A Kiss For Christmas (Zebra Regency Romance)

Rating:
Summary: Delightful surprise
Review: I usually don't like the seasonal anthologies, but picked this one up because of the authors who contributed stories. The story of two workhouse orphans separated as children who find each other again as adults was particularly touching. One tends to forget the precarious quality of life during those times when reading the lighter Regency stories. "A Merry Gentleman" was quite nice, and Melynda Beth Skinner's story with elephant was a delightful story to end the book! Loved it!

Rating:
Summary: 3 Pieces of Coal - Horrible!
Review: The other reviewer, Annie, has said it all... unbelievably bad stories! I love anthologies, especially at Christmas, but I'll think twice before buying them from Zebra again... I just can't believe they had the nerve to publish these... a total waste of time and money. I haven't written a review in a while, and I prefer to write positive reviews, but almost feel an obligation to warn my fellow romance readers not to bother with this disaster. Truly, Zebra should be ashamed... I'm sure there are better stories out there.

Rating:
Summary: 0 if I could
Review: These three stories had no redeeming value or interest. It was a struggle to even finish the book. In "A Promise Kept" the story was illogical. A street urchin becoming a noble via adoption and accepted in the Ton? Connor's love interest, who he remembered from the workhouse they both were in as kids, lives with her father-in-law and child with 2 other relatives who make her life miserable. When Connor wants to marry her, her father-in-law says she can but must leave the child behind. And she continues to be kind to him!!!!! "A Merry Gentleman" is the best of the 3 with Lord Henry's home being invaded by 12 girls for the holidays (but where are the men??? any hostess would want even numbers at the table) and he falls for the one who thinks he is cold. But he never really acts that way so why have that assumption??? "Once Upon a Christmas" had an elephant thrown in the story for good measure but again, while I love romance and some magic in the air, a lady who was to marry a Duke traveling around the countryside with a baby elephants attracts no attention????? Just silly...