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smithsj123's review against another edition
5.0
This is a fabulous collection full of well loved authors and new to me authors. The festive stories are amazing and perfect for this time of year!
I am specifically review A Winter Love Song by Olivia Arran, a fave author of mine. This story focuses on Logan (one of the Everson cousins... I recommend the Everson Brother books, but you don’t need to have read them), a bear who has come to Craggstone to hide from the media and his record label; and Monica a wolf with responsibilities (5 year old Lottie her adopted daughter), so she wants to takes things slow!
It is a charming romance, with a darker twist, but fun and heart warming all the same. I would definitely recommend this story and this festive box set.
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book.
I am specifically review A Winter Love Song by Olivia Arran, a fave author of mine. This story focuses on Logan (one of the Everson cousins... I recommend the Everson Brother books, but you don’t need to have read them), a bear who has come to Craggstone to hide from the media and his record label; and Monica a wolf with responsibilities (5 year old Lottie her adopted daughter), so she wants to takes things slow!
It is a charming romance, with a darker twist, but fun and heart warming all the same. I would definitely recommend this story and this festive box set.
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book.
jje121579's review against another edition
5.0
Designs on Her Christmas Dragon finds BBW Calista working her IT support job two days before Christmas. Little did she know this service call would introduce her to her fated mate. Of course, she doesn't know that a fated mate or shifters exists. This short story set in London is sweet and sexy and will brighten your afternoon.
Mistletoe Kisses gives us an angsty short story about bear shifter Hannah. Hannah hasn't had much luck in the dating front and has let others color her perception of herself. Matt, her online match, only knows the flirty funny girl he's been talking to. Can these two find that chemistry in person, maybe?
Coyote's Christmas Kiss finds Easton, a reluctant wolf, back home for Christmas. Made by his mother to resent his wolf, he hasn't been home for any length of time in seven years. Being pressed into searching for missing holiday decorations he is thrown together with Dena. Dena and Easton's adventure take a scary turn. Can they find more than comfort and companionship? This sweet tale is somewhat sad, but also hopeful and heartwarming.
Christmas Kindling is heart wrenching yet sweet and hopeful too. Jodie has lost almost every member one way or,another, but she still has her niece to take care of. Then she meets Max and she is strangely drawn to him. This lovely story could have been much longer. I liked the characters and the town. I'll be looking for more from this author.
A Winter Love Song takes back to Craggstone and reunites us with the Everson brothers. But this tale is about their cousin Logan and a skittish wolf named Monica. I love that Olivia's stories could be happening today, we just don't know about it. We are sucked into this short and taken along for the heartwarming ride.
Phoenix Christmas Bride is probably better enjoyed after reading a previous Phoenix book in order to know more of the mythology. That said I really like the characters of Gen and Grant. Their friends to more tale has drama and action and romance. It also really makes you want to read more of the D'Angelo's, I just found a new series to read.
Mistletoe Kisses gives us an angsty short story about bear shifter Hannah. Hannah hasn't had much luck in the dating front and has let others color her perception of herself. Matt, her online match, only knows the flirty funny girl he's been talking to. Can these two find that chemistry in person, maybe?
Coyote's Christmas Kiss finds Easton, a reluctant wolf, back home for Christmas. Made by his mother to resent his wolf, he hasn't been home for any length of time in seven years. Being pressed into searching for missing holiday decorations he is thrown together with Dena. Dena and Easton's adventure take a scary turn. Can they find more than comfort and companionship? This sweet tale is somewhat sad, but also hopeful and heartwarming.
Christmas Kindling is heart wrenching yet sweet and hopeful too. Jodie has lost almost every member one way or,another, but she still has her niece to take care of. Then she meets Max and she is strangely drawn to him. This lovely story could have been much longer. I liked the characters and the town. I'll be looking for more from this author.
A Winter Love Song takes back to Craggstone and reunites us with the Everson brothers. But this tale is about their cousin Logan and a skittish wolf named Monica. I love that Olivia's stories could be happening today, we just don't know about it. We are sucked into this short and taken along for the heartwarming ride.
Phoenix Christmas Bride is probably better enjoyed after reading a previous Phoenix book in order to know more of the mythology. That said I really like the characters of Gen and Grant. Their friends to more tale has drama and action and romance. It also really makes you want to read more of the D'Angelo's, I just found a new series to read.
amystraw's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
nikkisbooknook's review
5.0
Awesome collection of Christmas themed PNR!
A TASTE OF HONEYBEAR COCOA by Jacqueline Sweet
Christopher is a recently woken up bear shifter, who had been in a hibernating coma since World War II. He is feeling literally out of his time and comfort zone. But when you get railroaded by the Alpha and his brothers into taking a job to help you assimilate, you take the job!
Jane is on the run from her former Principal almost-boyfriend. She found some evidence of embezzling and took it to the wrong guy. But when a job offer from Bearfield comes at an opportune time she leaps at it.
She didn't expect to meet Chris, who seems to think he is a bear or his colleague who thinks she is a witch! But that doesn't stop her from falling for him.
A WINTER LOVE SONG by Olivia Arran
Another branch of the Eversons to entertain us. Logan goofed and got famous as a country singer, not wise when you don't age as humans do! But after he found himself with a stalker, he dropped the high life and went to hide out with his cousins. They don't treat him as a star or a money-maker, they give him a hard time and he loves it!
But on the way to meet them he detours through the forest and finds a delectable morsel in a hot spring. Monica just wanted sometime to herself. She loves her adopted daughter and her job feeding the pack but when will she ever get the chance to meet her mate?
Logan may not have been looking for a mate but now he has her, he'll take it as slow as he has to to win her trust. But how will she react when a blast from the past, in the shape of the unhinged Eloise, comes to town?
Loved these 2 stories in particular. Always love dropping in on Bearfield and Craggstone. I especially loved the way Eloise was handled, not every villain is a bad guy!
A TASTE OF HONEYBEAR COCOA by Jacqueline Sweet
Christopher is a recently woken up bear shifter, who had been in a hibernating coma since World War II. He is feeling literally out of his time and comfort zone. But when you get railroaded by the Alpha and his brothers into taking a job to help you assimilate, you take the job!
Jane is on the run from her former Principal almost-boyfriend. She found some evidence of embezzling and took it to the wrong guy. But when a job offer from Bearfield comes at an opportune time she leaps at it.
She didn't expect to meet Chris, who seems to think he is a bear or his colleague who thinks she is a witch! But that doesn't stop her from falling for him.
A WINTER LOVE SONG by Olivia Arran
Another branch of the Eversons to entertain us. Logan goofed and got famous as a country singer, not wise when you don't age as humans do! But after he found himself with a stalker, he dropped the high life and went to hide out with his cousins. They don't treat him as a star or a money-maker, they give him a hard time and he loves it!
But on the way to meet them he detours through the forest and finds a delectable morsel in a hot spring. Monica just wanted sometime to herself. She loves her adopted daughter and her job feeding the pack but when will she ever get the chance to meet her mate?
Logan may not have been looking for a mate but now he has her, he'll take it as slow as he has to to win her trust. But how will she react when a blast from the past, in the shape of the unhinged Eloise, comes to town?
Loved these 2 stories in particular. Always love dropping in on Bearfield and Craggstone. I especially loved the way Eloise was handled, not every villain is a bad guy!
sailormarymoon's review
5.0
This is the first collection of stories I’ve read where I liked every single story.
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