"This Christmas Traci will get everything she wants"

Traci Campbell was miserable. Rick, her husband of seventeen years, had been so wrapped up in his job as a small business system coordinator that he was ignoring her and their kids. He had even gone to work on Thanksgiving and not returned until after midnight. For reasons she didn't understand, they hadn't made love in four months.

A month ago she told him about her concerns; now here it was two days before Christmas and nothing had changed. She remembered their conversation. She had accused him of cheating on her and he had reminded her that she had quit cooking homemade meals and greeting him at the door like she still cared. So she had spent the month working on her end of the discussion. She just wished he had kept his end as well.

As Traci walks into her home, she finds her favorite meal on the table, along with a long florist box and a manila envelope with her name on it. Inside the box is roses and poem from Rick. The note in the envelope says, "This is the exact meal that we had on our first night in this house." Thus starts a mental tour down memory lane with sexual suggestions along the way.

RINGING IN THE SEASON is a great look at what life and work can do to a marriage, let alone your sex life. I loved all the effort that Rick went to prove he still loved Traci. A great Christmas read. You won't want to pass up this quickie. It's number 5 of Ellora's Cave 12 Quickies of Christmas.

Reviewed by Patricia McGrew
Courtesy Sensual Romance Reviews
Posted December 22, 2003

Summary

Christmas is only two days away, and Traci Campbell has never felt more miserable. Her seventeen-year marriage seems on the verge of failure. Rick makes no time for the kids, for her...they haven't made love in four months. She can't stand the thought of losing Rick, but her heartfelt appeal a month ago appears to have meant nothing to him.

But a determined husband can make a lot happen in a few short weeks, and a very unusual treasure hunt leads Traci on an erotic journey down memory lane. Can love, determination, and five tiny golden rings save a marriage?