12 Gifts For Christmas

by Caitlin Crews, Karen Templeton, Sheri Whitefeather

Spend the 12 nights of Christmas with some seriously sexy men! You could:

1. Run away with Mr Tall, Dark and Handsome to Paris.
2. Fall for your first love all over again.
3. Become the mistress of an Arabian royal.
4. Find a new life and a new love in the Pyrenees.
5. Be whisked Cinderella-style from penniless single mum to pampered wife.
6. Befriend a moody stranger.
7. Enter a Christmas contest on a bet — with very high stakes!
8. Turn a rich Scrooge into a sexy Santa.
9. Team up with a sexy FBI agent.
10. Meet the man who broke your heart…who's still your husband!
11. Tell a dedicated doctor he's a dad!
12. Party on New Year's Eve and spot an old acquaintance.

Anthology includes:

His Christmas Captive - Caitlin Crews
A Christmas Refuge - Rebecca Winters
Naughty is Nice - Tawny Weber
The Bodyguard's Bride - Brenda Harlen
Seduced by the Season - Merline Lovelace
Christmas Evie - Karen Templeton
Cherokee Christmas - Sheri Whitefeather
The GP's Christmas Miracle - Alison Roberts
Wrapped and Ready - Julie Kenner
A Home for Christmas - Laura Marie Altom
Stroke of Midnight - Julie Kistler
Midnight Reunion - Anna DePalo

Genres: Fiction, Romance, Anthologies

580 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Caitlin Crews discovered her first romance novel at the age of twelve, in a bargain bin at the local five and dime. It involved swashbuckling pirates, grand adventures, a heroine with rustling skirts and a mind of her own, and a seriously mouthwatering and masterful hero. The book (the title of which remains lost in the mists of time) made a serious impression. Caitlin was immediately smitten with romances and romance heroes, to the detriment of her middle school social life. And so began her life-long love affair with romance novels, many of which she insists on keeping near her at all times, thus creating a fire hazard of love wherever she lives.

Caitlin has made her home in places as far-flung as York, England and Atlanta, Georgia. She was raised near New York City, and fell in love with London on her first visit when she was a teenager. She has backpacked in Zimbabwe, been on safari in Botswana, and visited tiny villages in Namibia. She has, while visiting the place in question, declared her intention to live in Prague, Dublin, Paris, Athens, Nice, the Greek Islands, Rome, Venice, and/or any of the Hawaiian islands. Writing about exotic places seems like the next best thing to actually moving there.

She currently lives in Oregon with her animator/comic book artist husband and their menagerie of ridiculous animals.

Reviews

[Ms G Thompson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely, lovely, lovely love stories, sashes and wows!

Various stories that warned my heart. The beauty of this book is that each one is 'cup of coffee ' read yet full of twists and turns and fun. I could not stop reading them! This is indeed a wonderful gift to yourself. It is also an excellent introduction to a few authors enabling you to get a feel for them an their differing styles. I found myself converted to a few!

[Michaela · Rating 2 out of 5]

I literally only liked the first story.

[Ashley Zeelie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book I thoroughly enjoyed:)

Read it over Christmas and it's heartwarming.

This book on a cold night with a blanket and a BIG cuppa hot chocolate is a definite MUST*

Definitely a must read for me!

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really nice selection of chrsitmasy stories!!

[Erin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Boring, a rehash of what we have all read before. Usually I love the christmas anthologies, but this one I could have missed.

[A Voracious Reader (a.k.a. Carol)]

Read 'His Christmas Captive' by Caitlin Crews on the Harlequin website. Great story! 5 stars

[Annette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Of course some stories were much better than others but this is a pretty good rounded anthology, very short stories though.

[Helen Vilaranda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Out of the twelve stories I only read His Christmas Captive online. It was a good story . The main purpose is you should listen to your heart and your head and not someone else who you think has your best interests at heart!(but really only looking out for themselves.)

[Seren · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a trashy short story romance collection, but a rather enjoyable one themed around lonely women who find their perfect partner during the festive period. I did find some of the male characters unable to respect boundaries and autonomy - there's trying to take charge, then there's domineering. So it lost a point on that.