After being kicked out of Santa's Workshop for being a little cranky, Marlie is sent on a mission in the Outside World: teach Jacob Triumph—the real-life role model for Scrooge—the true meaning of Christmas. He's a tough case but she's determined to succeed and earn her place back in the Workshop.Unfortunately, it's very easy to get distracted. Jacob is so handsome and she has the strangest urge to run her hands and her lips and oh, maybe her tongue, across his whole body. It's all very confusing…and delicious.A brief foray into Jacob's dreams—for research purposes, of course—reveals the most unusual desires. His dreams are filled with kissing and licking and bodies rubbing together—and the whole process just makes her hungry for more.What's an elf to do? Make a wish and try to make Jacob's dreams come true.
Tielle (pronounced "teal") St. Clare has had life-long love of romance novels. She began reading romances in the 7th grade when she discovered Victoria Holt novels and began writing romances at the age of 16 (during Trigonometry, if the truth be told). During her senior year in high school, the class dressed up as what they would be in twenty years-Tielle dressed as a romance writer.
When not writing romances, Tielle has worked in public relations and video production for the past 20 years. Tielle moved to Alaska when she was seven years old in 1972 when her father was transferred with the military.
Tielle believes romances should be hot and sexy with a great story and fun characters.
I LOVED this one! The first half of the book has no sex....just a build up of sexual attraction between an innocent elf kicked out of the North Pole and a jaded businessman who has lost his Christmas spirit. The second half of the book was extremely erotic...but the story also manages to be sweet and satisfying. And very holiday-themed....about family, love, and capturing the spirit of Christmas. Also filled with humor and hilarious dialogue. LOVED it!
Marlie, a cranky Christmas elf, is sent to the "outside" on a two-fold mission. She is to re-discover her Christmas spirit by helping a human find his Christmas spirit. She is sent to workaholic Jacob Triumph who is the quintessential Scrooge at Christmas time. Using every means at her disposal she sets to teaching him to share, to find joy in Christmas, to treat people better, and to believe in love again.
I thought this was darn cute. A very nice holiday read. I had to suspend reality that Marlie really had no clue about "the sex", because seriously... storks bring elves to the North Pole? What's her vagina for, then? It would seem like if it wasn't needed, they wouldn't have one. But I digress. It cracked me up that immediately, Marlie was intruding on Jacob's thoughts. I loved that he lost himself with her, really even before they were intimate. I loved that Marlie gave Jacob his Christmas wish, but wanted to SMACK HER when she had completed her mission. Oh, my heart broke. But all was well in the end. I have to wonder if Jacob's parents were always loving and for some reason Jacob just saw it differently. Maybe him regaining the Christmas spirit helped him see everyone around him more clearly.
Anyway, it was a cute story. Smexy when it got there. And I'm in an upbeat holiday mood now! :-0
Dios mío, me he reído tanto con este libro que no importa que no sea mi género favorito. Lleno de un sano humor, excitante y divertido, merece todas y cada una de las cinco estrellas. ¡¡Lo recomiendo!!
I think there is something to be said for trying to encourage the "christmas spirit" in others, and the author did a great job of turning it into an adult story!
I really had a hard time getting into this book. \The all too innocent elf took a bit to come to terms with for me. An erotic Christmas read, it turned out to nicely with a good HEA.
An Elf with issues (I wouldn't want to always paint only red fire trucks either) goes to find someone needing Christmas Magic. A sweet beginning which blossoms into Love.