Holiday romance

  • A Cowboy Christmas

    A Cowboy Christmas isn’t all that Christmas-y. Our heroine decorates the house and the story takes place in late December, but that’s about it for holiday atmosphere – it could have been set in the summer just as well. This is a very busy tale with several subplots, and lots of characters but it’s not…

  • Seduce Me by Christmas

    Seduce Me by Christmas is an average book that lured me in with the Christmas theme. It wasn’t a terrible book by any means, but it’s entirely skippable – even if you love Christmas stories. Raoul Charlebois is a renowned actor who has just retired from the stage, mostly so he can devote some time…

  • A Christmas Scandal

    Sometimes I just want to wring characters’ necks for being so stubborn. This was one of those books. I really liked A Christmas Scandal by Jane Goodger, but if the characters just swallowed their pride and were honest, it would have been significantly shorter. In a previous book, Maggie Pierce met Lord Edward Hollings when…

  • Christmas Spirit

    Ah, my Christmas reading binge has already begun. I have a running head start this year, and am actually three books into it – and it’s not even Thanksgiving yet. Christmas Spirit was a decent (if not awe-inspiring) offering. The love scenes are hot and well-written, but there isn’t a lot of substance to this…

  • Home in Time for Christmas

    A writing professor once told me that dialogue isn’t conversation; it’s conversation’s greatest hits. I wish Heather Graham had taken this advice to heart, as her excessive dialogue and blocky writing style bogged down a book that had some potential. Melody Tarleton is driving home for Christmas during a snowstorm when a man suddenly appears…

  • Lakeshore Christmas

    Although Lakeshore Christmas is the latest in Susan Wiggs’ Lakeshore Chronicles series, it works fine as a stand-alone. Fans of the series will no doubt enjoy cameo appearances from past characters, which, thankfully, weren’t too much for a newcomer like me. Maureen Davenport absolutely loves Christmas, so she’s very excited about getting to direct Avalon’s…

  • Father Christmas

    There’s nothing better for December reading than a traditional regency romance set during the Christmas season. Thank you Signet for re-printing several of the beloved old favorites including Father Christmas, by the wonderful mistress of regency humor, Barbara Metzger. Leland Warrington, Duke of Ware has an heir and a spare as well, just not his…

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