Book Info:
Title: Star of Bethlehem (Flowering holiday
novella)
Author: Sarah
Daltry
Release Date:
11/18/2013
Publisher:
SDE Press
Blurb:
Jack isn’t a rock star.
He’s not the leader of a MC. He isn’t a billionaire. Lily’s not the daughter of
a mob boss, or a stripper, or a virgin with a BDSM fascination. They’re just
regular college kids, who somehow found each other in the middle of all the
crap and chaos of growing up.
“With you, Jack, it was the first time
I ever felt real. It was the first time anyone looked at me and saw substance.
It was the first time I wanted to make someone see me.”
Jack
and Lily have navigated his past, her desire to move on from her family’s
demands of her, his depression, and her loneliness. Now, on New Year’s Eve,
they have an entire year laid out ahead of them. First, though, Jack needs to
meet Lily’s family, to be welcomed into her life. It’s intimidating, but with a
sweater that is way too hot and his grandmother’s ugly car, he arrives at
Lily’s gleaming house on a hill, ready to open himself up completely to her.
Inside
the perfect, sparkling house, Lily waits for the boy she has come to love. But
Lily’s house and family are a lot like her – shiny and pretty on the outside,
with a sad emptiness on the interior. Lily wants to give Jack the one thing he
has always dreamed of – family and love – but can she keep him from seeing how
hollow a lot of the picture perfect life he fantasizes about really is?
This
is a novella length work that follows Forget
Me Not and Lily of the Valley.
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Excerpt:
“I have a present for you,” she says.
“I told you. I want nothing but you.”
“I know, but I’m excited. First, though…”
“Yeah.”
This is terrifying. If I screw this up, it
could ruin everything. We haven’t been together that long and although I am
trying to trust in us, I wonder if Lily could stay with me if her parents hate
me. What if they hate me?
She kisses me quickly on the lips and then on
the tip of my nose. I somehow feel both ten and hungry for her. She’s still so
amazing to me.
“They are going to love you,” she says.
“Then why are you so nervous?”
“What if you hate them?”
I hug her and breathe in her hair. “I could
never hate anything that you are. We might come from totally different worlds,
princess, but every part of you is beautiful.”
My Review: 5 stars
This just keeps getting better and better. I love Jack and Lily together. I wish that others in their world could see the pain that they cause with careless words and actions. I was reading this and everything was wonderful, until that moment (can't tell you, but trust me, you'll know it), when everything goes sideways. It's not right, but then it just gets worse. I honestly believe that your parents are supposed to teach you how to be a better person, but I guess Lily's Mom didn't get the memo. I hope that Jack and Lily continue to be strong in their love and faith in each other. I love that Lily has Abby back now, and so someone else who believes in Lily. I also thought it was great that Abby made time to talk to Jack about Lily and try to explain Lily's life to him. There are differences in people, but money does not make you a better person. Because, in the end, the only opinion that matters is the one you love and loves you in return. Sarah has done a fabulous job with Jack and Lily and their continuing story. I love it, and I can't get enough of it.
About The Author:
Sarah Daltry writes erotica and romance that ranges from
sweet to steamy. She moves around a lot and has trouble committing to
things. Bitter Fruits is her first full length novel. Her
other two novels have already been released. Forget Me Not and Lily of the
Valley are simultaneous perspectives in the New Adult contemporary romance
series, Flowering. Sarah also has
three novellas (including Star of Bethlehem,
part of the Flowering series) and
several short stories available. She is currently working on Immortal Star and Daughter of Heaven in this series, and Orange Blossom, another novel in Flowering . When Sarah isn’t writing, she tends to waste a lot
of time checking Facebook for pictures of cats, shooting virtual zombies, and
simply staring out the window.
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