GRR Reviews A Kiss for Christmas: A Holiday Collection by Melody Grace

A Kiss for Christmas is a 3 novella collection about Christmas romances, each of which is quite good. The author knows how to deliver just enough plot to swoon without overcooking it.

An unlikely couple found themselves gotten snowed in on their way to a wedding, and a game of truth or dare found they have hidden feelings toward each other...

A writer asked for rustic accommodations at a lakeside inn... except there's no power to do his writing... and no muse. Until he met the vivacious innkeeper who wanted to get out of this town...

A woman found that the holidays she planned for New York City winter holiday with her BF just went up in smoke. Can the hot musician show her some real appreciation?

Each of these novellas is fast, with just enough plot and twist to satisfy. I recommend this collection and other books by this author.

Category: Contemporary / Collection

Primary Plot: N/A, three novella collection featuring some shorter works by the author, all are definitely above average

Tropes: forced proximity, Holidays, 

Overall Rating:  4/5

GRR Reviews Unafraid by Melody Grace

Unafraid as a contemporary romance did deliver a darkest hour, as well as mutual grand gestures leading to a happily ever after. However, I do find the FMC to be a self-sabotaging low-self-esteem self-doormat-ing fool. Nobody made her a doormat... She made herself a doormat, and that was just DEPRESSING to read! Fortunately, by the end of the book she finally snapped out of it, but really, it's annoying!

Any way, to recap, Brittany "Brit" Ray has an outcast mom and a runaway dad in a sleepy beach town, so she was already seen as "easy", "white trash", and she believed that happy dreams and ambitions are not for girls like her. But she does have dreams of making it in the fashion industry... and she dreamed of Hunter Covington, a man she can never have. For Hunter is practically Charleston royalty, rich, but they were friends when young, and they did spend one unforgettable night... but she slipped away before dawn, for she knew she'll be kicked out before then. She did not expect Hunter was back in town, managing his grandpa's ranch, leaving behind his law school and his family. Seeing Brit made Hunter realized he always had something for Brit, but he also had family obligations that he may not be able to dodge... As their passions ignite, both are doubtful of their ability to sustain their relationship...

The darkest hour was kinda lame, and the grand gesture... somewhat inspired.  The plotting was actually quite nice, but how are we supposed to sympathize with someone who beat HERSELF down first? If you can get past the part where the FMC runs away first due to that much inadequacy, you'd want to reach through the pages and shake some sense into her.

Category:  Contemporary

Primary Plot:  Poor girl had loved the rich boy in town. Now he's back, and he wanted her, but his family has other ideas...

Tropes: different worlds, fashion, family pressure, no good for you

Overall Rating:  3/5