A
BRAVO FOR CHRISTMAS
By
New York Times and
USA Today bestselling
author
Christine
Rimmer
‘Tis
the season for a sexy holiday!
When
Darius Bravo wants something—he usually gets it. And the powerhouse
CEO has wanted Ava Malloy since he was a Justice Creek High senior.
Darius is already adored by one Malloy: Ava's spirited daughter.
Helping Sylvie and her local Blueberry troop build dollhouses for
needy kids is a worthy cause that's bringing him closer to the
widowed single mom. Imagine his surprise when the usually
unapproachable Ava starts flirting and making her romantic intentions
crystal clear!
With
one condition. A holiday fling with the man Ava has always found
irresistibly attractive is a thrilling way to ring in the New Year.
She can't promise Darius the future—one devastating heartbreak in a
lifetime is enough. But Ava underestimates his staying power. And
what about her own secret heart's desire? A Bravo under the mistletoe
and in her arms forever!
Review: Christine Rimmer is one of my favorite authors for the Special Edition line. I like her writing because she brings a touch of reality to her stories and writes heroes that you absolutely fall for.
Darius is truly a guy that anyone would want to love. He's good looking and good with kids and really just downright perfect. He may have had a bit of a womanizing past, but there's nothing bad about this guy. He's 100 % lovable. In fact, I'd take him if he were a real, flesh and blood male.
Ava is a woman who doesn't really want a relationship. Her husband died in Afghanistan and she's had a past that made her weary of giving love another chance.
Ava and Darius have a shared past. Darius had feelings for her back in their school days, but Ava shut him down. He still has feelings for her.
If this story focused more on Darius and Ava and even better Sylvie (because Ava's daughter is an awesome character. The backstory is a bit of a detriment to the overall story.
I'm not sure what I had the hardest time dealing with. Ava's problem with her parents, who have lived on love for a long time. When Ava was young her mother was ill and family life fell apart and her and her siblings were sent to foster care.
I didn't like this..for one, not once in the discussion of her mother's illness did they mention what it was, but it was obviously something so bad that her father was so worried about her that he couldn't hold down a job.
Oh and since when does being broke put kids in foster care. If that were the case there would be a lot of kids in foster care.
These are the things that put me off. If you are going to make something a huge part of a person's history it needed to be more developed.
The other thing that bugged me was when Sylvie got hurt. She would not have had those stitches if her mother wasn't there to authorize treatment. Heck they can't give a kid Tylenol at school without authorization.
Its little things like this that get on my nerves in books. They are things that either need more developing or tweaked.
I liked the premise of the Christmas fling and I liked how it was turning into more. It was really the back story of Ava's that kept this from being a fabulous read.
Rating: 3 flowers
Darius is truly a guy that anyone would want to love. He's good looking and good with kids and really just downright perfect. He may have had a bit of a womanizing past, but there's nothing bad about this guy. He's 100 % lovable. In fact, I'd take him if he were a real, flesh and blood male.
Ava is a woman who doesn't really want a relationship. Her husband died in Afghanistan and she's had a past that made her weary of giving love another chance.
Ava and Darius have a shared past. Darius had feelings for her back in their school days, but Ava shut him down. He still has feelings for her.
If this story focused more on Darius and Ava and even better Sylvie (because Ava's daughter is an awesome character. The backstory is a bit of a detriment to the overall story.
I'm not sure what I had the hardest time dealing with. Ava's problem with her parents, who have lived on love for a long time. When Ava was young her mother was ill and family life fell apart and her and her siblings were sent to foster care.
I didn't like this..for one, not once in the discussion of her mother's illness did they mention what it was, but it was obviously something so bad that her father was so worried about her that he couldn't hold down a job.
Oh and since when does being broke put kids in foster care. If that were the case there would be a lot of kids in foster care.
These are the things that put me off. If you are going to make something a huge part of a person's history it needed to be more developed.
The other thing that bugged me was when Sylvie got hurt. She would not have had those stitches if her mother wasn't there to authorize treatment. Heck they can't give a kid Tylenol at school without authorization.
Its little things like this that get on my nerves in books. They are things that either need more developing or tweaked.
I liked the premise of the Christmas fling and I liked how it was turning into more. It was really the back story of Ava's that kept this from being a fabulous read.
Rating: 3 flowers
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