It’ll take a tall, hot Texan and a little holiday spirit to mend a broken heart and catch a Christmas killer . . .?Savanna Edwards is feeling downright Scrooge-like. Who can blame her? A truly unjolly Santa–suit, beard and all–just repossessed her car because of her ex’s shady business dealings. She’d like to murder the no-good lying cheat, but somebody already did that for her–and left him … left him right in the middle of her kitchen, wrapped up with a bow.??
Detective Mark Donaldson has a rule against getting involved with his neighbors. He can look–and he’s studied every sweet curve of Savanna from across the street–but he can’t touch. So when she lands on his doorstep in need of help, he finds himself torn between being naughty or nice, and fights every urge to unwrap her like a shiny new Christmas present. ??
Trouble is, even Mark can’t resist a little holiday magic . . . and there’s definitely something magical happening between him and the girl next door.
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Audiobook: Narrator – Courtney Patterson
Very nice narration with the ability to perform both male and female characters without causing me to cringe as can happen with a solo narrator.
This has a lot of humor and fun mixed with suspense and mystery. The hero and heroine begin as antagonist but it doesn’t take long for that to change. Soon things are sizzling between them even while they are trying to figure out who the murderer is. The villain is not easily identifiable and I was pleasantly surprised to learn who it was. This was my first book by this author and I really enjoy it along with some of the secondary characters that I wouldn’t mind reading more about.
Entertaining love story with many twist and turns with happiness in the end.
Superb book! I absolutely fell in love with these characters and the plot was full of everything I enjoy reading – intrigue, mystery, friendship, love and more. I could not put this one down and am already craving other books by this author that I am so happy to have found! This is going in my read it again stack…
A good read
Love the author
I really enjoyed this Christmas-time romantic suspense.
Savanna and Mark lived across the street from each other and were secretly attracted to the other. Being a cop, Mark was used to people coming to him to fix tickets, etc. so he found it easier to just keep his distance. He also had the philosophy that you don’t shit where you eat so he didn’t want to get involved with a neighbour so that he wouldn’t have to deal with seeing them when they broke up. Savanna’s life was a mess. She divorced her husband after finding him in their bed with another woman. When her car was repossessed by Santa, no less, she realized her ex was even more of a scumbag than she thought. He had used the car as collateral for a loan which he didn’t pay. Boy, was she mad. She got together with her friends, telling them what the creep did, saying she wished he was dead with a bow wrapped around his penis. It was just something she said in anger but when she found him just like that in her house, the police suspect her of murdering him.
When she lands on Mark’s doorstep, covered in blood, he becomes the cop she needs, calling in his partner and the local police. While the investigation goes on, Savanna stays with Mark, which he likes a lot but, at the same time, is really hard on him. Can he keep his hands off her?
I really liked the characters in this book. Savanna was a smart business woman with terrific friends that she could always count on when life threw her a curve ball. And she counted on them a lot! Mark was a good cop and turned out to be a good neighbour. He wasn’t very nice to Savanna at the beginning but soon came around. I liked that Mark was all business and a good cop but sometimes was just a man with desires that were hard to control. Neither were looking for relationships because of things that happened in their pasts. But sometimes romance just happens.
This is a steamy romantic murder mystery that will keep you guessing to the end.
This book goes by so fast, it felt like it was over before I’d even fully gotten into it. I loved getting this chance to see Mark and Jake in action again, and this time we get to focus on Mark. I thought he was especially profound when he suggested that family dysfunction isn’t dependent on the household income. Savanna and her besties are a little bitter towards men, but they’re still pretty fun. Maybe it’s because the book read so quick, I kind of feel like I didn’t get the opportunity to really get to know Savanna the way I was hoping. I did, however, have lots of chances to laugh with and at her. Unfortunately, like the previous book, it’s filled with spelling and grammar errors. If the text passed through the hands of an editor, they should be fired.
This book was a cute, quick read at a good price. Nothing that really pulled me, but
worth it for the price.
Cozy mystery with romance a light easy read, nice series for when you might have to be interrupted easy to pick back up. Writer draws you right in.
Christie Craig never disappoints!
I liked that “Santa” was the bad guy!
throughly enjoyed
A little different situation for a romance.
Fun book to read
Fun to read when you want to be a little naughty.
Moved along too fast for a relationship. Just OK.
Lobed this book!!!!
Cute story
It was a good read however, the sexual encounters gets to your imagination, wondering if you should continue on or give up on the book. Not really one I would share with my Christian friends unless I knew them well. It is a bit steamy…lol whimsical, funny, a happily ever after type of book. I would read it again as it has some really funny parts.
Enjoyed it to the end!