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Summary: Get away from this book . . .
Review: This book, actually titled "Getaway," is a collection of three short Christmas stories, none of which is very good. The three stories chronicle the Christmas getaways of three women who meet by chance while stranded in an airport because of bad weather. The three, Kayla, Greta, and Megan, decide to meet again after their vacations to discuss how things went.

How things actually go is spookily similar: each meets up with a man who is initially reluctant to get involved with her, each has a Christmas affair, and each receives and accepts a marriage proposal. All three heroes are remarkably shallow and self-centered; all three sleep around.

The differences: Kayla (whose story is hardly a Christmas one at all) winds up sharing a beach bungalow in the Virgin Islands with her best friend's brother, who was her own girlhood crush. She quickly decides it's her Christmas mission to seduce him. Ick. Greta winds up with her deceased husband's brother, who decides it's his Christmas mission to help her be less straitlaced. Apparently "straitlaced" now means wearing clothing that actually covers you up moderately well, and not getting drunk. Ick again. Megan meets the nicest of this sorry group of heroes, a craftsman from Tennessee who makes it his Christmas mission to see that she doesn't actually manage to escape Christmas, as she had originally planned. Very slightly less ick. (All right, all right, it's actually Lucas' very sweet proposal to Megan which earns this book its second star.)

All told, this is very substandard Christmas stuff. More sex than romance, by a long shot. And not very good for the heart. Skip it.