Caz very much enjoyed this holiday tale. In her review, she wrote:

Better Not Pout is a lovely, feel-good story about two people who are perfect for each other but need just a bit of Christmas magic to help them to see it. Maybe  grumpy-older-guy meets perky-younger-one is a bit of a cliché, but they’re such well-drawn characters, and I had such a great time with the story that I honestly didn’t care.  The relationship between Nick and Teddy is really well developed and the sex scenes are guaranteed to turn up the heat on the coldest winter evening ;). I teared up a bit near the end, and then closed the book with a happy sigh and a smile on my face, which is never a bad thing.

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Here’s some old skool Howard for you. In our review, we wrote: 

Duncan Sarratt is lying dead. At his feet, his wife is being raped. Young Jake and Ben are roused from their beds just in time to witness their mother’s brutal assault and murder. Jake, the eldest of the boys, attacks the murderer, Frank McLain, and successfully separates a testicle from the man before Jake, himself, is shot. Jake and Ben flee into the night, both severely wounded, leaving their dead parents and their whole lives in ashes. This opening scenario was short, but icky. It did, however it set the stage for why the adult Jake is so consumed with revenge, and how nothing, absolutely nothing, will keep him from returning to his father’s ranch to kill Frank McLain, and take back what belongs to him and his brother.

Frank McLain’s pretty well satisfied with himself. He’s gotten everything he’s ever wanted, and now, he wants a real lady for a wife. Victoria Waverly, a daughter of the war-ravaged South, is penniless but beautiful. Seeing an opportunity to recover his family’s dignity, Victoria’s father sells her into marriage with Frank McLain. Victoria cannot stand the sight of the man, but does as her father wishes, essentially to keep her noble family from starvation.

Posing as a cowboy who happens to be exceptionally good with a gun, Jake hires on at his own ranch to set the plan in motion that will return his birthright to him. Victoria’s arrival, and immediate marriage to McLain, complicates things a little, for when he kills McLain, the ranch won’t be free and clear, it will belong to the lovely young widow. How tragic for Jake. He’s already consumed with desire for her, so, when the slimy, icky, and totally weird McLain dies, Jake marries Victoria the next day, and ownership of the rich Western dynasty returns to him and Ben.

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Here’s another holiday romance for you! Our reviewer gave this a DIK! 

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This is a very good medieval romance! In our B+ review, we wrote:

Though the book is set over more than a year of events, the main characters actually fall in love in only a day. The two have such strong chemistry and the author writes emotion so well that this turn of events actually seems believable. As the couple faces greater travails in the second half of the book, the bond they built early on seems genuinely to carry them through all problems. In other words, their relationship felt real.

I also appreciated the use of history in the novel. Though of noble status, these characters are not courtiers and their infrequent brushes with actual historical figures make sense. However, the ripple effect of government instability makes itself known on Gwyn’s estate in more indirect ways. News of court is mentioned and the estate experiences shortages that feel much more realistic as they are casually worked into the story – much as news of war in Iraq or the stock market might be worked into a contemporary story.

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