Title: Reindeer Ripple
Series: Kinship Cove (Heartthrobs & Holidays)
Author: Ellis Leigh
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: April 19, 2020
Publisher: Kinship Press
ASIN: B087CBT579
No one ever said working with Santa was all reindeer games, and some scars are harder to heal. Welcome to Kinship Cove by way of North Pole, Alaska. Holidays have never been so steamy.
Being from the O’Rudolph family never had saved me from ridicule or given me any extra access to those reindeer games, but I’d made it through my childhood relatively unscathed. Or so I liked to tell myself. Truth be told, one herd in particular had been awfully cruel and gone well beyond just laughing and calling me names. But that was years ago. Right? I should be over it...right?
Over it or not, I was older. More mature. An adult. An adult with a job that took her to a shifter town named Kinship Cove, where the fates not only introduce me to a diner-owning, fox-shifting old lady who makes me the best cups of peppermint coffee ever, they also throw me a wild curve ball in the form of one Bennett Donderson. My fated mate and a man who can truly rock the white hair look. Unfortunately, he’s also a man from the herd of my nightmares. One who had been unable—or unwilling—to protect me from his very own niece. How can I trust someone whose family takes being on the naughty list to an emotionally scarring sort of extreme?
What’s a girl to do when her past slams headfirst into her present and threatens her future?
My rating:
Nijel's reindeer best bud has finally gotten himself a mate, but she's beyond skittish, throwing road blocks to the mating despite her seemingly accepting it. Turns out she has her reason and that reason is Bennett's sociopathic niece.
Another quickie of a story, as sweet and hot as the rest, but I had a problem with the main conflict. The whole deal with Bennett's niece seemed a little far fetched. Maybe if more time was spent on Ruby's childhood and adolescence, it would've worked and made more sense. As it was, I felt it was written just to create angst and drama without having to rehash old conflicts (running mates, disbelieving mates etc.)
Also, Bennett's own experience with his niece wasn't really explained after setting it all up. It all felt a little underdeveloped.
Still, it was a nice little story.
4 stars, contemporary, contemporary romance, Ellis Leigh/Kristin Harte, paranormal, paranormal romance, romantic comedy, season greetings, shape-shifters, short story/novella
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