GRR Reviews My Christmas Fake Fiance by Linda West

Devlin is going home for Christmas with a fiancee so his father would hand over the reins of the company, but it seems his porn starlet GF decided enough is enough and left in a huff. That's when he noticed that his driver is not his usual guy, but the driver's daughter, Allie, who needs 200K to save her father's business and her home. So they struck a deal: a fake engagement of convenience. But will their plan actually work through Christmas without love, or will there be a Christmas Miracle?

One mistake right off the bat... The porn starlet talked about "going home to Spain", but was described as a "Latina". Uh, Latino/Latina came from Latin America, not Europe. The proper term is Hispanic (speaks Spanish).  Also, pretty sure you need a commercial driver's license to be a chauffeur. Minor details, I know, but still...

Anyway, this "fake engagement" plot is a trope, but the execution was actually quite good.  I like it. 4/5

GRR Reviews Chocolate Kisses and Love Filled Wishes by Linda West

Chocolate Kisses and Love-filled Wishes is a story about two couples one about the marry but forced apart, another driven apart by professional commitments to their sport, and discovered the limits to their love for each other, and who is real and who is merely a user. The two stories come together for a climax and a big happy ending.

Kacey Anderson had an accident while practicing her snowboarding and was told to take it easy for a few months and heal properly, which will force her to miss tryouts for Winter Olympics, and away from her beloved gold medalist Brody Jenkins. Kacey went home to Kissing Bridge and started to train herself despite promising to take it easy to her coach and Brody. In the meanwhile, Brad Anderson (Kacey's older brother) was engaged to marry Summer, a supermodel, and his childhood sweetheart, but she was forced to return to LA to fulfill her contract. Kacey ran into a climate change activist and thought her future may be different when she suffered a major injury during practice, forcing her to see her future in a VERY different light, even as a blizzard hit Kissing Bridge, and Brad's plane went down in the storm... and a surprising savior appeared...

I rather enjoy the plotting and testing Kacey's faith in her love for Brody and whether their love can survive the "betrayal" when she suffered a major injury instead of taking it easy, and it was that injury that really let her see the true intentions of people around her. And that is sweet and inspirational, right?

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Female snowboarder forced to go home to recuperate apart from her love; survives trials and tribulations and see love's truth

Tropes: athlete, triangle, on the rocks

Overall Rating:  4/5 (rounded up)