Letters of Opinion/ Recommended Reads
Anthology, Christmas Stories, Hanukkah, m/m romance, Regency Romance
I’m not a huge fan of a lot of aspects of the Halloween-to-New-Year’s marketing and consumption extravaganza. I think Halloween costumes should be left to the under-12 crowd, I prefer to leave the country for Thanksgiving, I haven’t put up… more
B Reviews
Anthology, Christmas Stories, Regency
Dear Ms. Metzger, When I was scanning my memory for good Christmas stories to recommend here, I remembered reading two of your other holiday theme books but this one didn’t ring bells for me. Turns out that’s because though I… more
C Reviews
Christmas Stories, friends-to-lovers, Interracial, multicultural, novella
Dear Ms. DeWinters, I wasn’t exactly sure what I was going to get based on the blurb and excerpt. It sounded like there’s some dark past event that heroine Naomi is trying to face down but you kept it hidden… more
B Reviews/ C+ Reviews
Christmas Stories, class-difference, country house party, holiday setting, London, Regency England
Janine: We’ve all read Christmas stories which feature cynics whose hardened hearts soften during the holiday season. From Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to the Grinch in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, such figures are not… more
B Reviews
Christmas Stories, Contemporary, road-romance, second chances
Dear Ms. Matlock, One of the first books I read when I was getting back into romance was one of yours: “If Wishes Were Horses” which I think helped cement my interest in more working class/down to earth characters. This… more
Film Reviews
Christmas Stories, Fantasy, Friday Film Review
Bernard and the Genie (1991 BBC TV) Genre: Holiday Grade: Very cute While trying to decide on the next movie of this holiday season, I realized we were getting a bit top heavy with animation films. So a few are… more