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Wildside #6
The Saint
HAVE YOU BEEN NAUGHTY?
One hundred and sixty years ago Kris Kringle walked the earth spreading the message of love and peace between peoples. Then he was kidnapped and given a drug that wiped out his memory, while the goblins hijacked Christmas.
OR NICE?
Kris has been found. But he's not what you think. In fact, he's not what anybody thinks, unless they happen to know he wears Armani, drives a vintage Rolls Royce and dislikes reindeer. Even more he dislikes the fat caricature the goblins stuck him with. He's the most powerful death fey living, who gave up mortal women because none could complete him. He's about to reclaim Christmas. That's why he needs Adora Navarra, a biographer. Only she along with the help of the fey already fighting the goblin menace can help take back his image and punish the wicked. And only she can complete him. Santa Claus is about to go to town.
One hundred and sixty years ago Kris Kringle walked the earth spreading the message of love and peace between peoples. Then he was kidnapped and given a drug that wiped out his memory, while the goblins hijacked Christmas.
OR NICE?
Kris has been found. But he's not what you think. In fact, he's not what anybody thinks, unless they happen to know he wears Armani, drives a vintage Rolls Royce and dislikes reindeer. Even more he dislikes the fat caricature the goblins stuck him with. He's the most powerful death fey living, who gave up mortal women because none could complete him. He's about to reclaim Christmas. That's why he needs Adora Navarra, a biographer. Only she along with the help of the fey already fighting the goblin menace can help take back his image and punish the wicked. And only she can complete him. Santa Claus is about to go to town.
374 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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Melanie Jackson
168 books183 followersMelanie, an award-winning author of more than fifty novels, stories and poems lives with her writer husband in the California Gold Country with their cat (also a writer who has a page on myspace) and their dog (who is hoping to get a page on facebook as soon as she masters typing). Melanie likes gardening but hates the deer who also like her garden, and she volunteers at a local animal shelter.
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
June 2, 2016
Oh Melanie I have such a love/bored relationship with you. I read The Saint years ago when it was first released and I had read all the previous Wildside books before it.
Melanie Jackson is an excellent writer and I have enjoyed many of her books. Good characters, absorbing and unique plots and, often, fast paced story lines. And thats where I had a problem with The Saint. Halfway through I finally put it down because it became clear to me that it was another one of Melanie's history lesson books. She unfortunately has a habit of info dumps that make me feel like I'm in the class room again and while I appreciate some background information to open story lines and move the book forward, sometimes less is more. So The Saint was relegated to the DNF graveyard because even the history of goblin civil rights is boring when I feel like I'm going to be doing a pop quiz on it later.
Melanie Jackson is an excellent writer and I have enjoyed many of her books. Good characters, absorbing and unique plots and, often, fast paced story lines. And thats where I had a problem with The Saint. Halfway through I finally put it down because it became clear to me that it was another one of Melanie's history lesson books. She unfortunately has a habit of info dumps that make me feel like I'm in the class room again and while I appreciate some background information to open story lines and move the book forward, sometimes less is more. So The Saint was relegated to the DNF graveyard because even the history of goblin civil rights is boring when I feel like I'm going to be doing a pop quiz on it later.
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April 16, 2007This one was okay but went into a lot of detail about gnomes and such. There was not as much concentration into the romantic relationship as I would have liked. All the interaction between the characters seems to mostly be him explaining to her how he got where he is now. After a while, I just starting skimming over the details to get the book read.
May 21, 2017
Santa has a new gig
Santa had his memory erased but he is not the jolly old elf we have taught about all these years. Turns out he was a victim of the hobgoblin vs. Goblin wars. Dry unmasking read.
Santa had his memory erased but he is not the jolly old elf we have taught about all these years. Turns out he was a victim of the hobgoblin vs. Goblin wars. Dry unmasking read.
June 27, 2015
I was hoping that the book would read more like the incredibly funny and cheesy back cover description. The ending came a bit abruptly as well. It seemed like there was so much build-up of tension in the world and then "Eh, it's okay now."
January 16, 2016
This book is very strange, but there is a very interesting take on the myth of Santa Claus. Part of the Wildside Paranormal Romance series.
August 11, 2016
It had an interesting idea behind it, but as this is the sixth in the series, I was kind of lost. The book doesn't really help new readers much.
d-n-f
March 10, 2015Tedious blocks of info-dumping dialogue. Putting me to sleep.
July 3, 2016
The saint
A very good book I really liked the whole set of books can't wait to read more from this author
A very good book I really liked the whole set of books can't wait to read more from this author
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