Review: All I Want For Christmas – Ros Clarke

Posted December 22, 2011 by Shannon in Reviews / 1 Comment

All I Want For Christmas by Ros Clark
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Release Date: December 6, 2011
Publisher: Flirt (Entangled Publishing)
Page Count: 38
Source: Publisher
Buy the book at: Amazon

Last night, Anna Gardner was the life of the office Christmas party—right up until she threw herself at gorgeous advertising executive playboy, Hugh Munro. Again. Last year, Hugh let her pretend their passionate kiss never happened, but this year he’s determined to make Anna admit she wants him as much as he wants her.

Except, Hugh doesn’t know the office party is the only night of the year his friend lets her hair down. That every hour she’s away from the office is spent caring for her sickly mother. That her mother’s condition, early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, is hereditary.

When Hugh finds out what she’s been hiding, he’s forced to do some serious soul-searching. It’s not fair to Anna or her mother for him to get involved casually, but casual relationships are all he knows. Can he prove to himself—and to Anna—that she’s all he wants for Christmas?

I wasn’t sure what to expect with this quick one. An office christmas party, drinking, karoke and a kiss. Things could go many directions. What I wasn’t expecting was to find myself on the verge of sobbing at a Christmas story!

This is a story that pulls at your heartstrings. You’ve got a young woman who has made the decision to be the primary caregiver to her mother with Alzheimer. While it’s still in it’s beginning stages, we’re given a glimpse of what Anna will be dealing with as the disease progresses. It’s all consuming and it breaks your heart to see the wonderful relationship Anna and her mother have and know that it will soon be something much different. To add to Anna’s grief, there’s the knowledge that the disease is hereditary so if her mom has it, there’s a good chance she’ll have it. She chooses to be by herself, almost like she doesn’t want to inflict the disease on whomever may choose to spend their life with her.

Hugh is a man that you love instantly and can see why Anna would be attracted to him. Even after being rejected by Anna three times, he still pursues her. When he finds out about her mother’s Alzheimer’s and the possibility that Anna may have it, he doesn’t run as far away as possible. Instead, he researches and understands and then plans his course of action.

This was a wonderful story. Any book, no matter what length, that can make me cry is always a winner in my book. But this was exceptionally written and gives everyone a little hope that love can conquer anything.

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I am a lover of alpha males with dirty mouths, strong heroines putting alpha males in their place, and the Chicago Blackhawks. I'm a proud hockey mom who can often be found at the hockey rink cheering on my favorite forward, with my kindle close by.