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Christmas Rescue by Debbie Giusti
Elizabeth (Lizzie) often babysits/housesits for her brother (Zack) when he is away doing investigative reports. When Zack calls and tells her to pack up his two young children and run she complies. Zack sends his old friend Nick (and an ex-boyfriends of Elizabeth's) to help her. Having broken her heart by disappearing after prom (first love/ high sweetheart warning) 10 years before, Elizabeth wants nothing to do with Nick other than to say good bye... for all of ten minutes.
Nick rushes in to usher Elizabeth and "the children" get to safety, only to find that they are already being perused. After evading their potential killers Nick takes him to his place where the children amazingly continue to sleep through driving, being moved inside, conversations and of course, the tv being on. Immediately the old flame springs to life, even after 10 years of being hurt and mad at him, Lizzie just can't 'resist'. Ugh.
Going through Zack's laptop, they hope to find what it is he knows that got his contact killed and him on the news as a murder suspect (they of course are also magically wanted by the police). Oh and let's no forget the little one (can't even remember his name) hasn't spoken a word since his mother died. In the course of 2 days the children wake up to be put in a car, put in Zack's house, put in a car again, and to find themselves in a cave on an 'adventure.' These childs must be ideal. They never cry or complain because they haven't seen their lone parent in a few days, they sleep through everything, and they don't get upset when they wake up in a different environment then what they went to sleep in. Oh, and they never seem to need to pee.
Blah blah blah...at the end of the 'Sport' magically finds his voice and it talking non-stop and Lizzie gets "the Christmas she had been waiting to happen her whole life" something about filled with love. Bleh!
I don't think Christian romances are meant to be compressed in this manner...
Special Ops Christmas by Susan Sleeman
A top secret project Claire has been working on has been stolen. Claire who is the only one that knows the code that will open the project. Travis Chapman is sent to protect Claire. Travis and Claire have a past. More 'forget all those feelings of hurt and rejection' ensues in a ridiculously short amount of time. Happy ever after.
I may have started invoking my ability to speed read at this point in time.
Homefront Holiday Hero by Jodie Bailey
When Kelly Walters is shot at, outside of the Resource Center she works for, Major Tyler Rainey is there to rescue her, of course. Both of them are surprised when the shooter decides to have another go at killing Kelly and fortunately they figured out that 'hey, maybe she's being targeted!' Classic need-a-man-to-rescue-me Mary-Sue action occurs. At this point I was more flipping through than reading to be honest with you.
So basically, what I got out of it is, it doesn't matter if you don't want to fall in love or be in a relationship, your heart will force you to and RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. Lovely.
In Conclusion
I obviously shouldn't read Christian Romance Short Stories. I find them TERRIBLE. It's very, Wham-Bam and Presto! Characters are flat, with apparently shallow emotional pools cause I don't know anyone who would be left standing on their front porch after prom, after a love confession, only to never see the person again and when they show up 10 YEARS later, not be slightly pissed.Guarantee they won't date the ass again is pretty much 100%.
The story is so condensed it pretty much goes, action, heart warming conversation, action aaannnddd repeat! No real background, pretty much always the guy stepping in to save Mary-Sue, and some of the plot devices...I'm going back to Sci-Fi shorts. At least they make sense. Just saying. I like my romances to be somewhat realistic, particularly when they are listed as Christian Fiction...come on.
I am going to be the Grinch on this book and just say no. Sorry!
Christmas Rescue by Debbie Giusti
Elizabeth (Lizzie) often babysits/housesits for her brother (Zack) when he is away doing investigative reports. When Zack calls and tells her to pack up his two young children and run she complies. Zack sends his old friend Nick (and an ex-boyfriends of Elizabeth's) to help her. Having broken her heart by disappearing after prom (first love/ high sweetheart warning) 10 years before, Elizabeth wants nothing to do with Nick other than to say good bye... for all of ten minutes.
Nick rushes in to usher Elizabeth and "the children" get to safety, only to find that they are already being perused. After evading their potential killers Nick takes him to his place where the children amazingly continue to sleep through driving, being moved inside, conversations and of course, the tv being on. Immediately the old flame springs to life, even after 10 years of being hurt and mad at him, Lizzie just can't 'resist'. Ugh.
Going through Zack's laptop, they hope to find what it is he knows that got his contact killed and him on the news as a murder suspect (they of course are also magically wanted by the police). Oh and let's no forget the little one (can't even remember his name) hasn't spoken a word since his mother died. In the course of 2 days the children wake up to be put in a car, put in Zack's house, put in a car again, and to find themselves in a cave on an 'adventure.' These childs must be ideal. They never cry or complain because they haven't seen their lone parent in a few days, they sleep through everything, and they don't get upset when they wake up in a different environment then what they went to sleep in. Oh, and they never seem to need to pee.
Blah blah blah...at the end of the 'Sport' magically finds his voice and it talking non-stop and Lizzie gets "the Christmas she had been waiting to happen her whole life" something about filled with love. Bleh!
I don't think Christian romances are meant to be compressed in this manner...
Special Ops Christmas by Susan Sleeman
A top secret project Claire has been working on has been stolen. Claire who is the only one that knows the code that will open the project. Travis Chapman is sent to protect Claire. Travis and Claire have a past. More 'forget all those feelings of hurt and rejection' ensues in a ridiculously short amount of time. Happy ever after.
I may have started invoking my ability to speed read at this point in time.
Homefront Holiday Hero by Jodie Bailey
When Kelly Walters is shot at, outside of the Resource Center she works for, Major Tyler Rainey is there to rescue her, of course. Both of them are surprised when the shooter decides to have another go at killing Kelly and fortunately they figured out that 'hey, maybe she's being targeted!' Classic need-a-man-to-rescue-me Mary-Sue action occurs. At this point I was more flipping through than reading to be honest with you.
So basically, what I got out of it is, it doesn't matter if you don't want to fall in love or be in a relationship, your heart will force you to and RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. Lovely.
In Conclusion
I obviously shouldn't read Christian Romance Short Stories. I find them TERRIBLE. It's very, Wham-Bam and Presto! Characters are flat, with apparently shallow emotional pools cause I don't know anyone who would be left standing on their front porch after prom, after a love confession, only to never see the person again and when they show up 10 YEARS later, not be slightly pissed.Guarantee they won't date the ass again is pretty much 100%.
The story is so condensed it pretty much goes, action, heart warming conversation, action aaannnddd repeat! No real background, pretty much always the guy stepping in to save Mary-Sue, and some of the plot devices...I'm going back to Sci-Fi shorts. At least they make sense. Just saying. I like my romances to be somewhat realistic, particularly when they are listed as Christian Fiction...come on.
I am going to be the Grinch on this book and just say no. Sorry!
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