~Review~ All I Want For Christmas Is You by Jessica Scott
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Release Date: October 24, 2014
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Novella (108 pages)
Summary
All Major Patrick MacLean wanted was Christmas with the woman and child who were his family in everything but name. But Captain Samantha Egan has come back from the war a different woman than the one who left - and she doesn't know if she can love him anymore.
But neither of them counted on the determination of a little girl they both call daughter and if Natalie has her wish, her parents may have no idea what's coming for them. It's going to take Christmas miracle to bring these two wounded warriors back from the edge of a broken heart.
5 heartwarming stars*****
This is the first time I've read anything by this author but it will not be the last! This was a short story but man did it pack an emotional punch! I loved it... loved it... loved it...
Sam and Patrick are both in the Army and have been separated for two years due to back to back deployments. When Sam finally returns home from her deployment, she is struggling with PTSD and her inability to feel. She decides to leave Patrick with her daughter Natalie and heads to her hometown in Maine. He eventually follows her there and is determined to help her find her way back home and to him.
This was such a moving and emotional story and very realistic. I could feel the pain and loss that Sam was experiencing from the trauma she witnessed while deployed. Patrick is an awesome, awesome guy... ever so patient and loving... an honest to goodness real man!
A wonderful Christmas romance that will touch the heartstrings and warm the heart. :)
Sam and Patrick are both in the Army and have been separated for two years due to back to back deployments. When Sam finally returns home from her deployment, she is struggling with PTSD and her inability to feel. She decides to leave Patrick with her daughter Natalie and heads to her hometown in Maine. He eventually follows her there and is determined to help her find her way back home and to him.
This was such a moving and emotional story and very realistic. I could feel the pain and loss that Sam was experiencing from the trauma she witnessed while deployed. Patrick is an awesome, awesome guy... ever so patient and loving... an honest to goodness real man!
A wonderful Christmas romance that will touch the heartstrings and warm the heart. :)
ARC was provided by the publisher
Excerpt
It was not a gentle kiss. It was not tame or timid or questioning.
It burned her down to the root of Sam's soul. It touched something deep and dark and hidden.
Something she'd thought was long since dead and buried and gone.
Patrick’s tongue slid against hers, stroking to life the very sensations she thought she'd never feel again.
It was electric, the feel of his mouth against hers. The scrape of stubble against her chin, the taste of him. The smell of his skin.
He nipped her. Pinched her bottom lip between his teeth and sucked it. And she sighed at the pleasure, at the raw ache his taste and touch aroused in her, pushing aside the darkness that haunted her.
Sam felt him. Felt everything. The heat of his skin. The warmth that drew her closer. That made her want to crawl into his lap and unzip his pants and push up that damned flannel shirt until they were skin to skin and there was nothing between them but sweat and heat.
One hand slid down her side. Tugged at her fleece and...
"Dear lord how many layers of clothing do you have on under this thing," he muttered against her lips.
She smiled. "You weren't wondering why I wasn't cold?"
"Well you'd be a champ at strip poker right about now," he murmured.
Then his fingers found her skin and she was no longer thinking.
About the Author
Jessica Scott is a career army officer, mother of two daughters, three cats and three dogs, wife to a career NCO and wrangler of all things stuffed and fluffy. She is a terrible cook and even worse housekeeper, but she's a pretty good shot with her assigned weapon and someone liked some of the stuff she wrote. Somehow, her children are pretty well adjusted and her husband still loves her, despite burned water and a messy house.
She's written for the New York Times At War Blog, PBS Point of View Regarding War, and IAVA. She deployed to Iraq in 2009 as part of OIF/New Dawn and has served as a company commander at Fort Hood, Texas.
She's pursuing a PhD in Sociology in her spare time and most recently, she's been featured as one of Esquire Magazine's Americans of the Year for 2012.
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The novella ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU is also included in November 11th release HOME FOR CHRISTMAS with Joann Ross.
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