Christmas Wedding Belles

Christmas anthologies are a huge comfort read for me. I actually picked up Christmas Wedding Belles without even reading the back. I figured it had Christmas and a Miranda Jarrett story; what’s not to love? It turns out that all the stories are somehow connected with “high seas adventure.” Sure enough, there’s a boat on the cover (it’s kind of small, and you can see it from a window). I wasn’t sure how well that would really meld with the Christmas idea, because I like to see the whole package, complete with wassail, snowball fights, and romantic trips to procure festive greenery. For the most part, though, the stories are pretty cute.