Holiday Rebel (The Anna Albertini Files, #5.5)
Rebecca Zanetti
Secrets are Unwrapped during this Holiday Season Rory Albertini has survived in a world of espionage and danger by being patient and outwaiting any enemy. So, when his fiancé and the only woman he’s ever love dumps him, he immediately creates an attack plan. He gives her time—with a deadline—to deal with the fact that he can’t talk about his job but will give everything else in his life, including his heart, to her. Yet when danger comes for her, he might have to reveal the deadly skills he wants to hide and then possibly lose her forever. Serenity McDerny is a stubborn Irishwoman who’d thought she had the ideal life with her hottie Italian fiancé in the best small town in the world. They even picked out rings, when she’d had no clue he wasn’t actually with the forest service. The guy is some type of spy! He lied to her, way too easily, and she can't let that go. Now, like some arrogant James Bond, he’s given her a deadline to figure things out and get back together with him? While she can handle Rory’s stubbornness as well as the danger coming fast, not even Serenity can avoid the Albertini match-makers when they set their sights on her.
Publication Year: 2023
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3.5 stars
This was a super quick read. While it was sweet and fun, it wasn’t quite as good as the other novellas in this series. I was looking forward to Rory and Serenity’s story. There have been snippets of both characters throughout the series. I guess I found it a little anticlimactic.
There is only so much that can be done in so few pages. The chemistry is spot-on with the couple. The mysterious flowers and phone calls Serenity is getting piqued my interest. Once more is unveiled about Rory’s true job, the stuff with Serenity just didn’t have the same tension though. I was still invested in her and Rory making up and being together. I found my interest in the rest of the story waning.
There are a few things revealed about Rory and his brothers in this book, as well as a new character in Rory’s work partner. These things made this story seem even more of a transition story for the overall series. I don’t know that it would stand up well as a standalone. The interactions with Rory’s family are great, but I don’t know if that would be the case if you don’t know their back story. That makes me think, that while I would recommend the story if you’ve been reading the series, I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone new to the Anna Albertini world.
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