Holiday Rescue/ Santa’s Subpoena (Anna Albertini 3.5 & 4) by Rebecca Zanetti-reviews

HOLIDAY RESCUE
(The Anna Albertini Files 3.5)
by Rebecca Zanetti
Genre: adult, contemporary, romantic suspense

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 31, 2021

The Albertini Family is Back in this Holiday Romance!

Quint Albertini likes his life as a smokejumper and search and rescue expert. He has his dog, his friends, and his freedom. He’s had it with women who can’t commit or who want him to change, and now all he has to do is dodge the family match-makers so he can live his peaceful life when he’s not leaping head first into danger.

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REVIEW: HOLIDAY RESCUE is a contemporary, adult, novella found in Rebecca Zanetti’s THE ANNA ALBERTINI FILE romance suspense series. This is firejumper Quint Albertini, and children’s book author Heather Davis’ story line. HOLIDAY RESCUE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from third person perspective HOLIDAY RESCUE follows the rescue of children’s book author Heather Davis. Heather moved to the small town of Silverville following the death of her beloved grandmother but never expected to find herself at the bottom of a ravine, having fallen when she tried to spread her grandmother’s ashes. Enter firejumper and US Forestry Technician Quint Albertini, and his dog Zena. Rescued and recovering at her grandmother’s home, Heather will be inundated with offers of friendship and food from the Albertini family, including attorney Anna Albertini and the rest of her clan but someone is stalking our story line heroine, and Heather refuses to involve the people she now calls family and friends. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Heather and Quint, and the potential fall-out as Heather finds herself the target of more than one aggressor, both taking aim at our story line heroine.

Heather Davis is struggling to move on from the past, a past that refuses to walk away or let go. Hoping to start anew in the small town of Silverville, Heather never expected trouble to follow in her wake, trouble that is about to pull Heather into a potential disaster. Quint’s last two relationships ended very badly, so much so, that both of the women refuse to back down. Meeting Heather Davis finds Quint focusing on a potential happily ever after but an out of town fire pulls Quint away from the woman with whom he is falling in love. The $ex scenes are limited but passionate.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and fun secondary and supporting characters including several Albertini cousins, as well as Nonna Albertini, Quint’s exes Jolene and Chrissy, his brother Rory, and Heather’s ex Jack.

HOLIDAY RESCUE is a quick read; a fast paced story of family and friendships, rescue, recovery, obsession and love. The premise is engaging and intriguing; the romance is seductive; the characters are numerous and energetic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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SANTA’S SUBPOENA
Anna Albertini 4
by Rebecca Zanetti
Genre: adult, contemporary, romantic suspense
Release Date: September 28, 2021

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So Much for Peace During the Holidays

Anna Albertini has her hands full during the holiday season. Her boyfriend Aiden is back in town after being undercover across the country for the last three months, and his sudden over-protectiveness is a little too much. In addition, Nonna’s latest matchmaking scheme has been so far thwarted by the two most stubborn candidates alive, and Nonna is out of patience and bringing out the big guns. Anna is forced to both protect her sister and run interference, when she’d like to jump in and find a happily ever after for everyone instead.

To add to her already hectic life, her life-long stalker is about to make a move and doesn’t hide that frightening fact, although Anna is more than ready for him. In fact, she’s willing to draw him out to finally bring him down—regardless of the consequences. Finally, Santa has been arrested and charged for murder, needing a good lawyer. Who would arrest Santa? Anna can’t let this stand. It’s a good thing Christmas is a time of magic and miracles, because she’s going to need one.

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REVIEW: SANTA’S SUBPOENA is the fourth full-length instalment in Rebecca Zanetti’s contemporary, adult ANNA ALBERTINI FILES romantic suspense series focusing on attorney Anna Albertini. SANTA’S SUBPOENA can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary but for backstory and cohesion I recommend reading the series in order, as there is an ongoing premise throughout.

Told from first person perspective (Anna) SANTA’S SUBPOENA continues to follow Timber City, Idaho attorney Anna Albertini and the turmoil that is her life. The love of her life, ATF agent Aiden Devlin, is working undercover so our heroine is left to her own devices as her potential stalker is upping the stakes, threatening our heroine at every opportunity-flowers, deadly gifts, bleeding hearts, dead bodies and random parts, and the occasional gunfire to add furor to the mayhem. Meanwhile, a local Santa is found dead, having been stabbed following a night of drinking and poker, a stabbing where the prime suspects are another Santa and the man’s estranged son. Hired for the defense, Anna begins to investigate only to discover a long list of potential suspects, buried secrets, unrequited love and more threats to her life. Devlin’s return brings with it a desperate need to protect the woman with whom he is falling in love but a bungled undercover operation points to a possible mole in the ATF department.

The approach of the Christmas holidays finds Anna on the hunt for the perfect gift, a hunt that reveals she doesn’t know the man with whom she is falling in love. With each purchase, a question remains, but the ultimate choice has been with her all along.

Once again, there is a large ensemble cast of colorful and dynamic secondary and supporting characters, many of whom we have met in previous story lines: DA Nick Basanelli Anna’s siblings Donna and Tessa Albertini; file clerk /cousin Pauley; office helper Oliver Duck; Nana O’Shea and Nonna Albertini: wanna-be PIs Thelma and Georgianna; ATF agent James Saber; Detective Grant Pierce, reporter Jolene Sullivan; as well as several Santas who call themselves the Kringle Club, and the woman in the middle Florence McLintock.

SANTA’S SUBPOENA is a story of jealousy and rivals, betrayal and vengeance, obsession and madness, honesty and love. The premise is intriguing, entertaining and captivating; the romance is subtle yet moving; the characters are energetic, animated and edgy.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Disorderly Conduct
Bailed Out
Adverse Possession

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Reviewed by Sandy