyline so this is all the reader gets for the story of Maeve and Jacob.