"A failed Santa brings Beth a Christmas surprise - himself!"

Beth Adams is spending Christmas Eve alone, not quite the spectacular evening she had planned. Her former boyfriend had bought her a satellite dish for when he's visiting her, and not the engagement ring she'd been anticipating. It's for the best, really; she's been wearing blinders when it came to Steve's faults. When Beth opens the gifts from her co-workers, she finds the sex toys they gave her to be much more pleasing than Steve ever was.

When Beth hears noises on the roof, she knows that Steve must be trying to install that damned dish. Furious, she storms outside, just in time to see a man in a Santa suit fall off her roof. He claims to be a rejected Santa Claus, one of several vying for the job. Dominic Claus is very appealing and not Santa-like or elfin at all. Beth finds herself allowing him inside to warm up.

Dom works for the family business in research and development of toys. His family manages the entire Santa enterprise from Akron, not the North Pole. Despite his obvious insanity, Beth allows him to spend the night on her couch. And he lingers the next day, showing her the fun of Christmas and of certain toys. Beth falls in love with Dom, but can she give up everything she's worked so hard for? Especially to a man a few bricks short of a load?

Ms. Douglas has created a terrific hero in Dom. Although I would have liked to have seen some of the story from Dom's point of view, the author does a great job of showing us the man inside the Santa suit. Once Beth begins to believe in magic, this couple embarks on a bright future. Read JUST A LITTLE MAGIC and find for yourself the magic of love wrapped in a sexy Christmas tale.

Sensuality: Rated E-rotic by the publisher. Explicit sex, anal play, bondage; sexually explicit scenes: 7.

Reviewed by Denise Powers
Courtesy Sensual Romance Reviews
Posted December 16, 2003

Summary

Beth Adams expected a proposal of marriage on Christmas Eve. What she gets is a wanna-be Santa Claus who's just gotten pink-slipped. Dominic Claus isn't merely good looking, he's perfect...he's just not Santa material. Beth could care less, especially once she discovers that Dom is a lot more than a good looking guy in a Santa suit—he's the lover of her dreams, toys included. Unfortunately, he actually thinks he's an elf. Differences aside, Beth discovers that all it takes is Just a Little Magic to find true love.

Short story. Rated E-erotic by publisher.