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Look What Santa Brought

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1 star:		(5)

 

 

Scott Wyatt may be blind, but he can see a good thing when it is right in front of him. And Tara Patrick definitely fits under the good thing category. Scott has been biding his time just waiting for his chance to show Tara they can be more than just friends. With her recent break-up from her louse of a boyfriend and her subsequent need to show the bum she is serious about the break-up, Scott offers himself up to play the part of her new boyfriend. Of course, Scott just happens to be into method acting, and this is the role of his lifetime...

Tara isn't so sure about Scott's plan - especially when it involves moving in with him, albeit temporarily. But when his family makes her a business offer that is too good to be true, she can't refuse. One little problem: how will she ever be able to keep her hands off her hunky friend while living in such close proximity? Scott could never be interested in a woman like her - could he?

Fans of Annmarie McKenna's work will be delighted when they recognize the hero of Look What Santa Brought as the very same Scott Wyatt we first met in her book Blackmailed. Yes, this is the same Scott that is Brianna's little brother! Of course, this new story takes place years later and Scott is one very sexy adult man now, ready for his own shot at romance with the woman of his dreams.

Scott has certainly grown up right, now running his own business and enjoying life almost to the fullest. The only thing missing in his life is love. Sure, his looks pave the way for him with most women, but many regard him as nothing more than a curious fling due to his blindness. Tara is one of the few women that treats him just like any other man, which he most certainly is. Despite his disability, Scott is more than capable of taking care of both himself and the woman he loves.

Tara is a woman in a situation many of us have unexpectedly found ourselves in at one time of having suddenly found herself in a potentially abusive relationship. Determined to rid herself of the man trying to control her life and stand on her own, she is at first understandably reluctant to accept Scott's offer to help. That reluctance only increases as things take a dangerous turn and she is unwilling to put either Scott or his family at risk. Of course, the valiant Scott is not one to take no for an answer, especially regarding the safety of the woman he has loved for so long.

Although a short story, Look What Santa Brought affords us a `where are they now' glimpse into the lives of Scott's sister and her men, reinforcing one happy ever after while delivering another in the form of Scott and Tara's relationship.

This sexy little story may have a holiday theme, but Look What Santa Brought is undeniably a story that will be enjoyed by romance fans no matter the time of year. I know it will enjoy a permanent place in my library so I may re-read it at will in the years to come.

Connected Stories:

Blackmailed

**This story can also be found in the print anthology The Perfect Gift**

Never got past the first few pages before deciding continuing would have been a great waste of time.

What a terrible read. This book if you can call it one. Lacks a solid story development and character depth. Not worth the money, not even worth the free download.

What I Loved: Scott was such a delicious guy to read! He was just the right amount of alpha vs vulnerable. He was also YUMMY! The fact that he was blind kind of made him that much more lovable. Tara and Scott had a great chemistry that was fun to read.

Complaint: The ending was way to abrupt! It felt like a whole chapter was left out of the book

What makes this good Holiday read: If you are looking for a short but naughty holiday read this may work for you. It was about getting out of a bad situation into a good situation. Just keep in mind the rather abrupt ending.

I loved his sisters story with kyle and cole and was happy to see that scottie got his own story and the plot was very cute and annmarie has done it again I will continue to buy and read her work

What a disappointment. I thought it would be a nice Christmas romance, but it turned out to be disjointed, with underdeveloped characters, and an unrealistic storyline. The chemistry between the two characters wasn't even believable, but even that was ruined by the crude description of what develops between the two of them. It was like two teenagers in heat. I found myself wondering what happens in the end, there was no closure to the psycho ex- boyfriend. The content was lousy. Thank goodness this book was free. It was an hour read at best, with no real beginning, middle, or end. Major diservice to the visibly challeneged.

This book was not at all what I expected. I was looking forward to a cute (occasionally rated R) Christmas romance, but what I got was a crude story that just so happened to take place at Christmastime.

I was immediately turned off by the constant and mostly totally unnecessary use of bad language.

The reader easily comes to understand that Tara and Scott are attracted to each other, but that was all. As characters, they were underdeveloped and uninteresting, and we never got to know either of them, or any of the secondary characters for that matter, at all. Tara and Scott's relationship was even more poorly developed than the characters themselves (which really didn't seem possible). Tara made Scott hard. Scott made Tara wet. I feel icky writing that. The end. It seemed entirely based on lust and physical attraction, but since Scott was blind, this really didn't jive for me. Especially since he didn't even "see" her (with his hands) until about midway through the book.

After that, Scott would do things that seemed totally unnatural for a blind man. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure blind people don't roll their eyes. There was also regularly background information that was quickly thrown in then never spoken of again. It was confusing and annoying. There was a whole story behind Scott and Brianna's mother that I wanted to know more about, but we only got a brief glimpse of it, never actually coming to understand what the author was talking about. Two children showed up out of nowhere. Who were they?

The best thing I can say about this book is that it was short and quickly over. It was also free on my kindle. So I thank the author and give her two stars just for that.

Now I'm feeling like maybe I was too harsh.

Other than the last chapter seemed to be missing from my Kindle version, this was a very quick, cute, fun read. I think this had been part of an anthology previously because it is a short story. Standard Annmarie McKenna fare, entertaining, not heavy on believability but making up for that in its emphasis on sex scenes. It is much more grounded in reality than Blackmailed, which has many of the same characters now ten years later. If Look What Santa Brought hadn't ended so abruptly with barely a resolution and no peek into the happy ever after(like a wonderful Christmas morning together), I'd have no complaints.

I loved that the hero is blind. The author did a great job describing things from his POV. Overall it was well written and a good story.

Honestly, even though the book was free, it wasn't worth bothering to read it. I know I haven't read the other books written ahead of this so I'm coming into the middle but even coming into the middle of any series the writer gives potential new readers a - what has happened up until this point rehashing - this didn't happen which left me disoriented from the beginning. It rushed through the story and didn't bother to build on the characters it presumed we knew all about. Leave this one on the shelf.