TITLE: CHRISMAS WITH CADEN
AUTHOR: NIKKA MICHAELS
Pages: 29
Date: 19/12/2013
Grade: 4+
Details: Short Story
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The blurb:
“Paige
Anthony is annoyed at spending Friday night at the company Christmas party. She’s
bored until she spots the son of the boss, Caden Davis dancing and is
intrigued.
When Caden
saves Paige from the advances of his brother, she looks at him in a new light.
A few sexy dances later, she manages to forget the horrible beginning of the night.
When she decides to leave, he offers to walk her home and admits he’s wanted
her for a while. Will Paige’s attraction be enough to make her forget about
holidays past and consider Christmas with Caden?”
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Seasonal,
romantic and sexy this was a perfect story to read on a cold winter’s
afternoon. I liked Paige Anthony. In fact, she reminded me a bit of me,
especially in her dislike of the office party she felt she had to attend for at
least a little while.
It
was good to see that despite this being a short story, Nikka Michaels had taken
the time to build up to the steamy scenes. Too often in books, especially short
ones, I end up wondering how on earth the two characters managed to end up in a
bed together. In this story it actually felt natural. Between Caden’s
pre-existing feelings for Paige and Paige’s growing attraction for her boss’s
youngest son it made sense for the two of them to end up exactly where they
did.
If
I’m honest I have to admit that for me the dance scene was at least as hot as
the more intimate ones later on.
“To Paige,
nothing was sexier than a man owning his body and knowing how to move it.”
And
I always adore a story in which the female lead is at least as strong and
self-assured as her male counterpart. Paige is no damsel in distress; she can
handle herself and does so quite effectively. She also knows exactly what she
wants and how to go about getting it.
“I deserve
to take what I want, Caden. What I want right now is to kiss you.”
Did
I mention that this is a hot story? Well, it is. It may be short, and I may
have wished to spend more time with these two characters but I can’t deny that
this story hit all the right buttons for me.
“She
wanted nothing more than to make Caden feel good, feel as good as he’d made her
feel this whole evening, from cared for to the bone-melting, soul-melting
connection they’d had so far.”
I
seem to be saying it a lot lately, but Nikka Michaels is yet another author
I’ll be keeping a close eye on. I loved ‘Chasing Matt’ the book she co-authored
with Eileen Griffin and with this book she has shown herself to be not just a
wonderful writer but also a versatile one. I can’t wait to see what might be
coming next.
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