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I'll Be Home For Christmas: Holiday Love Story
148 pages, Paperback
Published November 17, 2025
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Sylvia McDaniel
190 books651 followersUSA Today bestselling author Sylvia McDaniel has published more than forty western historical romance, contemporary romance and even a few sci-fi novels. Known for her sweet, funny, family-oriented romances, Sylvia is the author of The Burnett Brides a historical western series, The Cuvier Widows, a Louisiana historical series, Lipstick and Lead, a western historical series and several short contemporary romances.
Former President of the Dallas Area Romance Authors, a member of the Romance Writers of America®, and a member of Novelists Inc, her novel, A Hero’s Heart was a 1996 Golden Heart Finalist. Several other books have placed or won in the San Antonio Romance Authors Contest, LERA Contest, and she was a Golden Network Finalist.
Married for over twenty years to her best friend, they have two spoilt dachshunds that reign supreme over the house. She loves gardening, hiking, shopping, knitting and football (Cowboys and Bronco’s fan), but not necessarily in that order.
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Former President of the Dallas Area Romance Authors, a member of the Romance Writers of America®, and a member of Novelists Inc, her novel, A Hero’s Heart was a 1996 Golden Heart Finalist. Several other books have placed or won in the San Antonio Romance Authors Contest, LERA Contest, and she was a Golden Network Finalist.
Married for over twenty years to her best friend, they have two spoilt dachshunds that reign supreme over the house. She loves gardening, hiking, shopping, knitting and football (Cowboys and Bronco’s fan), but not necessarily in that order.
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Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
December 1, 2025
Girl has an accident in the snow. Boy save her.
She lost her job, found her boyfriend in bed with another woman. Crashed her car. Could her day get any worse.
He rescues the damsel from the snow and finds the love of his life.
Okay story. 3 separate sex scenes too much for a novella. More content to the story would have been better.
She lost her job, found her boyfriend in bed with another woman. Crashed her car. Could her day get any worse.
He rescues the damsel from the snow and finds the love of his life.
Okay story. 3 separate sex scenes too much for a novella. More content to the story would have been better.
November 30, 2025
The worst book I've ever attempted to read?
I thought this was going to be a nice, cute, holiday romance. I got 47% through the book before I had to DNF. In that 47% I had to make 3 content error reports through Kindle for repeated sentences.
I had a lot of problems with the mindset of the main male character.
"He had the most incredible urge to kiss her, but that would frighten her."
This happened right after he helped her out of her car after she served off the road and hit her head. This was the first time he's met this woman.
"Don’t worry, I’m not a serial killer or a rapist or a bad person. Just a lonely cowboy.”
Who says this to a woman they've just met?
As soon as he takes her back to his house after her crash, he is imagining "her belly rounded with his child."
Sir, you need to calm down.
It's not just the male main character that has issues in this book.
"It was the first time since the crash that she’d felt anything close to joy."
Girl, you had this crash YESTERDAY! You're telling me that you're gobsmacked that you haven't felt joy in less than 24 hours.
And the sentence that finished me off and led me to DNF town was...
""Lucas," she cried as his mouth sucked her panties into his mouth right between the junction of her legs."
Surely no human could have written a sentence that bad?
I thought this was going to be a nice, cute, holiday romance. I got 47% through the book before I had to DNF. In that 47% I had to make 3 content error reports through Kindle for repeated sentences.
I had a lot of problems with the mindset of the main male character.
"He had the most incredible urge to kiss her, but that would frighten her."
This happened right after he helped her out of her car after she served off the road and hit her head. This was the first time he's met this woman.
"Don’t worry, I’m not a serial killer or a rapist or a bad person. Just a lonely cowboy.”
Who says this to a woman they've just met?
As soon as he takes her back to his house after her crash, he is imagining "her belly rounded with his child."
Sir, you need to calm down.
It's not just the male main character that has issues in this book.
"It was the first time since the crash that she’d felt anything close to joy."
Girl, you had this crash YESTERDAY! You're telling me that you're gobsmacked that you haven't felt joy in less than 24 hours.
And the sentence that finished me off and led me to DNF town was...
""Lucas," she cried as his mouth sucked her panties into his mouth right between the junction of her legs."
Surely no human could have written a sentence that bad?
December 25, 2025
It was a quick, completely predictable, not a meet cute but a something similar I guess. I know this was supposed to be a short book however we need a little more context for things to flow and makes sense. It could’ve been a good book if it was a little more in that manner., instead of just meh. Definitely glad this was a free read.
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