On the Twelfth Day of Christmas (Zebra Regency Romance)

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Summary: Where is the romance?!
Review: I ususally love holiday regency books. But this one is so boring I had to push myself to finish it because I actually bought it! If I could, I would return it and get my money back. The story, one that is not very original, has Violet Leigh, a tall plain Jane compared with her gorgous Mother, sister and brother, who accepts her homliness with good cheer. She goes off to her first seaon in London and meets a gambler, our hero Travis Halliday, who is as handsome as Violet is plain. He likes her and since he has to get married fast to gain his inheritance, proposes and she declines as she knows he is not in love with her and just wants her to get his money. Travis departs the next day to make his fortune in the West Indies. Fast forward 2 years at a Christmas party and they are all thrown together and not much has changed. He still needs to get married to gain his inheritance. There is zero chemistry between them nor any fun, interesting scenes between them. Her two siblings are just silly and the bit with the pet monkey becomes lame. This story could have used an infusion of holiday cheer. During this holiday season, don't waste time with this lame, boring and very, very, very unromantic story.