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Santa's Angels
No one knows the local celebrity who is playing Santa at Filmore's department store in downtown Dallas, Texas. Not even Janie Langston, the 'elf' who takes pictures of the kids sitting in Santa's lap. If the single mom knew that the young Santa was actually Nick Klaus, TV sports commentator and reckless man about town, she'd keep him at arm's length. As it is, however, she's starting to fall for Santa's charming ways. For Nick, the Santa suit is a way of hiding until the publicity from his latest scrape dies down. What he didn't count on was being changed by the suit. Everyone, including Janie and her four-year-old daughter, Carrie, responds to him as if he actually were the jolly old elf! He begins to live up to Santa's reputation, leaving life in the fast lane behind. As his priorities change, he begins to realize his true feelings for Janie. Unfortunately, he must keep his identity a secret until Christmas and hope that Janie will forgive his deception and grant them both their Christmas wish.
202 pages, Hardcover
First published December 24, 2008
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December 18, 2010
I really liked this because it was a clean romance. I understand all the Avalon Romances are clean--I'll look into reading more published by Avalon books.
But still, it was a romance so there were times I was shaking my head at the cheese. Also, as in most romances, the main characters kiss way too early. It made me want to write a book with the kind of romance I want to read.
But still, it was a romance so there were times I was shaking my head at the cheese. Also, as in most romances, the main characters kiss way too early. It made me want to write a book with the kind of romance I want to read.
December 25, 2015
This was a fun and well-written holiday book.
March 28, 2018
Santa's angels by Janet Kaderli
Nick is working at his uncles department store as the Santa as his probation.
The elf, Jennie helps him a lot by taking pictures and coralling the children.
Her life also centers around her daughter as she works a night shift at the bar to make ends meet.
Problem is a guy at the bar steps in to help a scuffle and now she's out of that job... she realizes who he is, the guy on TV.
Predictable story, happy ending. Liked learning about Christmas ornaments and how she makes ends meet.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
Nick is working at his uncles department store as the Santa as his probation.
The elf, Jennie helps him a lot by taking pictures and coralling the children.
Her life also centers around her daughter as she works a night shift at the bar to make ends meet.
Problem is a guy at the bar steps in to help a scuffle and now she's out of that job... she realizes who he is, the guy on TV.
Predictable story, happy ending. Liked learning about Christmas ornaments and how she makes ends meet.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
December 25, 2018
Santa's Angels
A Hallmark movie in a book.
A lovely Christmas book.
This season read a heart warming book you will enjoy.
A Hallmark movie in a book.
A lovely Christmas book.
This season read a heart warming book you will enjoy.
December 18, 2020
Good Christmas read
December 6, 2021
Cute, cheesy, clean Christmas romance.
January 15, 2022
This is a super-short, super-adorable Christmas romance that will leave you wreathed in smiles. Best of all, it’s not quite as formulaic as most romances.
Janie Langston counts every penny twice. She’s a single mom who was burned by the charming, dashing, hotshot big man on campus. He left her with a daughter and a lot of bitterness about men in general.
Nick Klaus is working a gig as Santa at a failing department store his uncle owns. Nick is well known about town both as a local charming sports commentator and as the guy who nearly killed a woman in his flashy sportscar when they wrapped the car around a light pole. The probation conditions stipulate that Klauss work, and the TV station fired him after his latest fracas. So, he slips into the store before others get there, and he leaves after they all leave so he doesn’t have to remove the Santa suit in front of anyone. He and his uncle agree it’s best if no one knows he works there. But there’s something magic and wonderful about that suit and the behavior it demands of the wearer. The alcohol and drug-saturated lifestyle Klaus once lived seems not only superfluous by undesirable the more he wears that suit and interacts with those kids.
Janie works at Filmore’s Department Store with Nick. She’s the perky 25-year-old elf whose role is to put the kids at ease and snap their picture with Santa.
Nick sees in Janie the opposite of the kind of women he used to focus on. There’s something almost magic and wonderful about her, and she quickly develops feelings for the mysterious store Santa. But can she love him when the truth about who he is comes to light?
This was exactly what I needed right now. I had just finished a long, dense piece of nonfiction and this was short, fluffy, full of Christmas spirit, and a kind of feel-good happiness exactly right for any time of year.
Janie Langston counts every penny twice. She’s a single mom who was burned by the charming, dashing, hotshot big man on campus. He left her with a daughter and a lot of bitterness about men in general.
Nick Klaus is working a gig as Santa at a failing department store his uncle owns. Nick is well known about town both as a local charming sports commentator and as the guy who nearly killed a woman in his flashy sportscar when they wrapped the car around a light pole. The probation conditions stipulate that Klauss work, and the TV station fired him after his latest fracas. So, he slips into the store before others get there, and he leaves after they all leave so he doesn’t have to remove the Santa suit in front of anyone. He and his uncle agree it’s best if no one knows he works there. But there’s something magic and wonderful about that suit and the behavior it demands of the wearer. The alcohol and drug-saturated lifestyle Klaus once lived seems not only superfluous by undesirable the more he wears that suit and interacts with those kids.
Janie works at Filmore’s Department Store with Nick. She’s the perky 25-year-old elf whose role is to put the kids at ease and snap their picture with Santa.
Nick sees in Janie the opposite of the kind of women he used to focus on. There’s something almost magic and wonderful about her, and she quickly develops feelings for the mysterious store Santa. But can she love him when the truth about who he is comes to light?
This was exactly what I needed right now. I had just finished a long, dense piece of nonfiction and this was short, fluffy, full of Christmas spirit, and a kind of feel-good happiness exactly right for any time of year.
December 30, 2013
This book has been described as a "sweet" romance. It is. It's so sweet my teeth are still aching ten days after I put it down. Not only that, it's terribly written. The hero and heroine are written exactly the same. They are both impossibly sweet with a "gee-whiz, oh my gosh, I really like him/her, what shall I do" outlook. Unless there's a "he said" or "she said" at the end of a speech, it's impossible to tell who is speaking. There is also the heroine's daughter -- one of the most obnoxious plot moppets of all time. She's four years old and still talking baby talk. I guess it's supposed to be cute, but for me it was irritating since I had to decipher the baby talk to figure out what the kid was really saying. The plot was improbable and between that and the bad dialogue, I kept skimming and skipping until at 75%, I quit. I just didn't care what happened to the characters.
Don't bother with this one. There are lots better Christmas books out there.
Don't bother with this one. There are lots better Christmas books out there.
December 23, 2010
Just a cute little love story for Christmas time. Very predictable. There really isn't a whole lot of conflict to work through. Everything is just sweet and easy, it all works out in the end into a nice little package with a cute little bow on top. Just what I needed for the holiday season.
December 18, 2015
This was a cute and clean Christmas romance with "Santa" (aka Nick Klaus) and "Elf Janie" (aka Janae) as the love interests but they are working in a department store and not at the North Pole. A nice read this time of year.
January 18, 2016
I believe i have found a new author to add to my reading lists. I thoroughly enjoyed
this book. I will be searching for more of her books. Love when I can find a book that is hard to put down.
this book. I will be searching for more of her books. Love when I can find a book that is hard to put down.
December 8, 2008
This is going to be a new Christmas tradition for me, reading this book every year. It's so sweet and heartwarming!
December 31, 2008
Predictable, but cute romance.
November 2, 2009
Cute holiday story for anyone who likes romance, Christmas, kids, and Santa Claus
December 23, 2009
Love and Romance is alive and well at Christmas time!!!
October 1, 2010
I loved this little book. Of course, I love all of the Christmas time novels. This one made you feel like you were in on a secret with just Nicodemus and a little girl.
November 29, 2010
Quick, clean completely fluff read. I enjoyed this book, but it really was an intellectual twinkie!
December 28, 2010
Nice quick read to occupy my time while the kids were off.. average ..nothing special about it
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