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Title: Christmas Mom Tryouts

Subtitle: Christmas Holiday Extravaganza

Author: Samantha St. James

Narrator: Samantha Turret

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-12-18

Publisher: Pelican Ventures LLC

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Tryouts to be a mom?

Jason McLane needs a wife...or to be more precise, a woman who'll love and care for his children. But most of the widower's dates (when he has time to date) sneak away when they find out he has six kids. So Jason decides to try online dating - with one caveat. The candidate will be trying out for the mom job. At his home. With his children.

Natalie Calloway loves kids. But most of her dates sneak away when she tells them she wants a large family. The pitying looks from her sisters, all happily married and with children, are getting to be a bit much. So Natalie resorts to online dating.

Father of six looking for wife.

When Natalie reads Jason McClane's profile bid, she stops short. Sure, she's almost 29 with no real boyfriend prospects, but a ready-made family? Then again, time's running out if she really wants to have a big family.

When two candidates show up at once, the fun begins. Between the children's antics, the moms-to-be and their foibles, the stable hand's unwanted advice, and the happy-go-lucky, trouble-causing puppy, what could go wrong?

Members Reviews:

Unique Concept

Jason needs a wife for his six kids, aged 3-14. He advertises and two applicants come to stay at the same time. What a romp. Natalie won all their hearts, despite the pranks. A thoroughly enjoyable story.

Way Too Short

The writing in this short book was competent, but there wasn't much substance, I'm sorry to say. First of all, the entire concept of a woman (Natalie) desperate enough to apply to be an instant "mommy" to six children of a widowed man is completely unrealistic. Especially when the woman has a creative career where she makes money and a loving family of her own (lots of sisters and nieces, nephews, loving parents, etc.). She doesn't even tell them and takes off (supposedly for three weeks) in response to an ad for a mommy? Please. I suspended reality and did finish this book (short story, really). The widower, Jason, and his children are charming enough. Supposedly he travels a lot and needs to get back to it since the untimely death of his wife a year before. But then I didn't hear much more about his need to travel. The set-up is also far-fetched in that another woman (completely opposite from Natalie and not nearly as attractive, of course) has also been invited to stay under Jason's roof for a "try out." The whole thing just seemed distasteful and odd. So many authors want to write a marriage of convenience story these days, and this seems to be the author's attempt to write that story line. It rarely works in a contemporary novel. In my opinion, it didn't work well in this instance. The only reason for three stars is that the author shows potential. There were some obvious editing errors and the description of Natalie in the book doesn't match the cover at all! Those should be a given, but I don't necessarily fault the author alone for those oversights. Unfortunately, the characters aren't well-fleshed out, either, and the story is just much too rushed, especially toward the end. As I mentioned in another review, I sincerely hope this publisher would reconsider the direction of future offerings in their Holiday Extravaganza. The quality of their seasonal books has definitely declined, sad to say.