I'll Be Home for Christmas: An eShort Story

Written by Zane

Narrated by Heather Alicia Simms

I’ll Be Home for Christmas is a moving story that reminds us of the true meaning of Christmas.

Noelle Mitchell never explained why she abruptly ran away from home at the age of fifteen. All anyone knew was that her boyfriend, Reno, convinced her to abandon her family. But when she shows up at the family house on Christmas thirteen years later to make things right, what’s revealed about her absence will either tear her family further apart or bring them closer together. But one thing is clear: she will not run away again.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Nov 20, 2012
• ISBN: 9781442362833

Zane

Zane is the New York Times bestselling author of Afterburn, The Heat Seekers, Dear G-Spot, Gettin’ Buck Wild, The Hot Box, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Nervous, Skyscraper, Love is Never Painless, Shame on It All, and The Sisters of APF; the ebook short stories “I’ll be Home for Christmas” and “Everything Fades Away”; and editor for the Flava anthology series, including Z-Rated and Busy Bodies. Her TV series, Zane’s Sex Chronicles, and The Jump Off are featured on Cinemax, and her bestselling novel Addicted is a major motion picture with Lionsgate Films. She is the publisher of Strebor Books, an imprint of Atria Books/Simon & Schuster. Visit her online at EroticaNoir.com.

Reviews for I'll Be Home for Christmas

[Shavonna Futrell · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Quick and to the point. Communication is a must in all families.

[jfe16 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Review of eBookWhen she was fifteen, Noelle Mitchell ran away from home with her boyfriend, Reno, leaving her baby sister, Carolyn, her mother, and her father behind. She’s been gone for thirteen years and, in all that time, no one in her family has heard anything from her. Today, intent on apologizing for her actions all those years ago, she’s coming home.When she returns, determined to explain, will she be welcomed? Will her explanation bring her family together again?=========This short story focuses on the Mitchell family: mother father, married daughter, Carolyn, her husband, Sam, and their daughter, Noelle. When long-missing daughter Noelle arrives on their doorstep on Christmas day, it’s clear that there are still some hard feelings about her abrupt disappearance some thirteen years earlier.But this story is less about the characters and more about the message: family, forgiveness, and love. It’s bittersweet yet heartfelt; readers will find much to appreciate here.Although the story neatly ties up the plot points, readers are likely to find themselves wishing there was more to the story. After all, everyone wishes to know what happens next!Recommended.

[ilonita50 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This is a short story with high climax and rushed peaceful ending. It tells about mistakes done in early youth and the day when you face them to be forgiven.

[writerbeverly · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This VERY short story is a charmer. Despite the author being known for erotica, this one's got no sex, nor even romance. Just a story about a teen runaway coming home to her family, years later, and the issue of mutual familial wounds and resentments, and whether they can be worked out.

Sweet holiday nibble, like a Christmas cookie, and best of all, FREE (at least at this time).

[jrpatterson · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The scene was good. I'm just wondering if Zane is just throwing it out there to see what her readers think and if they want more.This just seemed to be a chapter out of a book. I don't think that was put out there, glad it was free though.