Review: Cute holiday quickie
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 25, 2011
This is a short holiday read, that the author uses to set up some characters for later books in her Raising Cain series.  Upon finishing this book, I didn't feel the need to read the other books in the serious, there aren't really loose ends left after this book ends, so that is nice if you're just looking for a holiday read, and not a new series.The premise of the book is that Noelle moves back to her hometown, and tries to get a job at the local bar, Raising Cain.  The bar is owned by the Cain family and her best friend is Casey Cain, but Casey's older brother Cash makes all the decisions.  He says jobless Noelle can't work at the bar, so Noelle takes a job as a bell ringer - right outside the bar.  Sparks fly back and forth between Noelle and Cash, and a battle of wills takes place before we get to the HEA.Comparing this book to the descriptions of the other books in the Raising Cain series, I think this book must be tamer.  There is some dominant male action by Cash, but nothing that gets into the BDSM scene or multiple partners, like the descriptions of some of the later books in the series.  Overall, I thought this was a cute, quick, holiday story and I treated it as a stand-alone.