The Christmas season is a time to hunker down, curl up with a blanket and your beau, staying warm inside and watching the snow. But for those of us who could use a little extra company by the fireside - or even just an escape from the extended family - these short story collections are just the thing. Each story in these holiday anthologies is like savoring a Christmas cookie - every author included has their own flavor, but the spice is always just right, and the romances are warm enough to melt any heart.
A Stockingful of Joy, by Jill Barnett, Mary Jo Putney, Justine Dare, and Susan King
"A gentle woman shows a rugged man the meaning of love in Jill Barnett's Victorian New York of gaslit streets and snowy sleigh rides. An unexpected legacy sweeps a governess to a grand estate - where an impoverished nobleman discovers a woman to be treasured in Mary Jo Putney's poignant romance. Justine Dare brings us the heartwarming tale of a man who seeks shelter on an isolate Wyoming homestead, and discovers an orphan and a beautiful woman who need a miracle as badly as he needs forgiveness and love. In Susan King's touching story, a silver brooch seals a pact between a Highland lass and a Scottish laird as they find the best gift to give is one's heart. Let the warm glow of love surround you from first word to last with this exquisite quartet of stories filled with all the hope and joy of this special season."
Jingle Bells, Wedding Bells, by Nora Roberts, Barbara Boswell, Myrna Temte, Elizabeth August
"The joy of Christmas and the magic of marriage await you when you join in four of your favorite authors in this very special holiday collection. Mischief and mayhem ensue when the Taylor twins decide they want a mom for Christmas in Nora Robert's All I Want for Christmas. And there are more merry complications when children plot to get their single parents married in Barbara Boswell's A Very Merry Step-Christmas. For lonely rancher Jack Zorn, work always comes first - until he gets a hankerin' for marryin' sparkling Elizabeth Davies-Smythe in Myrna Temte's Jack's Ornament. And in Elizabeth August's The Forever Gift, the holidays can be hard when you're alone like Abigail Jones. But Kane Courtland is about to give her the greatest gift of all - love."
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