Read 50 books in 2009.

All He Wants for Christmas… by Jill Shalvis

EMT Dustin Mauer has one Christmas wish—to make tough firefighter Cristina Lewis realize she’s in love with him. And he’s using his considerable bedside charm to convince her!

My Grown-Up Christmas List by Jacquie D’Alessandro

Toni Rizzo is done with obnoxious firefighters. But flirtatious fireman Brad Griffin is managing to put himself at the top of her holiday list—one steamy kiss at a time!

Up on the Housetop by Jamie Sobrato

When Dr. Lorelei Gibson gets stuck on her roof half-naked, she’s mortified when she’s rescued by hunky firefighter Ryan Quinn—her high school heartbreak! Until she learns he’d like to get naked with her…

Three great holiday stories

Beauty’s Punishment is the continuation of The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, Anne Rice’s erotic retelling of the popular fairy tale.

Lieutenant Colonel Chad Cassavetes has just been promoted…to the rank of single father. With his two daughters in tow, the daredevil fighter pilot is trading the open skies for the dusty plains of Oklahoma. But when his trailer breaks down, Chad doesn’t expect to be rescued by an angel in pink cowboy boots.

With her riot of red curls and roots deep in Okie soil, Kelbie Montgomery isn’t your ordinary savior. She’s also a single mom who’s sworn off military men. Until Chad starts changing her mind…

Falling for the feet-on-the-ground widow is risky business for a man whose heart has always been in the skies. But Kelbie and her daughter are tempting Chad and his two girls to combine forces. Because he has a new mission. To make Kelbie fall in love with a certain top-gun dad.

The third book in the trilogy. I really enjoyed these stories and hated to finish because they were good and I want more.

Three short holiday romances. Quick and fun reads.

There were a few “facts” that I thought were inaccurate, and most of the information in here was easily found via google searches, etc but otherwise not badly put together.

Smart

Great Sense Of Humor

Hardworking

Kind To Children And Stray Dogs…

Did she mention handsome? Mind-bogglingly sexy? Single mom Lisa Kincaid doesn’t want to be attracted to Kevin Decker. She knows the sexy, caring construction-company owner will always be there for her, and up until now friendship has suited her just fine.

But suddenly she isn’t looking at her husband’s former boss in the same way…and neither is a certain four-year-old Cupid.

For the past three years Kevin has felt responsible for Lisa. He knows the accident that left her a widow wasn’t his fault, but that doesn’t stop him from wanting to help. Except his feelings go beyond mere friendship. And her little boy thinks Kevin and his mom are perfect for each other.

Now, if Kevin can only get Lisa to believe it, too

Did you ever want to know just what waiters and waitresses go through on a daily basis? What they think of us, the customer? Then this is the book to read.

Loaned to me by my daughter, who is a waitress, its an interesting guide to what not to do when eating out. At the back of the book are tips such as “40 ways to be a good customer” and “50 ways to tell you’re working in a bad restaurant”. The author maintained a website called WaiterRant.com where he anonymously kept a blog on his insights as a waiter. Interesting reading.

I really enjoyed this. At first I was sure I knew who did it, but as the book went on, it changed a couple of times.