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December 17, 2013

Bring on the holiday romances

SunitaLetters of Opinion / Recommended ReadsAnthology / Christmas Stories / Hanukkah / m/m romance / Regency Romance34 Comments

Recommended Read

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 a Christmas tree in nearly two decades, and I’m usually ... more >

January 1, 2013

REVIEW: The Christmas Carrolls by Barbara Metzger

JayneB ReviewsAnthology / Christmas Stories / Regency5 Comments

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 have an older OOP paper copy, I’d never read it. ... more >

December 24, 2012

REVIEW: Second Chance Christmas by Dahlia DeWinters

JayneC ReviewsAfrican American / Christmas Stories / friends-to-lovers / Interracial / multicultural / novellaComments Off on REVIEW: Second Chance Christmas by Dahlia DeWinters

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 through the into chapter that sets up Naomi and Zach ... more >

December 23, 2012

JOINT REVIEW: A Christmas Bride by Mary Balogh

JanineB Reviews / C+ ReviewsChristmas Stories / class-difference / country house party / holiday setting / London / Regency England20 Comments

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 uncommon in holiday stories in or out of the romance ... more >

December 21, 2012

REVIEW: Miracle on I-40 by Curtiss Ann Matlock

JayneB ReviewsChristmas Stories / Contemporary / road-romance / second chances5 Comments

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 is another one which starts evocatively with the image of ... more >

December 21, 2012

Friday Film Review: Bernard and the Genie

JayneFilm ReviewsChristmas Stories / Fantasy / Friday Film Review4 Comments

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 just going to have to wait until later. But what ... more >

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