Christmas in the Sun by R.J. Scott and Meredith Russell

18620395Title: Christmas in the Sun

Series: Stories from Sapphire Cay, #4

Author: Meredith Russell & R.J. Scott

Genre: Contemporary Romance / Holiday

Length: Novella (130 pages)

Publisher: Love Lane Books (December 7th, 2013)

Heat Level: Moderate

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥3~3.5 Hearts

Reviewer: Thommie

Blurb: Return to Sapphire Cay for Christmas. Lucas and Dylan invite their friends to share in their Christmas celebrations on the island along with Lucas’s sister, Tasha, and her husband. Christmas is a time for family, forgiveness, and to look to the future, and this year Dylan has to face up to all three.

Unearthing the memories of two men in love, frozen in time and buried among the history of the island, Lucas and Dylan realize that sometimes loving someone is not always enough. It’s about being brave and taking the next step, to learn from the past to move forward.

Family has always been important to Lucas since his own was struck by tragedy. Though Dylan disapproves of his methods, Lucas has nothing but good intentions about wanting Dylan to reconcile with his father. The two Gray men haven’t spoken properly in years, their relationship strained by heartache and mistakes reaching back into Dylan’s childhood.

Forgiveness is a hard thing to give and sometimes even harder to receive.

Product Link: https://www.lovelanebooks.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=14&products_id=55

Review: Oh my, this was a fun read and reconnection with Sapphire Cay. I must say that this Christmas story is unlike others. There is no white Christmas here, rather sunny and full with games, laughter, swimming and… well all sorts of incidents really.

I was quite happy reading this book as it’s a gathering of all the characters/couples that make the Cay the paradise it is. The main couple of course are Dylan and Lucas, but make no mistake, we see them all there; Jamie and Edward, Scott and Adam (though they are a bit more floating) and the last couple is a hetero (don’t get all snippy already) Liam and Tasha, Lukas’ sister. Dominique escaped us as he just met and said goodbye to us since the beginning of the story, leaving Adam to take care of the Christmas food.

Now, as I said this is not your typical Christmas story. It starts with a big, big fight. One that quite surprised me to be honest, not so much with the fact that Lucas would have done what he did, nor with how Dylan reacted, but it did surprise me with the events that took place. Explained the blurb too, what with unearthing long-lost memories. At some point I feared the story would take a turn that would not entice me at all, however the authors managed to snap the events and incidents together, taking you from point A to point B and so on in a movie-like scenario. I could see the images and the going from couple to couple just as well as if I was watching them in a movie. I loved that effect. I don’t know if it is just me or more readers will feel that, but for me it was near perfect.

The surprises continue and a new member is introduced to our bunch of hot men. A dog! Yes, you heard right. Mutt is this new terror that joined the Cay only to drive Lucas and Edward crazy. I had the most fun time reading the parts where Edward nearly had a panic attack with dog poops, and Lucas verging between letting the Mutt go and indulging Dylan yet again. I think this dog brought light to some hidden sides of some characters. I’d never thought they existed, as in the end even out snippy Brit caved to his charm.

There are also some emotional parts in the story as Dylan manages to face some long due demons of his own, and Lucas gets to yet again help fixing something and he gets a new status by the end of the book, or was it two new statuses? Oh yeh, by the end of this New Year Lucas is going to be so much more than just a fiancé.

Overall, I enjoyed book for of the Sapphire Cay series. I think it was just the perfect addition and I loved the fact that I got to spend Christmas with all three couples of the Cay. It was fun, funny, emotional, and erotic. It was a story different from other and one I don’t hesitate to recommend even at readers that hasn’t read the series before. Thinking about it, you can easily read this as a stand-alone. Enjoy!