- Paperback
- Publisher: Harlequin Books (Mm) (December 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0373165633
- ISBN-13: 978-0373165636
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 113 g
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A green card for Christmas?, April 17 2005
By Krista Casada - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Gift-Wrapped Groom (Paperback)
Finally outmaneuvered by her conniving, interfering grandfather, Noel agrees to marry the groom of his choice, but ONLY if her grandfather can produce the physical, mental, and ethical paragon he has described. Noel thinks she's safe--after all, no guy could be that good, right?
Enter Nicholas Baranov, a gorgeous, brilliant and honorable Russian physicist whose political dissidence and personal heartache work together to make him ready and willing to leave his homeland, even if it means marrying some unknown American woman who obviously can't get a husband any other way.
Now take Nicholas and Noel and dump them right in the middle of the plot of a John Denver-type Christmas movie, as an evil mining consortium schemes to take over Noel's rural Montana hometown, and you've got this book.
This is an enjoyable little Christmas tale, whose main flaw is that all the characters, with the notable exception of Nicholas himself, are drawn larger than life and a bit stereotyped, which gets slightly annoying at about the 150-page mark. But Nicholas himself is admirably humanized (despite his many sterling qualities) by a tender background story and a touch of gritty realism that shows during some of his episodes of culture shock.
The other thing which stands out is the absolute power and memorableness of some of the more intimate moments between husband and wife. Definitely consider adding this book to your list of romantic Christmas reads.
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