October 15, 2013
You'll practically smell the cinnamon, nutmeg, and pines as four popular contemporary authors take readers for a nostalgic, soul-warming stroll down Main Street in each of their respective series' small towns in this holiday-infused collection. A snowstorm and some helpful family members ensure a merry Christmas in a cozy cabin for two friends who should be so much more in Ross's heartfelt "Christmas in Shelter Bay"; a TV producer heads for Bayberry Island to scope out the local mermaid legend for the show Truly Weird and finds himself captivated by a lovely writer of erotica in Susan Donovan's sassy, slightly magical "A Seaside Christmas"; a baseball coach returns to Cricket Creek after 15 years away and sets about wooing his teenage love in LuAnn McLane's touching "Mistletoe on Main Street"; and Snowberry Creek's talented baker is attracted to a quiet newcomer who is more than he seems in Alexis Morgan's delicious and thoroughly rewarding "The Christmas Gift." VERDICT Pleasing, sexy, touching, and funny, this well-done anthology has something for everyone who's ever yearned for a small-town Christmas.
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