Blog Tour: CHRISTMAS COOKIES ON A CRUISE SHIP by Parker Fairchild

 

Christmas Cookies on a Cruise Ship

by Parker Fairchild

 

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GENRE:   Contemporary Romance

 

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BLURB:

 

Chemist and budding romance writer Olivia Chasen is on a cruise to avoid spending Christmas with her beautiful twin sister and new fiancé—Olivia’s ex. Now, thanks to her lonely, intoxicated ramblings on Santa’s lap, her fellow passengers think she’s in love with a fictional character.

Former Navy SEAL Commander Jace Morse has dealt with plenty of unusual situations in his career, but he’s never had the honor, the pleasure, or the privilege of being a beautiful and intelligent woman’s fantasy hero come to life. While he hasn’t officially met the sexy chemist, he’s sure eager to explore the chemistry that’s sizzling between them.
Bringing the charming SEAL together with the skeptical Olivia is going to take more than just Christmas cookies and a little help from Mrs. Claus; it’s gonna take a heaping dose of Christmas magic.

 

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Excerpt One:

 

“Dr. Olivia Chasen,” Santa’s jolly baritone popped her mental fuzzy bubble.

 

She stopped as she struggled to whirl around. “Me?” She touched her chest with a dramatic flourish she didn’t know she possessed.

           

A powerful spotlight illuminated her; its heat burned her already flushed face. She pressed a clammy palm to her chest. “How do you know my name?” The haze in her mind was paralyzing all cognitive function.

 

“My dear girl,” Santa chuckled, “you should know by now that Santa knows everything and everyone,” he tapped an index finger to his temple.

 

Santa Claus turned to address the waiting line. “Girls, Boys, Moms, Dads, everyone, if you don't mind waiting for a brief moment, I'd like for Olivia,” he pointed a white gloved finger at her, “to please come up here on stage, and tell me what she wants for Christmas.”

 

She stood dumbfounded as the audience and the people in line clapped and chanted her name,

 

“Olivia! Olivia! Olivia!”

 

Oh no! What was she going to do? She couldn’t possibly go up onto that stage. She was far too shy to address a theater full of people. But if she didn’t go that would be so unexciting and so like the old Olivia. But she wasn't unexciting! She was the new Olivia, and she was exciting! And she wanted to have fun! Correction: She was determined to have fun. Besides, she’d never see these people—her fellow passengers—ever again.

 

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Review: Christmas on a cruise. Surrounded by joy and cheer. Sounds perfect…if you had someone. But Olivia just felt empty and alone.

If she could have anything in the world for Christmas, what would it be? That was the question by the cruise-ship Santa on-board. Her wish was for the fictional hero of her romance novel.

I was enjoying the story set-up up until it started taking a strange turn. Seriously what was that whole story from Mrs. Claus and Christmas, Michigan? And how did Jace come into play?

Suddenly things started coming into question with more questions that answers. Some of the things were sounding kind of kooky.

In order for her to get her wish, she needed to believe in the magic of Christmas. But was this the true magic of Christmas or a matchmaking scheme by a cruise-ship employee in a Santa suit?

Overall, the read was nice. The narrative was witty and fairly charming, and, the ultimately, the story brings you into the spirit of Christmas.

 

Rating: 3 stars

 

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

Parker Fairchild is a model, social media copywriter, and freelance writer with multiple writing credits. A Virginia native, she and her husband had their own shipboard romance as they met on a cruise ship tender in Maui, and as her mom is fond of saying, "they haven't stopped talking since." When she's not busy playing with words, she loves spending time with her husband and family in Arizona where she now resides.

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