The Mistletoe Wager is marriage in trouble tale. It has a significant Christmas feel to it, and may well appeal to readers who like Regency house parties. Harry Pennyngton, Earl of Anneslea, is tired of being estranged from his wife, Elise. Two months previously, she left the family seat and has taken up with her…
The Christmas Countess by Adrienne Basso is a perfect illustration of the fact that too much chocolate is bad for you. Generally I’m all for slow, character-driven romances without too much external conflict, so when I settled down with this book I thought I was in for a delightful holiday read. But in the end,…
I love adventure, and I supplement my historicals with plenty of romantic suspense and urban fantasy. However, there’s something about Christmas that makes me crave an old-fashioned emotional romance. I don’t need spies, secret alliances, or things that go bump in the night; a dashing hero, a strong heroine, and a story filled with sweet…
When the wind is cold and the snow is high, and you have too many presents left to wrap, it’s nice to have a comforting book to take to bed with you. If you loved Lisa Kleypas’ Wallflower books you will enjoy this peek at the heroines’ married lives. Though the main love story could have…
About a year ago, I fell in love with Robyn Carr’s Virgin River trilogy. She continues here with a short-ish, Christmas-set story that is a lovely addition to the series. The life of Marcie Sullivan’s Marine husband was saved in Iraq by his best friend and commander, Ian Buchanan. Unfortunately, he never recovered from his…
I was excited to read Christmas Wishes, Mistletoe Kisses because 1) it has a Christmas theme, a feature I often enjoy and 2) I really enjoyed the last book I read by Fiona Harper, English Lord, Ordinary Lady. Unfortunately, I found that this offering was not quite what I’d hoped. It’s not that there was…
While looking over the new romance books at my local store, my eye fell on one titled Marry Christmas. “Ick,” I thought, “what a terrible title for a book!” But because the majority of historical romances have titles that are either terrible or forgettable, I forged ahead, particularly since I liked The Perfect Wife, another…
Michelle Styles is best-known for romances set in Ancient Rome, and I know that some of her readers were disappointed that her latest romance is set in Victorian England. I had never read anything by her and was happy to pick up A Christmas Wedding Wager. I enjoyed many facets of the book, but one…
On a whim this year, I ordered several Christmas romances online. By coincidence the one contemporary romance I picked was The Christmas Date by Michele Dunaway, whose name I had never heard before. Imagine my delight when this proved a novel to enjoy. Kate Merrill and her new neighbor, Tyler Nichols, couldn’t be more different…
A Town Called Christmas is a story that, with minor adjustments, could probably take place any time in the past sixty years. A jilted naval pilot visits the hometown of a friend over the holidays and falls for the friend’s pregnant sister. Sounds like something Hollywood would have produced in the 1940’s. The story has…
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