A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsChristmas / Colorado / doctor hero / dysfunctional family / found family / holiday novella / humorous / Memory / novella5 Comments
Ori’s holidays are an endless series of elaborately awful meals cooked by her one-time stepfather Dave’s latest bride. Attended by a loose assemblage of family, Ori particularly dreads Grandma Elving—grandmother of Dave’s fourth wife—and her rhapsodizing about the Christmas she worked at Woolworth’s in the 1950s. And, of course, she ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsdoctor hero / England / Netherlands7 Comments
“You should marry again.” Beatrice sympathized with Gijs van der Eekerk. A widower with a small child and a busy medical career needed someone to make sure his domestic life ran smoothly. What she hadn’t counted on was his decision to offer her the position. As his wife, she would ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1990s / class differences / doctor hero / England / marriage-of-convenience5 Comments
A practical marriage? Araminta Smith first met Professor Jason Lister when she was hired to look after his niece and nephew. Knowing that her plain but honest looks weren’t about to catch her a husband, Araminta believed she’d never marry. That’s why she was intrigued by the distinguished surgeon’s interest ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsAnthology / Australia / British Navy / doctor hero / England / Historical / holiday novella / mathematics / Regency / Royal-Navy / War / Military / Widowed Heroine3 Comments
Even the squared away, efficient Royal Navy must surrender to the joys and misadventures of a Regency Christmas. Four stories shine a light on Christmas during the Napoleonic Wars on land and sea – In Boxing the Compass, a homesick frigate captain shepherding a convict convoy to Australia wants nothing ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsdoctor hero / Hanukkah / holiday novella / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / novella / nurse / War / Military / World War II3 Comments
1944 Ardennes, WWII Lt. Ruth Mencher has always secretly admired Capt. Joseph Klein, but it takes the lighting of a Hanukkah candle to uncover the spark of mutual attraction. Each night awakens a new facet of their relationship, but as the Battle of the Bulge begins, the approaching Nazi forces ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewsdoctor hero / England / Netherlands5 Comments
Falling for the professor… All the village assumed that Margo Pearson was to marry George, but unexpectedly meeting Professor Gijs van Kessel made her pause for thought. Being a plain, practical girl, Margo knew the professor was most unlikely to look her way. It took a tragic accident to bring ... more >