Category: Christmas Romance

Nine Ladies Dancing by Amanda Brice

Posted January 2, 2016 by Marsha in Christmas Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Nine Ladies Dancing
Series: 12 Days of Christmas #9
Author: Amanda Brice
Genre: Christmas Romance
Published: December 4, 2013
Publisher:
My Rating: 4 snowy stars
Source: Borrowed, Kindle Unlimited
Cover Description:

It’s the eve of a Congressional budget battle, and all through the House, all the pundits are spinning and so is a…stripper ’round her pole…

Natalie Hayes thinks she has her hands full. She’s been charged with planning a staff Christmas party, on a yacht, featuring a ballet troupe. If that wasn’t complicated enough, her feelings for her congressman boss have become, well, complicated.

Things go from bad to worse when a stripper shows up at the party instead of the Snow Queen. Mayhem ensues, putting Natalie’s gift for spin to the test. With her boss’s reputation at stake, as well as her job, can Natalie undo this scandal or will dirty politics triumph again?

Read on for my thoughts on Nine Ladies Dancing. No true spoilers, promise.

Eight Maids a ‘Missing by Jana Deleon

Posted January 1, 2016 by Marsha in Christmas Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Eight Maids a ”Missing
Series: 12 Days of Christmas #8
Author: Jana Deleon
Genre: Christmas Romance
Published: December 4, 2013
Publisher:
My Rating: 4 snowy stars
Source: Borrowed, Kindle Unlimited
Cover Description:

When college student Lexie Clairmont is summoned to the sleepy gated community in the Louisiana Bayou where her melodramatic Aunt Sophia lives, she figures she’s in for more of the usual hysterics.

But when she discovers that eight housemaids have disappeared without a trace, Lexie will have to play amateur detective to help her aunt get to the bottom of the pre-Christmas crisis.

In a town where nothing is as it seems, Lexie’s investigation could land her smack-dab in the middle of very real danger. Will she uncover the truth before it’s too late?

Read on for my thoughts on Eight Maids a ‘Missing. No true spoilers, promise.

Seven Swans a ‘Shooting by Kyra Davis

Posted December 31, 2015 by Marsha in Christmas Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Seven Swans a ‘Shooting
Series: 12 Days of Christmas #7
Author: Kyra Davis
Genre: Christmas Romance
Published: December 4, 2013
Publisher:
My Rating: 4 snowy stars
Source: Borrowed, Kindle Unlimited
Cover Description:

This isn’t the first time amateur sleuth Sophie Katz has come face-to-face with a corpse—and now she’s in danger of becoming one herself.

With Christmas right around the corner, Sophie’s sister is organizing a Swan Lake flash mob for a tech mogul’s elaborate holiday marriage proposal. But when the prima ballerina turns up dead, Sophie and her sister become prime suspects in the murder, not to mention suspects in the theft of a massive diamond ring. Now Sophie has just twenty-four hours to find out who really killed the Swan Princess or risk losing her sister, her life…or maybe both.

Read on for my thoughts on Seven Swans a ‘Shooting. No true spoilers, promise.

Six Geese A’Slaying by Kathleen Bacus

Posted December 30, 2015 by Marsha in Christmas Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Six Geese a ‘Slaying
Series: 12 Days of Christmas #6
Author: Kathleen Bacus
Genre: Christmas Romance
Published: December 4, 2013
Publisher:
My Rating: 4 snowy stars
Source: Borrowed, Kindle Unlimited
Cover Description:

Sure, ’tis the season for peace on earth and goodwill to all, but for nineteen-year-old Tressa Jayne Turner, this year’s holiday season plays out more like the nightmare before Christmas—Calamity Jayne style.

When her grandma’s nemesis, Abigail Winegardner, plans a living nativity, complete with a camel, Tressa’s competitive grandma won’t be outdone. Gammy is determined to create her own living—and molting—“Twelve Days of Christmas” pageant, but her aviary extravaganza is in jeopardy when the stars go missing, turning this holiday into a wild goose chase that’s bound to ruffle more than a few feathers. Will the plucky Tressa track down the missing cast before the curtain rises?

Read on for my thoughts on Six Geese a ‘Slaying. No true spoilers, promise.

Five Gold Smuggling Rings by Diane Kelly

Posted December 29, 2015 by Marsha in Christmas Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Five Gold Smuggling Rings
Series: 12 Days of Christmas #5
Author: Diane Kelly
Genre: Christmas Romance
Published: December 4, 2013
Publisher:
My Rating: 4 snowy stars
Source: Borrowed, Kindle Unlimited
Cover Description:

After receiving a tip from an unnamed source, rookie ICE agent Angelika Dietrich gets her first real case. Things quickly steam up when she’s paired with her secret crush, Javier Carrasco, a veteran agent as sexy as he is stoic.

Javier won’t be an easy nut to crack, but if anyone can do it, it’s the bold, brassy, six-foot-one Angelika—an ass-kicking tornado of a woman. With a wicked sense of humor and a heart as big as her size-eleven stilettos, Angelika will have you cheering for her to capture the bad guys and Javier’s heart.

Read on for my thoughts on Five Gold Smuggling Rings. No true spoilers, promise.

Four Killing Birds by Leslie Langtry

Posted December 28, 2015 by Marsha in Christmas Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Four Killing Birds
Series: 12 Days of Christmas #4, & Bombay Assassins #8
Author: Leslie Langtry
Genre: Christmas Romance
Published: December 4, 2013
Publisher:
My Rating: 3 snowy stars
Source: Borrowed, Kindle Unlimited
Cover Description:

Shortly before the holidays, inventor and former assassin Missi Bombay gets orders to perform one last job. It’s the granddaddy of all hits—to be carried out on Christmas Eve, no less.

Missi knows she has only one chance at success, so she enlists the help of her cousins Gin, Dakota, and Coney. Together the Bombay cousins come out of retirement to stamp out the world’s most evil cabal.

Armed with four enormous, prehistoric-looking birds and Missi’s quirky inventions, will these Bombays succeed before their window of opportunity closes for good?

Read on for my thoughts on Four Killing Birds. No true spoilers, promise.

The Goose, The Gander and Three French Hens by Robin Kaye

Posted December 27, 2015 by Marsha in Christmas Romance / 0 Comments

Title: The Goose, The Gander and Three French Hens
Series: 12 Days of Christmas #3
Author: Robin Kaye
Genre: Christmas Romance
Published: December 4, 2013
Publisher:
My Rating: 4 snowy stars
Source: Borrowed, Kindle Unlimited
Cover Description:

Seven years ago, Jack Bennett gave Mary Claire Coleman an ultimatum: marry me or I’m out of here. When she declined, he kept his word and moved halfway across the globe.

Imagine Mary Claire’s surprise when Jack walks into her local Boise watering hole—and back into her life—two weeks before Christmas. Although Mary Claire put romance aside long ago to run her successful antique shop, this chance encounter has all the crackling electricity of their previous passion. She tries to keep her emotions in check, but a scorching hot date proves that their chemistry isn’t just in her head—it’s in every part of her body. If she can find a way to move beyond the ghosts of her past, this might be the year that Jack and Mary Claire unwrap the best Christmas presents ever—each other.

Read on for my thoughts on The Goose, The Gander and Three French Hens. No true spoilers, promise.

Wrapped In You by Kate Perry

Posted December 26, 2015 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Contemporary Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Title: Wrapped In You
Series: Laurel Heights #10.5
Author: Kate Perry
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Christmas Romance
Published: November 17, 2014
Publisher:
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: Owned, Kindle Edition
Cover Description:

Trudy Hawke’s mission: to go on vacation and have fun.

A prison sentence, more like it. She doesn’t take vacations, and she especially doesn’t go anywhere during the holidays. But her boss insists it’s the price she needs to pay to become a full partner in his new private investigation firm. She’ll do anything to become partner–even subject herself to love, peace, and Christmas music.

Trudy figures it’s no big deal: she’ll hole up in a hotel in Laurel Heights, drink gin, and watch action movies until she can return to London. Only her tyrant boss gives her a holiday list of to-do items, for which she must email picture proof of completion.

It’s impossible… Until she meets Mason, who proposes a deal: he’ll help her with the list if she’s his date to his office holiday events, to show his edgy tech employees that he’s more than a nerd from Iowa.

From the moment she agrees, Trudy gets more than she bargained for, but she refuses to be corrupted by the magic of the season–or love.

Read on for my thoughts on Wrapped In You. No true spoilers, promise.

A Cupcake Christmas by Beth Barany

Posted December 26, 2015 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Series / 2 Comments

Title: A Cupcake Christmas
Series: Touchstone #5
Author: Beth Barany
Genre: Christmas Romance
Published: December 25, 2015
Publisher: Firewolf Books
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: Owned, Kindle Edition
Cover Description:

Florian MacMillian needs a final job to complete his baking resume—preferably a job where he’s unlikely to blow things up with his unruly magic—before returning to the North Pole and taking his rightful place as Master Baker to all the elves.

Kate Delore desperately needs help in her fast-growing cupcake business. Florian is a perfect fit, so she brings him on as baker. For a short time, Florian is happily up to his elbows in batter, and Kate’s business is booming.

But when things heat up between them, Florian wonders if he should risk his legacy to cook up something truly special.

Read on for my thoughts on A Cupcake Christmas. No true spoilers, promise.

Two Turtle Island Doves by Kim Law

Posted December 26, 2015 by Marsha in Christmas Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Two Turtle Island Doves
Series: 12 Days of Christmas #2 & Turtle Island #2.5
Author: Kim Law
Genre: Christmas Romance
Published: December 4, 2013
Publisher:
My Rating: 4 snowy stars
Source: Borrowed, Kindle Unlimited
Cover Description:

Kelly and Becky Griffin can’t seem to keep their hands off each other—which would be fine if they weren’t divorced. Every few months, looking for “closure”, they fall into bed together.

To keep his mind off of Becky and his foundering acting career, Kelly heads to Turtle Island, Georgia, to be a contestant in the Yummy Santa contest. But when Becky shows up, winning the title is suddenly the last the thing on his mind.

Becky has arrived with more than hot ex-sex on the agenda. She’s got a big secret to get off her chest, if she can only get Kelly to listen. Will these two finally get the closure they need, or will their reunion spark a second chance at first love?

Read on for my thoughts on Two Turtle Island Doves. No true spoilers, promise.

A Partridge in the Au Pair’s Tree by Susan Donovan

Posted December 25, 2015 by Marsha in Christmas Romance / 0 Comments

Title: A Partridge in the Au Pair’s Tree
Series: 12 Days of Christmas #1
Author: Susan Donovan
Genre: Christmas Romance
Published: December 4, 2013
Publisher:
My Rating: 5 snowy stars
Source: Borrowed, Kindle Unlimited
Cover Description:

British nanny Noelle Clarke finally gets a break when her wealthy employers and their two high-maintenance children go to Aspen for the holidays.

Despite feeling a little homesick, Noelle can’t wait to kick back and relax with a bottle of wine and some telly. But when she accidentally trips the family’s alarm system and the dashing American cop Ryder Partridge comes to her aid, Noelle may get a far more satisfying Christmas than she’d hoped for.

Read on for my thoughts on A Partridge in the Au Pair’s Tree. No true spoilers, promise.

Jessica’s Christmas Kiss by Alison May

Posted December 24, 2015 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Jessica’s Christmas Kiss
Series: Christmas Kisses #3
Author: Alison May
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Christmas Romance
Published: December 12, 2015
Publisher: Choc Lit
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Real Christmas miracles only ever happen in the movies – don’t they?

When Jessica was fifteen, she shared the perfect kiss with a mystery boy at a Christmas party. It might have only lasted a moment, and the boy might have disappeared shortly afterwards but, to Jessica, it was just a little bit magic.

Fourteen years later, and Jessica is faced with a less than magical Christmas after uncovering her husband’s secret affair. And, whilst she wouldn’t admit it, she sometimes finds herself thinking about that perfect Christmas kiss, back when her life still seemed full of hope and possibility.

But she never would have guessed that the boy she kissed in the kitchen all those years ago might still think about her too …

Read on for my thoughts on Jessica’s Christmas Kiss. No true spoilers promise.

Eve’s Christmas Wedding by Caroline Mickelson

Posted December 22, 2015 by Marsha in Christmas Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Eve’s Christmas Wedding
Series: a Christmas Central novella
Author: Caroline Mickelson
Genre: Christmas Romance
Published: November 28, 2015
Publisher:
My Rating: 5 stars
Source: Owned, Kindle Edition
Cover Description:

Wedding planner Eve Bennington has her Christmas all thought out, down to the last Mai Tai she plans to savor once she reaches Hawaii. But her plans quickly go awry when her very pregnant business partner insists that Eve do a favor for Santa’s niece.

The problem? Santa isn’t real. Or so Eve believes until she and her ex-boyfriend Hunter find themselves on a sleigh pulled by eight shaggy reindeer. Their destination? The North Pole. Their mission? To pull together a very last minute Christmas Eve wedding.

Eve’s problem? Finding out that Santa Claus really does exist challenges everything Eve thinks she knows, including her belief that she and Hunter don’t belong together.

Read on for my thoughts on Eve’s Christmas Wedding. No true spoilers, promise.

Operation White Christmas by Nicki Edwards

Posted December 21, 2015 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: Operation White Christmas
Series: Escape To The Country #2.5
Author: Nicki Edwards
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Christmas Romance
Published: December 17, 2015
Publisher: Momentum Books / Moonlight
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:

Hollie Douglas has dreamed of a White Christmas ever since she was a child, but her dream implodes when her fiancé breaks her heart two months before their big day. Convinced by her best friend to go ahead with her planned honeymoon anyway, Hollie doesn’t expect to find herself stuck in a snowstorm in rural Canada two days before Christmas.

Jim Bell has been dreading another Christmas without his wife. When one of his orphaned animals goes missing in the middle of a snowstorm, he didn’t expect he’d be rescuing a stranded Australian tourist as well. He quickly realizes Hollie is carrying as much emotional baggage as him, and when she accepts his offer to seek shelter at his farm, he wonders if he’s doing the right thing.

As Jim helps Hollie fulfill her White Christmas dreams, the winter wonderland and spirit of Christmas work their healing magic on both of them.

Read on for my thoughts on Operation White Christmas. No true spoilers, promise.

The Christmas Catch by Ginny Baird

Posted December 20, 2015 by Marsha in Christmas Romance, Contemporary Romance / 0 Comments

Title: The Christmas Catch
Series: Holiday Brides #1
Author: Ginny Baird
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Christmas Romance
Published: January 1, 2012
Publisher:
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: Purchased, Owned Kindle Edition
Cover Description:

Since the death of her military husband two years ago, single mom Christine White has struggled to get by. By throwing herself into her work as a Chicago copywriter, she’s managed to keep food on the table but has gradually lost sight of what really matters, like building a bond with her four-year-old son. When Christine’s best friend insists she spend Christmas in Vermont so she can get her life in order, Christine initially resists. Little does she know she’s in for a memorable holiday that will reignite her faith and reawaken her heart.

Bachelor professor John Steadman has given up on finding the right one. Spending time with his friends while keeping up with his job seems satisfying enough. Then one day close to Christmas, a beautiful woman from Chicago nearly runs him off the road during a snowstorm. What’s more, she’s got a kid in her car. It’s only natural that John and his trusty golden retriever want to help drag them out of a ditch and steer them toward their destination. What John doesn’t expect is that soon he’ll be hoping Christine and her son will be staying in Vermont – for more than just a little while.

Read on for my thoughts on The Christmas Catch. No true spoilers, promise.