Title: A Bartender’s Holiday
Author: Carole Love Forbes
Publisher: URLink Print and Media
ISBN:
Pages: 148
Genre: Adult Fiction / Adventure-Romance
Reviewed by: Michaela Gordon
Hollywood Book Reviews
Macdonald Patrick O’Neely (AKA Mac) is a Vietnam veteran living the solo life in New York. After a stint in the corporate world, he gives it up to start his own bar. But his boring and lonely life as a bartending bachelor is about to be flipped upside-down. One night, Mac is out on a walk when the unthinkable happens. He becomes involved in a murder. Noticing a woman in danger, he attacks the man following her. In the midst of the brawl, the woman fatally shoots her attacker. With policeman sure to arrive, he quickly decides to shield the beautiful murderess. His decision takes him down a road of no return. Mac finds himself enchanted with the young woman, whose name is Kim. Even though he knows nothing about her, he believes her story of suffering, and he becomes intensely determined to protect her. Even if it means going up against Kai Ching, an international crime lord and uncovering many unthinkable secrets. By clinging to each other (sometimes literally) and using their heads, Mac and Kim must figure out how to escape Kai’s clutches.
A damsel in distress, a hero, and a villain; the characters are quite traditional. The main character, Mac, is the good guy, the hero; someone ordinary turned special who always tries to save the day while delivering quips to the bad guys while intending to be clever. He is willing to do whatever it takes to save his woman. Kim is merely a vulnerable young woman with a dark story who is in danger. Kai, the villain, is your typical wealthy crime boss: handsome, suave, educated, refined, powerful, ever so condescending, very psychopathic, and capable of great evil. The book has basic components with some twists thrown in that make up an interesting story. Given its brief length of 148 pages, the novel is very heavy in explicit sex scene content. Some readers may appreciate knowing in advance that it also contains a rape scene. Words best used to describe this novel might be: raunchy, adventurous, lewd, fantastical, thrilling, and quick-paced.
A Bartender’s Holiday by Carole Love Forbes is an adventure romance fantasy in a modern setting with what at first appears to be a classic storyline…but this book is bound to surprise you.