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Date read: December 2, 2021
Horned Holidays
1. Krampus and the Crone
2. A Gift for Nicholas - Kindle
3. A Kiss of Frost
4. The Knotty Clause
Honey Phillips
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
Can a single mother show an arrogant alien warrior the true meaning of the holidays?Thoughts on A Gift for Nicholas: Feeling a smidge of guilt for the sabotage he committed on his rival's space ship, Nicholsarian ends up crash landing on K.R.S. Three much like Krampus did. Also like his rival, Nicholas is a little uptight and ends up a lot smitten by a human woman. To be fair, the uptight thing stems from the control Tandroki are expected to have over themselves so they don't, I don't know, become all overwhelmed with emotions and stuff. It sounds like a super uptight society is all I'm saying.
Jenna is a hard-working single mom with no time for fairy tales. She dismisses her daughter’s stories of a mysterious horned Santa living in the woods as no more than the imagination of a precocious child – until the day her daughter doesn’t return home.
Her frantic search leads her to a crashed spaceship and a massive, horned alien warrior. He’s bossy, arrogant – and has a loneliness which matches her own.
When Ambassador Nicholsarian’s chief rival doesn’t return after the… distraction he arranged, he refuses to admit he’s concerned. But when the months pass without word, he finally sets out to investigate – only to have his own ship crash on the backwater planet of K.R.S. Three.
Before he can determine if a similar fate befell the other male, his mission is diverted by two of the most fascinating creatures he has ever encountered: a small child who shows no fear of his mighty horns, and a beautiful female who is equally unimpressed with his mighty… sword.
Trapped together by an early snowfall, Jenna and Nicholas find an unexpected comfort in each other’s company. It is the season of giving, but she has a daughter to raise and he’s looking for the fastest way off the planet – what could they possibly have to offer each other?
Anywho. Nicholas and Jenna. And Lottie. Because Jenna and Lottie are a package deal. Which works out nicely for Nicholas since Lottie was the one who started thawing his heart. Jenna might have given it the final push, but it was Lottie's gifts of cookies and milk that first made Nicholas start to unbend.
A struggling single mom, a kid who wants desperately to believe in good things, an alien male with more than a little baggage, a snow storm that lets the potential couple get close (rawr!), and a little danger in the water just to spice things up. Bonus: We got to meet up with Krampusarian and his family unit and see how they've been doing. Nice!
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