Gekust onder de mistletoe / Een bijzonder kerstcadeau / Kerstmis in Venetië
Voor drie sexy mediterrane mannen is kerst niet zozeer een feest van verzoening als wel van verleiding. Zo zet Rocco, in het verhaal van Lynne Graham, de mooie Amber het liefst meteen onder een takje mistletoe wanneer hij haar na lange tijd weer ziet, in de hoop dat ze opnieuw voor hem valt. Penny Jordan schetst wat er gebeurt als Christian besluit de argeloze Meg een wel heel bijzonder kerstcadeau te geven: een aanzoek! Tot slot laat Lucy Gordon Francesco zijn best doen om de zwangere Sonia weer voor zich te winnen - in Venetië in kerstsfeer. Met de magie van Kerstmis aan hun zijde móéten deze charmeurs wel slagen!
Lynne Graham was born on July 30, 1956 of Irish-Scottish parentage. She has livedin Northern Ireland all her life. She grew up in a seaside village with herbrother. She learnt to read at the age of 3, and haven't stopped since then.
Lynne first met her husband when she was 14. At 15, she wrote her firstbook, but it was rejected everywhere. Lynne married after she completed adegree at Edinburgh University. She started writing again when she was athome with her first child. It took several attempts before she sold herfirst book in 1987 and the delight of seeing that first book for sale in thelocal newsagents has never been forgotten. Now, there are over 10 million ofher books in print worldwide.
Lynne always wanted a large family and has five children. Her eldest and heronly natural child is 19 and currently at university. Her other fourchildren, who are every bit as dear to her heart, are adopted. She has two9-year-olds adopted from Sri Lanka and a 5- and a 3-year-old adopted fromGuatemala. In Lynne's home, there is a rich and diverse cultural mix, whichadds a whole extra dimension of interest and discovery to family life. Thefamily lives in a country house surrounded by a woodland garden, which iswonderfully private. The family has two pets. Thomas, a very large andaffectionate black cat, bosses the dog and hunts rabbits. The dog is Daisy,an adorable but not very bright white West Highland terrier, who loves beingchased by the cat. At night, dog and cat sleep together in front of thekitchen stove. Lynne loves gardening, cooking, collects everything from oldtoys to rock specimens and is crazy about every aspect of Christmas.
Lucy Gordon's was my favorite out of the three, seeped in the deep texture of Venice, drama about being scared of big enveloping family clan original. Penny's was, as usual, condescending to female character and ended abruptly to boot. Rocco and Amber's story by Lynne Graham was also a tad chauvinistic and had lots of confusing misconceptions towards the end, though not completely unbelievable.
The Lynne Graham story is better than I remembered it as being and I love the scene where the hero finds out about his son Freddy. More particularly, that he is asleep upstairs.
The Penny Jordan story is one that I had completely forgotten. It is good, but not memorable.
The Lucy Gordon story was always my favourite. It is steeped in Venetian society. However, not all the reasons why our heroine left are fully resolved. It is a good festive read though.