Review: Nice treat for fans of "A Hidden Threat"
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 4, 2013
I got A CHRISTMAS PROPOSAL by Sherri Hayes as a free holiday download directly from TWCS.  Somewhat familiar with the author but not yet having had the chance to read her full-length works, this seemed a season-appropriate way to try a NTM author.If you want to read "A Hidden Threat" (preceding book), then you won't want to read this yet.  I knew that A CHRISTMAS PROPOSAL was a mini-sequel to that book but thought that it would be more along the lines of a long epilogue.  Instead, there were many spoilers re: "A Hidden Threat" as, over an approximate 24-hour period, the characters reminisced about the past few months together.  In fact, A CHRISTMAS PROPOSAL essentially ended up being as much a rehash of certain portions of "A Hidden Threat" as a story bridging the gap to the present time/story.  Much of what the characters did over the course of a day seemed to serve as a vehicle to offer up another yet another tidbit from "A Hidden Threat".I had mixed feelings once I finished A CHRISTMAS PROPOSAL.  Overall, it was decently written and well-formatted. However, basic grammatical errors (especially incorrect tenses during the flashbacks), odd paragraph structuring at times, ping-pong POV switches (aka "head hopping"), and unmarked scene breaks constantly took me out of the story.Most disappointing, however, was the fact that A CHRISTMAS PROPOSAL ended at 40% on the Kindle. The remaining 60% consists of the first six chapters of "A Hidden Threat".HEAT LEVEL: Sensual (1 sex scenes; comparable to current category romances)