"Another delightful erotic short story"

Kayla Reed was on her way to a friend's house to spend Thanksgiving when she is caught in a sudden blizzard. When her car dies, her only choice is to find her way to a log home she saw up at the end of the mountain road. Morgan Warner, best-selling author, is spending his holiday at his secluded mountain home, struggling with writer's block while writing his next book. The last thing he expects to find is a half-frozen beauty arriving on his doorstep, as if in answer to his unspoken prayers. What follows is a holiday of fantasies fulfilled, passion experienced, and maybe even a new love guaranteed to last.

As with the other stories in the TEMPTING FATE: HOLIDAY FANTASIES series, Ms. Wilde has mastered the art of sensual tension, wrapped up in a neat little short story package. Kayla and Morgan are both imperfect people, more mature, and dealing with the effects of previous relationships gone awry. She has feelings of insecurity resulting from her husband's lack of interest, and abandoning her for a younger woman. She's not felt passion for or from a man in a long time, and is surprised at its resurfacing with Morgan. Morgan's primary love affair has always been his writing, overpowering everything else, having come between him and his high-maintenance ex-wife. How these two come together is sure to make a reader's toes curl.

The passion between Morgan and Kayla is evident from the moment the meet, erupting over them both during their forced seclusion. The intensity of their affair is hot enough to melt even the mountain snow surrounding the cabin. If a reader is looking for a quick, extra- satisfying short read, this tale will certainly heat one up. Just be sure to have some way of cooling off after reading this sexy story.

© Kelley A. Hartsell, April 2004. All rights reserved.

Reviewed by Kelley Hartsell
Courtesy Love Romances
Posted May 3, 2004

Summary

Forced to take a detour by a rockslide, Kayla finds herself lost in the mountains, in the midst of a freak snow storm. Driving conditions becoming so hazardous she can't risk driving any further, she has no option but to take refuge in the only shelter available.

By a bizarre set of circumstances, fate had stepped in and dropped her into one of her fantasy scenarios: snowbound in a luxurious mountain cabin with an incredibly handsome stranger. Does she have the courage to experience the fantasy fate had seen fit to offer?