Format: Kindle, 61 pages
Release Date: September 24, 2011
Publisher: Jennifer Estep
Source: Jennifer Estep
Genre: Urban Fantasy
It's Christmas time in Bigtime, New York, but
society reporter Carmen Cole isn't in the mood to celebrate since her
husband, Sam, has to go on a business trip and might not make it home
for the holiday. But Carmen has plenty to keep her busy, since she
moonlights as Karma Girl, a member of the Fearless Five superhero team.
On
Christmas Eve, Carmen, as Karma Girl, is assigned to guard toys,
clothes, food, and more that are intended for needy children and their
families. But an ubervillain also has his eye on the toys and plans to
steal and then sell them to the highest bidder. Carmen will have to use
all her empathic powers just to stay alive, not to mention make sure
Christmas is a happy one for all the kids who are counting on her. It's
all in a night's work for a superhero ...
A Karma Girl Christmas, by Jennifer Estep, is a novella set in the world of the authors Bigtime series. The story apparently takes place right after Jinx, the third book in the series. It's Christmas time in Bigtime, New York, but society reporter Carmen Cole isn't in the mood to celebrate since her husband, Sam Sloane aka Striker, has to go on a business trip and might not make it home for the holiday. But Carmen has plenty to keep her busy, since she moonlights as Karma Girl, the rookie member of the Fearless Five superhero team.
On Christmas Eve, Carmen, as Karma Girl, must guard the toys and donations for needy families being held at Oodles o’ Stuff, a shopping center and neutral ground for supers on both sides of the coin. But an ubervillain named The Mintilator also has his eye on the toys and plans to steal and then sell them to the highest bidder. He’s a D-grade ubervillain whose arch-nemesis is aptly-named Halitosis Hal. His status as a less-than-feared ubervillain actually works in his favor, too. He’s able to steal some pretty nifty gadgets from the truly bad bad guys and he plans on using them to steal the toys from the needy and dispose of Karma Girl once and for all.
Carmen will have to use all her empathic powers just to stay alive, not to mention make sure Christmas is a happy one for all the kids who are counting on her. It's all in a night's work for a superhero.
*Thoughts* This is a must-read for fans of Estep's Bigtime books. For those who haven't read them, this story is a stand-alone and you won't have any trouble keeping up with the characters. This was sent out as a thank-you to the author's followers. One of these days, I need to finish the second and third book in this series!
No comments:
Post a Comment