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Breakfast with Santa
St. Nick Says He Can't Deliver. But the Ex-Marine in the Santa Suit Just Might!
Money is tight for single mom Beth McCormick, so she compensates for what she can't give five-year-old Mitchell materially in other -- but maybe not so wise -- ways. Like never telling the child no.
Tom Collyer can see that Beth's son is more than a little spoiled. Not only does Mitchell demand that Tom, the town's new Santa, deliver a live-in daddy for Christmas, he manages to land Tom in the emergency room in the process.
After meeting gorgeous Beth, this kindhearted ex-marine is sure going to try to deliver the little boy's wish. But Beth is happy with the status quo. Tom's got his work cut out for him showing Beth that she needs to begin saying no to her son more often and yes to him!
Money is tight for single mom Beth McCormick, so she compensates for what she can't give five-year-old Mitchell materially in other -- but maybe not so wise -- ways. Like never telling the child no.
Tom Collyer can see that Beth's son is more than a little spoiled. Not only does Mitchell demand that Tom, the town's new Santa, deliver a live-in daddy for Christmas, he manages to land Tom in the emergency room in the process.
After meeting gorgeous Beth, this kindhearted ex-marine is sure going to try to deliver the little boy's wish. But Beth is happy with the status quo. Tom's got his work cut out for him showing Beth that she needs to begin saying no to her son more often and yes to him!
- GenresRomance
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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About the author
Pamela Browning
86 books3 followersPseudonym: Melanie Rowe
Pamela Browning is the award-winning author of books for adults and children. She has been published by Silhouette, Harlequin, Mills & Boon, and Berkley as well as by various international publishers, including Mondadori in Italy and Cora Verlag in Germany. Her books are sold in 90 countries and have been translated into 21 languages.
Many of Pamela Browning's books have been listed on bestseller lists, and they consistently win high ratings from reviewers. Her book The Mommy Wish won a 2005 Reviewer's Choice Award from Romantic Times magazine, and she has won the Georgia Romance Writers' Maggie as well as many first-place awards for her adult and juvenile novels in the annual National Federation of Press Women contest.
Pamela Browning is the award-winning author of books for adults and children. She has been published by Silhouette, Harlequin, Mills & Boon, and Berkley as well as by various international publishers, including Mondadori in Italy and Cora Verlag in Germany. Her books are sold in 90 countries and have been translated into 21 languages.
Many of Pamela Browning's books have been listed on bestseller lists, and they consistently win high ratings from reviewers. Her book The Mommy Wish won a 2005 Reviewer's Choice Award from Romantic Times magazine, and she has won the Georgia Romance Writers' Maggie as well as many first-place awards for her adult and juvenile novels in the annual National Federation of Press Women contest.
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December 28, 2010
Didn't like the heroine at all.
From the back cover:
St. Nick says he can't deliver. But the ex-marine in the santa suit just might!
Money is tight for single mom Beth McCormick, so she compensates for what she can't give five-year-old Michell materially in other--but maybe not so wise--ways. Like never telling the child no.
Tom Collyer can see that Beth's son is more than a little spoiled. Not only does Mitchell demand that Tom, the town's new Santa, deliver a live-in daddy for Christmas, he manages to land Tom in the emergency room in the process.
After meeting gorgeous Beth, this kindhearted ex-marine is sure going to try to deliver the little boy's wish. But Beth is happy with the status quo. Tom's got his work cut out for him showing Beth that she needs to begin saying no to her son more often and yes to him!
And my review:
I haven't been very impressed by Pamela Browning in the past, so I wasn't expecting miracles of BREAKFAST WITH SANTA. Unfortunately, I was right. While there was so promise to this story, the horribly annoying heroine ruined any good points to this book.
It's already been stated that the son is a spoiled brat, and that it's his mother's fault. And this made it really hard for me to like the heroine. I have a very hard respecting people who never disipline their kids. If you really love your children, you will disipline them. Does the heroine want her son to grow up to be one of the selfish adults that nobody likes? Because that's what will happen.
Also, she was totally fixated on her son. She had no life apart from him, no hobbies, practically no friends, nothing. That is just not healthy. Granted, I could understand her being sad that she won't have her son with her for Christmas (he was spending the holiday with her ex-husband and his new family), but the way the heroine moped around constantly was just too pathetic. It made me wonder how on earth the heroine was going to handle it when her son grew up and left home.
By this point, I had not one ounce of respect left for the heroine. I couldn't cheer for her to get together with the hero, because I felt that he deserved someone better. And that's the kiss of death for a romance novel.
From the back cover:
St. Nick says he can't deliver. But the ex-marine in the santa suit just might!
Money is tight for single mom Beth McCormick, so she compensates for what she can't give five-year-old Michell materially in other--but maybe not so wise--ways. Like never telling the child no.
Tom Collyer can see that Beth's son is more than a little spoiled. Not only does Mitchell demand that Tom, the town's new Santa, deliver a live-in daddy for Christmas, he manages to land Tom in the emergency room in the process.
After meeting gorgeous Beth, this kindhearted ex-marine is sure going to try to deliver the little boy's wish. But Beth is happy with the status quo. Tom's got his work cut out for him showing Beth that she needs to begin saying no to her son more often and yes to him!
And my review:
I haven't been very impressed by Pamela Browning in the past, so I wasn't expecting miracles of BREAKFAST WITH SANTA. Unfortunately, I was right. While there was so promise to this story, the horribly annoying heroine ruined any good points to this book.
It's already been stated that the son is a spoiled brat, and that it's his mother's fault. And this made it really hard for me to like the heroine. I have a very hard respecting people who never disipline their kids. If you really love your children, you will disipline them. Does the heroine want her son to grow up to be one of the selfish adults that nobody likes? Because that's what will happen.
Also, she was totally fixated on her son. She had no life apart from him, no hobbies, practically no friends, nothing. That is just not healthy. Granted, I could understand her being sad that she won't have her son with her for Christmas (he was spending the holiday with her ex-husband and his new family), but the way the heroine moped around constantly was just too pathetic. It made me wonder how on earth the heroine was going to handle it when her son grew up and left home.
By this point, I had not one ounce of respect left for the heroine. I couldn't cheer for her to get together with the hero, because I felt that he deserved someone better. And that's the kiss of death for a romance novel.
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