Making Waves

Men of Rogue's Hollow #4

by Donna Kauffman

Previously appeared in Merry Christmas, Baby
 
When his chief crewman sails off into the sunset for a luxurious high-paying Yuletide gig, the last thing brand-new yacht captain Burke Morgan needs is a last-minute replacement cook. Not to mention one who also suffers from motion sickness. On the other hand, a holiday menu limited to scrambled eggs and cold sandwiches won’t cut it. And once he sets eyes on beautiful Kamala Apolo—and tastes her mouthwatering cooking—he’s practically knocked off his sea legs.
 
Dashing and flirtatious, Burke is far from the grandfatherly type Kamala was expecting. But she’ll have to keep the butterflies in her stomach at bay if she wants to do her job, avoid getting sea sick—and maybe even find love, just in time for Christmas . . .
 
Praise for Donna Kauffman
 
“Charming characters, emotion galore, a small town—you’re going to love Donna Kauffman!” —Lori Foster
 
 “We all know where there's Donna Kauffman, there's a rollicking, sexy read chock‑full of charm and sparkle.” —USAToday.com
 
 

Genres: Romance, Christmas

77 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 29, 2020

About the author

USA Today bestseller and award winning author of the Cupcake Club series and the Blueberry Cove series, DONNA KAUFFMAN has been gratified to see her books get rave reviews in venues ranging from Kirkus Reviews and Library Journal to Entertainment Weekly and Cosmopolitan. She lives in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains in southwestern Virginia, where she is happily working on the next book in her brand new Blue Hollow Falls series, set right in her mountain home area. When she's not writing, she can be found recapping the popular tv show NCIS for USA Today, or escaping into her garden to play in the dirt. Donna also works as a volunteer wildlife transporter for two local sanctuaries, giving orphaned and injured wildlife a second chance at survival. You can catch up on all of her adventures via her author page on Facebook, or on Twitter, or Instagram @writerchick. Donna loves to hear from readers!

Donna Kauffman passed away on April 9, 2020 of pancreatic cancer.

Reviews

[Karen M]

This is the fourth in a series but since I haven’t read the other three stories and it didn’t seem to make for any confusion I would say I considered it more of a stand alone.

Looking for a Christmas read that takes place in the Caribbean away from Winter and all that snow? Well, this is one fun and sexy, very sexy, hot hot sexy read, and if that is what you are looking for then this is the book for you. Actually it’s the novella for you since it’s a bit short, maybe too short, but filled with a good storyline and very, very sexy protagonists.

Picture Virginia born Burke, brand new captain of his own catamaran, discovering at the last minute that he has lost his only crewman/cook to a long dreamed of adventure in Australia. Then said crewman supplies him with his own granddaughter as a replacement. Picture tall, beautiful, sexy, and Hawaiian and you have Burke’s replacement crewman who cooks like and looks like a dream but gets very, very seasick and now you have the idea.

This was a cute, sexy and very quick read.

I won this book in a First Reads giveaway. Thak you to Kensington Publishing Corp.and the author Donna Kauffman.

[Joe Zralka]

I was disappointed with my first Kaufmann book. First off it was marketed as a Christmas romance. It is definitely not a Christmas themed story if you just threw the "Christmas" word 4 times. The story is quite simple with two strangers meeting and within hours can't get their hands off each other. Are Kaufmann novels usually like this? One long foreplay narrative, slutty sex scenes passed off as romance that ends in a supposed engagement just won't cut it.

[Carrie]

I wanted to like this more than I did. The whole novella was basically one long sex scene that started a few hours after the met. Worse, he was her boss. Which seemed wrong to me. I was hoping for a sweet Christmas rad and was sorely disappointed.

(I won a free copy of this book on Goodreads.)

[Jennifer]

Short and sweet

I haven’t read any other companion books so I felt like I was missing lots of back-story. Sultry cooking on the seas.

[Marybelle]

I just couldn’t get into this book. It might be me at this point in time, but I’ll come back and give it a second read sometime in the future.

[Tiffany]

DNF. I couldn’t get into this book.

[Theresa Lange]

This was okay