Jasmine Cresswell

Great Christmas stories - good takes on the old Christmas classics.

An anthology of Christmas stories "inspired by Hollywood Classics"

Cresswell's An American Carol is a take-off of the Scrooge story.  It was great, but ended to upbruptly.

Collins' Miracle On Bannock Street is a take-off of Miracle on 34th Street.  It was my favorite story.

This is the third book in a series.  The first two are Missing and Suspect.  Months after Kate Fairfax's father, Ron Raven, has disappeared and been presumed dead, her estranged boyfriend Luke Savarini claims he has seen Ron in a restaurant.

Blurb:Courtney Long wasn't insane, but somebody had gone to desperate measures to convince everyone that she was. Who set her up? Drugged her? Had her locked up in a mental facility?

This was an interesting book.  I had some trouble figuring out the mystery which is definitely not something I can always say.  I like Sean.  I wasn't sure how to take Kate at first and I kept forgetting her name but by the end I liked her as well.  I was sympathetic of her relationship with her sister and the things that had occured.  A good, readable mystery. 

"For twenty-five years multimillionaire businessman Ron Raven played the loving husband and father-to two very different households. But when Ron disappears, his deception is revealed. Now it's time for...PAYBACK.

The police assume bigamist and wealthy businessman Ron Raven paid the price of his crimes with his life-a conclusion his "second" family, the Fairfaxes, accepts. So when restaurateur Luke Savarini outrageously claims to have seen his former investor-in the flesh!-Kate Fairfax is furious. When her anger cools, evidence leaves Kate facing the possibility that her father is still alive. With Luke's help, Kate is willing to risk everything to find Ron Raven, if it means bringing him to justice, once and for all."

"For twenty-five years multimillionaire businessman Ron Raven played the loving husband and father- to two very different households. But when Ron disappears, his deception is revealed. Faced with the ultimate betrayal, both families are left questioning who can be trusted-and who remains SUSPECT.

Cynical attorney Liam Raven hid his father's bigamy-until it was too late. Ironically, Liam specializes in divorce cases. But when Chloe Hamilton is charged with murdering her husband, a popular Denver mayor, he makes an exception.

Liam's relationship with Chloe quickly surpasses client and attorney. Her former husband had many secrets-including a connection to Ron Raven's other family. And acquitting Chloe means uncovering a string of lies and treachery that leads back to Liam's father."

I'm reviewing all 3 books in the trilogy at the same time - see Book 3 "Payback" for my review.

"For twenty-five years, multimillionaire businessman Ron Raven played the loving husband and father-to two very different households. But when Ron disappears, his deception is revealed. Now both families are left with questions, while the man who holds the answers is...MISSING.

Megan Raven is desperate to save her mother's Wyoming ranch, used as collateral on a three-million-dollar loan-money that disappeared with Ron. Worse, the loan is being called in by Georgia bank manager Adam Fairfax-brother to Ron's other wife.

Brought together by their families' turmoil, Megan and Adam head south of the border in search of the missing millions. But what they find is a whole new web of lies, secrecy and greed."

I'm reviewing all 3 books in the trilogy at the same time - see Book 3 "Payback" for my review.

What a great read! I had trouble putting it down at night to go to sleep.  Ron Raven is a real jerk -- I can't believe he deceived his loyal wife for 27 years with another family.  Of course if he had, we wouldn't have this great book...