Santa’s Baby is about Noel, a photographer, and Alpha Christopher, who readers soon find out is the real Santa Claus. The story is told in first person from Noel and Chris’s povs.



This book definitely is a Christmas book. It centers around Noel photographing kids for Christmas. The blurb does a good job of what the story is about so I won’t go into the plot.

There is instant lust between Noel and Christopher that quickly morphs into love. Instant lust I can believe in, but I’m not a believer in characters falling in love quickly, but this is a Christmas story so it’s expected. I had the same problem I have had in this team of authors other books; the characters’ voices sound the same, neither are distinct. The only things that distinguish them are the characters they hang out with and the topics they discuss, and the fact the chapters are marked with the character’s name. But their voice patterns, figures of speech, anything to make them sound different from the other isn’t there. In fact one chapter I was thrown for a few paragraphs because I thought it was the other character speaking because there were no indicators to tell otherwise. The authors really need to work on making the character voices much more distinctive because this is a reoccurring problem.

I can’t really say if Noel and Chris make a good couple or if they felt like they belonged together, because they were fated mates and they fell together so quickly. Other than they lusted for the other, which seemed the strongest attraction between them. As to their personalities, it’s hard to say because both characters sounded the same, they kind of merged in my mind as the same person.

There wasn’t as much monologue in this story as in previous stories I’ve read by this writing team. Because there wasn’t as much, the story had a good pace to it and didn’t drag. But at the same time, because of the faster pace, the fact that scenes weren’t completely developed were more obvious. I’ve mentioned before that the authors tend to start a scene, mention little about it and then move on to the next one, without a satisfying conclusion to the previous one. For instance, the scene of Noel at the North Pole. That is pivotal because Noel has been wondering about Chris’ occupation for ages. When Noel finally sees the North Pole, the authors pretty much skim over the environment. Noel talks about meeting Chris’ assistant, the other elves, the person that makes the cookies and cocoa and that’s it. It’s talked ABOUT, but there’s no in-depth description to pull the readers in to make the scene magical. It should have been magical for Noel because he’s been wondering for so long about Chris. Instead, the scene is passed by in a flash. The issue of incomplete scenes of not fleshing them out fully to give readers more feels, is a recurring problem of the authors and I believe needs improvement.

In the end, Santa’s Baby had a great holiday feel with a new unique look of who Santa is and how the North Pole is run. The book also had a faster pace since a lot of monologue was done away with. But there are still the same issues of character voices sounding too similar, and the rush through of scenes without fleshing them out to pull readers in to give them more feels for the characters and make it like we the readers, are present. Part of me wants to give this story 3 stars, because I really feel this story wasn’t as good as it could have been. But at the same time, the overall holiday feel, the unique Santa, and the unique ways of the North Pole, was creative. So, because it’s Christmas, I’ll give this story 4 Stars.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. ( )