Review: Nice Holiday Bundle - 3 very different stories.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 19, 2014
This was a nice little holiday read with three very different stories.2 1/2 Stars for Play With Me by Lisa Renee JonesThis story was the cliched story about a boss falling in love with his assistant. I found the story to be extremely rushed and the circumstances were just really predictable and almost felt like fan fiction for the way the plot moved. You know, down on her luck woman gets a job with the very difficult to work for hunky boss and they both have crazy chemistry right off the bat. This makes hunky boss suddenly very protective and crazy. The professional implications of this affair is not even handled, which pisses me off a bit. So what if we can both get sued and fired... lets keep seeing each other. Yeah... been there, read that. All in all, just average for me.4 1/2 stars for Snowfall by Mary Ann RiversJust like Mary Ann's previous Novella, The Story Guy, I absolutely loved this story. The story does follow a similar plot device as the Story Guy, and while you could see where the story was going, I still enjoyed it immensely. Jenny is slowly loosing her eye sight and has been having erotic online chats with a stranger she only knows as 'C'. After her last Doctor's appointment she is told to try working with a therapist to help her deal with her approaching blindness. Through the push and pull of not wanting to accept her disability, nor the man who's making her fight to deal with it, they find love.I don't want to give too much away, but I really enjoyed this story and the lovely prose that only Mary Ann Rivers can provide.4 stars - After Midnight by Serena BellThis story took a long time for me to get in to, but once I did I really enjoyed it.This is a Meet on New Year's Eve sort of story - a little bit like cinderella, Nora and Miles have an instant connection as a friend of a friend's party. The only problem is that Miles has to make a quick exit to avoid an altercation with a man much bigger than he was.The pair each seem to think they'll never see each other again, especially since Miles lives in Ohio and when he left the party they hadn't exchanged names. With the help of their friends, Nora finds Miles and calls him up a year later. They exchange calls and enjoy each other just as much as they had when they first met. When they finally do come together, it really helped the story move along.Out of the three stories in this book, skip the first and check out the last two. You won't be sorry.