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Natalie-Nicole Bates

Autor(a) de Christmas Romance 2015 - Places To See

16+ Works 52 Membros 13 Críticas

Obras por Natalie-Nicole Bates

Just in Time, Valentine (2015) 6 exemplares
Antique Charming (2011) 6 exemplares
Back to You (2012) 5 exemplares
Remember the Stars (2013) 2 exemplares
Change of Address 1 exemplar
The Heart of the Hunter (2013) 1 exemplar
See Me 1 exemplar
Come Full Circle 1 exemplar
Amii's Angel (2015) 1 exemplar
Sara-Kate's Spirit (2014) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Valentine Romance: The Best Short Story Romances (2015) — Autor — 12 exemplares
From Paris With Love (2018) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar

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If you like short, sweet stories that seem so totally unrealistic and - these are for you. I have come to discover that I don't. I like my stories longer, with more substance and not that "lightning bolt".
 
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sunnydrk | 2 outras críticas | May 20, 2016 |
A lovely set of stories that allows you to see the world from the comfort of your reading nook and experience a whirlwind romance in an international setting. Featuring 4 different authors, each story has a unique theme and no two heroes or heroines are alike. A definitely recommended must-read.

ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.
 
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AshPReads | 2 outras críticas | Mar 8, 2016 |
This book is an anthology of four friends, raised in the same town, and attended high school together; they remain strong friends throughout the following years even though separated by distance. Each story flows without pause. The authors, Bates, Conner, Kleve, and Ford's writing skills are apparent as they seamlessly wove each story together into one cohesive book; they skillfully developed the characters and story line in such a way that you do not realize four different authors wrote this book. This book does contain some sex between people in love and committed. I did not find it offensive.

The story line is very good as we watch each main character come to terms with her life and find love at their 10-year class reunion. Each character will make monumental decisions about their life and goals. Alivia finds her first love again after a life of high pressure and a domineering lover, Fiona finds lasting love with the resident bee keeper after leaving a deceiving lover, Kyra finds love with a visitor to their almost opened enterprise, and Summer reunites with the love her family drove from town after her high school graduation. These stories flow along without hesitation or interruption; your reading will flow from one story to the next.

I found this book very enjoyable. I would recommend this book to anyone that enjoys a good solid romance.

I received this book from the Authors in return for an honest review.
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vera_mallard | 1 outra crítica | Jan 6, 2016 |
Christmas Romance 2015 (Places To See) is a short book of sweet holiday romances. Department store owner, Mr. Simon, summons four of his most treasure employees to a meeting, where he gifts each of them a free trip to anywhere they choose. His daughter had died shortly before, and only wished to enjoy life to the fullest once she had been diagnosed with a terminal illness. He wants the same for these employees, which is why he is giving each of the four women a trip to any place they choose. The book is the story of each woman’s trip, and how she finds romance while on it.

Before I go any further, let me say that I think this is a book of four fantasy stories. Four women meet four eligible, handsome, unattached men in four strange countries. Each woman begins a serious relationship with one of the men, almost a complete stranger, almost immediately. I guess the authors felt the need to suspend reality for the stories, for if they are as smart and mature as they are portrayed to be, the four women would probably never have gone this route. I wondered, as I read, how they managed to find “safe” strangers to spend so much time with, let alone jump into bed with, almost from the very beginning and how long the relationships would last. Not generally done by smart, savvy women. Unfortunately, all this did was to tell me just how desperate these women all were for a lasting relationship, and, if they were as gorgeous, intelligent, successful and well-bred, as they were portrayed to be, I could not understand why they had not found someone earlier. In addition, it was interesting that each woman just “happened” to meet THE man at the airport, on the plane, etc., who had only honorable designs and wants from a relationship. Again, not reality. I think they all were lucky that they ended up so well in the relationships, especially if you think about the barrage of stories we read daily about women who travel alone and some of the not-so-nice problems they often encounter in unknown areas, let alone countries, with strangers. I realize short stories are just that, short, and an author cannot dawdle around with things, if he/she wants to keep the story moving and finish without pages and pages of text, but these stories all belied reality.

Of the four stories, I enjoyed the first one the most. It may be because I once lived in Germany for years and love Rothenberg, the German setting for the story. I also thought this girl seemed to act the most maturely and sensible of the four. There was real chemistry between Aubri and Ryker, more so than between any of the other three couples. All the settings were well chosen for the girls’ travel and romance that occurred. The four women were well described, each with different attributes and assets, but nevertheless, all were similar in enough aspects to pull the four stories together well—perhaps a tad difficult for four different authors writing four different short stories (though I have no experience in this area--it just seems that way to me). This is a pretty good holiday book for someone who is seeking a good escape and a good romance to transport you to a holiday place, infused with solid holiday spirit. Though the stories seemed a bit unrealistic in their basic premises, they all were well done, and I enjoyed reading them. I have read other works by some of the authors and these do stack up along with the others. I received this from the authors to read and provide and honest review.
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KMT01 | 2 outras críticas | Dec 11, 2015 |

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Obras
16
Also by
2
Membros
52
Popularidade
#307,430
Avaliação
½ 3.5
Críticas
13
ISBN
13

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