Friday, 7 November 2014

****REVIEW**** All I Want For Christmas Is You by Jessica Scott


Title: All I Want For Christmas Is You
Author: Jessica Scott
Release Date: October 24, 2014
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Novella (108 pages)



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. 




This novella is in Jessica Scott’s “Coming Home” series. This can be read as a standalone book.  As far as I can see there isn’t any information needed from the previous books to understand and enjoy this one.

I love that Ms. Scott tells the story of a returning female officer and how a war impacts her home, family and life in general. It is a beautiful story that shows how love can help see us through the most stressful events in one’s life.  I have read many military romance books but I can’t remember any that focus on the impact of war on a deployed female officer. 

There is a lot of story packed in this little novella.  The book is about a military family with both partners serving in the military.  Patrick returns from a war zone and Sam immediately deploys.  Sam didn’t expect the experience to affect her the way it did.  The worst part was that her childhood friend was killed so in addition to everything else she has survivor’s guilt. 

Sam runs away from Patrick, taking their daughter to her mother’s house across country at Christmas time.  She can’t handle the PTSD and she can’t talk about it.  Patrick refuses to give up on his family and follows Sam after a phone call from his daughter. 

There are so many touching scenes that I don’t want to spoil for anyone.  Some will make you cry, some are light and some will just make you fall in love with this couple and pray that they find a way to work through their problems.  Reading this captivating book I could feel Sam’s pain as she tried to fit back into her state side life again.  It was heart wrenching and often made me think of the many real life men and women serving and struggling with similar issues.    

One of the best scenes is when Patrick shared with Sam some of his pain and struggles that he hadn’t shared when he came home.  It was just beautiful to see how Patrick let his walls down to help Sam tear her walls down. 

This is truly a beautiful story and I highly recommend this book to anyone who appreciates a good love story.





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.






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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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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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