Customer Reviews

A Father For Christmas (A Zebra Holiday Regency Romance)

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I read this book and was so taken by it. It made me laugh out loud (which books rarely do) and made me cry. It is very well written, with a real ear for dialogue. Also, it was good, CLEAN (very important) fun. It's a story about a widow and her six-year-old son (who is a real scene-stealer, and just simply adorable and HILARIOUS), who must catch a ride with a nobleman to a christmas gala. This ride takes two weeks (as travel was slow back then) and much mayhem, and of course, romance, ensues. It is very sweet and nice. I highly recommend it.

And here is the last of the troika of Christmas regencies I bought at my favourite UBS in Southern California recently. It was the best of the lot but I don't think I will be seeking out the author's backlist. The plot was clever and I thought it was good but I could not warm to the H/H although the little boy was not too terribly obnoxious. Getting the ankle-biters right in romance (both contemporary and modern) is difficult. It is interesting to note that the owner of the UBS was contacted by one of the major US romance publishers and asked her what annoyed her customers most about current romance publishing. She told them that overwhelmingly, readers are fed up by "baby" books. Well, damn right!

Anyway, getting back to the book, the problem here for me was that the heroine acted with immaturity and silliness when she should have behaved like an adult. Unfortunately, the hero was unable to provide for me, as the reader, that spark of attraction that is so necessary. If the reader can't find something to admire, lust after or just simply sympathise with in the hero, a romantic novel becomes a bit of a chore.

An OK read but not anywhere near a keeper.