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Christmas Cookies: Karmic Gifts by Kira Stone
Changeling Press
Sci-fi/Fantasy, Holiday
Short Story, M/F/M
Review by Chamomile

Master Negotiator Riley Smith is a man on a mission, not the way he wants to spend the Yuletide holiday. He tries to make the best of it by flirting with Karma Engineer Pax, but the sexy Kar-En seems more interested in Yanar Aht, the mission's top translator, than him.

Yanar knows how to say yes in just about every language in the civilized Romba Galaxy, but he never gets the chance. His harmonic body longs to find the heart-mate who will drive him to sing the Song of Fulfillment, a seeming impossibility on a ship full of humanoids. It definitely puts a sour note in his holiday spirit.

As the ship is on the verge of flying apart, killing the entire crew, Pax must choose between duty and her growing love for these two men. She suspects carrying a cargo load of immature chaos balls would be easier. But Fate has a karmic gift in store for her… if she’s brave enough to accept it.

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I'm always impressed when an author can deliver a fulfilling story in a minimum of pages and "Karmic Gifts" easily fits that description.

I can't imagine being responsible for the karmic well-being — and resultant structural stability — of a spaceship, but that is exactly what Pax's job is on the Kismet. As the Karma Engineer, Her initial inability to decipher the cause of the karmic unrest has a personal aspect to it. I can tell that she's too close to it to see her role in things, but I saw her first attempt to restore harmony as a teasing delight.

Riley is the strong silent type and I couldn't get enough of his hesitancy during Pax's seduction efforts. Part reserved professionalism, part mistaken jealousy, he tries to stay detached but I could tell that his emotions and libido are barely restrained, and I love a reluctant hero, especially when he finally lets go!

Yanar has brilliant violet eyes, blue hair and has to stay gloriously naked because his body absorbs light as fuel. I'm thinking that this is not difficult for the females on the ship to endure! Pax believes that she has found Yanar's bonded one so that he might sing the Song of Fulfillment. She's half right, and I found her journey of discovery to be sensually arousing.

The pair of Dytclis avians provide light comic relief throughout with their enthusiastic interpretations of 'Old Earth' traditions. Their antics reinforce the holiday theme and I absolutely loved them! The entire story is pure pleasure from beginning to end and offers searing passion, humor and an absorbing plot that kept me reading. I couldn't ask for more!