A Victorian Christmas
10 best books like A Victorian Christmas (Patricia Gaffney): A Regency Christmas IV, A Historical Christmas Present, Shadow in Hawthorn Bay, Graffiti Knight, Christmas Revels, A Regency Christmas, My Girlfriend's a Geek, Volume 2, Girls With Slingshots, Vol. 3, One Candlelit Christmas (The MacLerie Clan #4.5), A Stockingful of Joy
| Author | Mary Balogh |
| ISBN | 0451173414 |
The holiday spirit comes alive in this wondrous new collection of five enchanting Christmas stories, written by some of the most beloved Regency authors. Filled with joyous Yuletide celebrations and heartwarming romance, this evocative, richly drawn treasury is a delight all year round. Includes:
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A Historical Christmas Present
Throughout the ages, Christmas has been a time of love and rejoicing. Now, from Dorchester Publishing, comes a selection of three classic tales to warm the hearts of historical romance readers everywhere.
RITA Award-winning "I Will"
LISA KLEYPAS
When a Georgian bluestocking is...
| Author | Janet Lunn |
| ISBN | 0140324364 |
Shadow in Hawthorn Bay introduces fifteen-year-old Mary Urquhart, a Scottish girl with a special gift – the gift of “second sight”. One morning, in the spring of 1815, Mary hears her beloved cousin Duncan calling desperately for her help. But Duncan is 3,000 miles away in Upper Canada, and to...
| Author | Karen Bass |
| ISBN | 1927485533 |
After a childhood cut short by war and the harsh strictures of Nazi Germany, sixteen-year-old Wilm is finally tasting freedom. In spite of the scars World War II has left on his hometown, Leipzig, and in spite of the oppressive new Soviet regime, Wilm is finding his own voice. It’s dangerous, of course,...
3.5 stars for the entire collection. As usual with anthologies, quality varies from one novella to the next, some are better written or more romantic or more appealing to particular tastes. My favourite was the closing novella, The Black Beast of Belleterre by Mary Jo Putney, an author that's completely...
| Author | Anita Mills |
| ISBN | 0451164849 |
Written by five artists of extraordinary talent, these very special, newly written stories celebrate the simple joys and traditions of Christmas -- with each heartwarming tale evoking its own unique style and flavor. — In Gayle L. Buck's "Old Acquaintances," the magic of Christmas is remembered...
| Author | Pentabu |
| ISBN | 0759531749 |
Now that Taiga’s relationship with his dream girl, Yuiko, is in full swing, he’s being gradually initiated into the ways of fujoshi (a very, shall we say, distinct kind of girl geek). Actually, it’s more like he’s being hazed, considering everything from his own name to his friendships with...
Far better than two previous volumes. As it often is with web comics, this also goes through a lot of development with author. It is remarkable, how ready-to-publish even the very first strips were, but to me after first 400 strips the story telling does also became more professional. For some reason...
One Candlelit Christmas (The MacLerie Clan #4.5)
| Author | Julia Justiss |
| ISBN | 0373295197 |
Christmas Wedding Wish by Julia JustissDisenchanted with empty-headed society debutantes, dashing gentleman Allen Mansfell decides that, if he must marry, he will choose a lady whose mind and heart he'll have to win over - a lady like Miss Meredyth Wellingford. But for Merry, finding true love will...
| Author | Jill Barnett |
| ISBN | 0451408004 |
A Stockingful of Joy was good. I enjoyed the first 2 stories but the last two were duds.
In "The Snow Rose" by Susan King we Catriona MacDonald a desperate but determined young lady turns to Kenneth Fraser and his family in her time of need. Obviously they fall in love,he helps her and they live happily...
A Christmas Ball (Includes: Nvengaria, #4)
It is the most anticipated event of the ton: the annual holiday ball at Hartwell House. The music is elegant, the food exquisite, and the guest list absolutely exclusive. Some come looking for love. Some will do almost anything to avoid it. But everyone wants to be there. No matter what their desires,...
Christmas Getaway: An Anthology
| Author | Anne Stuart |
| ISBN | 0373837291 |
Take Eloise. First she's kidnapped by Santa, and now she's camping out in an abandoned lighthouse with the most infuriatingly intoxicating cop she's ever met. Is she sleeping with the enemy...or the man destined to make her Mrs. Claus?
Meanwhile Jean is abducted to a remote ranch, stuck teaching...
| Author | Jo Beverley |
| ISBN | 0373771487 |
In the age of chivalry and the season of hope three marriages are forged...
In The Wise Virgin by Jo Beverly, a lord from a rival clan steals the wrong holiday bride for his brother, and discovers his own true love in the witty and wise captive maiden!
In The Vagabond Knight by Margaret...
| Author | Gayle Buck |
| ISBN | 0451177231 |
Traditional Regency anthology. Note: Traditional Regency means no sexytimes (well, except Mary Balogh's - see below).
** Under the Kissing Bough by Sandra Heath - 2.5-3 stars. Pretty standard Regency fare. Country gentry down on their luck has to move out of their manor home into a cottage....
The Wedding of the Century & Other Stories
| Author | Charlotte Featherstone |
| ISBN | 0373775504 |
New York Times bestselling authors Mary Jo Putney and Kristin James join Charlotte Featherstone to bring you three sparkling stories of love found in the most unlikely of places—marriage!
The Wedding of the Century by MARY JO PUTNEY
Stunningly beautiful and extraordinarily...
| Author | Loretta Chase |
| ISBN | 0380972409 |
This book is an anthology of three historical Christmas stories by different well known authors of this gendre.
The first one is by Loretta Chase entitled Falling Stars. It's a story about a widowed mom named Christina and Marcus. Now I will say I did not like this book because the hero knew the...
FOUR Favorite Regency Authors
-- THREE never-before-in-print Christmas novellas
-- ONE beloved classic now back in print . . .
and a partridge in a pear tree . . .
In Coventry's Christmas, Rebecca Hagan Lee offers a charming new story. With Christmas approaching, Amabel Thurston...
| Author | Kaoru Mori |
| ISBN | 1401211356 |
Secrets are revealed when Emma makes a return visit to London. Behind William's upstanding exterior, he is still despondent over losing Emma. His sister's friend Eleanor is doing everything she can to insinuate herself into his life-- perhaps on a permanent basis! As for Emma, she is on her way back...
