Review: Upon A Midnight Clear – M. J. Schiller

Dylan Fisher is an EMT and part-time Santa Claus at a mall in Denver, Colorado. He has logged plenty of time with children sitting on his lap asking for anything from the latest electronic gadget to a week’s worth of homework passes, but he never heard anyone ask for what little Delaney Kelly asked for on one snowy night in December. A dad! When Dylan’s eyes search the crowd for Delaney’s mother and land on Keira Kelly, the paramedic almost finds himself in need of a little CPR. She is stunning!

Keira Kelly is still grieving over the loss of her husband, but a reckless driver has her thinking about nothing but survival as she’s headed home from the mall. When Keira wakes in the hospital to find a hunky EMT at her bedside, she begins having a few thoughts that would put her on Santa’s Naughty List for sure! But when she finds out the EMT is only hanging around because the police believe someone is out to get her, she’s not sure what to think about his kindness. Is he helping her because he wants to, or because he feels he needs to? And what about the man who rammed her car, could he have had something to do with her husband’s death?

Series: Real Romance Collection #1
Release Date: October 31st 2013
Publisher: Kissmet Publishing
Source: Provided by Author/Publisher via Manic Readers
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3.5 Cocktails

I honestly don’t know where to start with this review. The synopsis does a great job of setting up the plot. There is a lot of emotion in this story; a lot of pain and heartache. I was not expecting the first pages of the book to start out like they did. I was horrified yet determined to find out what happened.

I thought characters were very entertaining and lively. There’s a lot of action and excitement in this story and I’m finding it hard not to give spoilers because everything is so intertwined. This is a great read for anyone who enjoys excitement, intrigue and a little EMT lovin’!

There was one thing that bothered me and it’s not a HUGE thing but there are a lot of exclamation points used in the story. I understand because the content is emotion-driven, but an overabundance of exclamation points is a turn off for me. It makes me feel like the characters are shouting their dialogue the whole time; and it also feels like, to me, that it negates the statements that really need the emphasis of an exclamation.  Again, it’s really not a big deal, just a personal preference of mine.