C ReviewsChristmas / family relationships / holiday novella / novella / Paranormal / vampires4 Comments
It’s Christmas in Half-Moon Hollow and newly turned vampire Iris Scanlon-Calix wants to make Gigi’s first visit home from college as normal and special as possible. It’s taken months for Iris to work up the nerve to spend time around her baby sister after her vampire transition, so she enlists ... more >
Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsCarina Press / Christmas / Contemporary / holiday novella / London / novella7 Comments
Thanks to a transatlantic house swap, California girl Ashley Turner is finally going to fulfill her lifelong dream of a proper English Christmas. Her holiday plans did not include a sexy stranger climbing into her borrowed bed in the middle of the night. But in the light of day, Ashley ... more >
B ReviewsChristmas / Fantasy / holiday novella / Magic / novella6 Comments
Adventurer Lance Desmond needs to produce a fortune before his arch-rival collects the bounty on his head. He risks an ancient curse to retrieve treasure hidden within icebound Castle Cavanaugh, only to become trapped inside. Not with the gold he so desperately needs, but with medieval Princess Marigold who’s been ... more >
Book Reviews / C ReviewsHanukkah / holiday novella / Jewish-faith / LGBTQIA+ / Loose-Id / m/m romance / novella2 Comments
Dan accepts an interesting new job, only to discover after he moves that he’s the only Jewish gay man in a small Midwestern town. On the first night of Hanukkah, he’s a bit homesick and very lonely. Then the mailman delivers a box containing his menorah to the wrong house. ... more >
A Reviews / A- Reviews / Recommended Readshistorical romance / holiday novella / medical romance13 Comments
Dear Ms. Milan, I hope you are having a lovely holiday season. This year, as in 2011, you enriched my December by releasing a stellar Christmas tale. A Kiss for Midwinter is not quite as brilliant as This Wicked Gift (mentioned here in my list of favorite holiday stories) but it’s still wonderful. Thank you. The ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Hanukkah / holiday novella / Jewish-faith / Liquid Silver Books / religion20 Comments
Dear Ms. Sookoo, Off the top of my head, I can’t recall reading any Hanukkah stories so when DA was offered your book for possible review, my ears perked up and I took notice. Though I’m not Jewish, I thought it would be fun to read something different from the ... more >