A Fortune's Children Christmas: An Anthology

Fortune's Children #12.5

by Lisa Jackson, Linda Turner, Barbara Boswell

Angel Baby
by Lisa Jackson

Lesley Bastian has a lot to be grateful for this holiday season thanks to the gallant rancher who helped deliver her baby during a snowstorm. But trying to break down the walls that surround Chase Fortune is almost as challenging as motherhood....

A Home for Christmas
by Barbara Boswell

As CEO of a major corporation, Ryder Fortune has little time for romance--until the magic of the holiday season works its way into his hardened heart. And so does his assistant, Joanna Chandler....

The Christmas Child
by Linda Turner

A skilled tracker, Hunter Fortune has never prayed so hard for a case to have a happy ending. But with Naomi Windsong's little girl missing, and her biological father the prime suspect, time becomes his greatest enemy...and love the only thing that will set him free.

Genres: Romance, Christmas, Holiday, Harlequin, Contemporary Romance

384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 1, 1998

About the author

Lisa Jackson is the number-one New York Times bestselling author of over ninety-five novels, including the Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya Series, the Pescoli and Alvarez Series, the Savannah series, and numerous stand alone novels. She also is the co-author of One Last Breath, Last Girl Standing, and the Colony Series, written with her sister and bestselling author Nancy Bush, as well as the collaborative novels Sinister and Ominous, written with Nancy Bush and Rosalind Noonan. There are over thirty million copies of her novels in print and her writing has been translated into twenty languages.

Before she became a nationally bestselling author, she was a mother struggling to keep food on the table by writing novels, hoping against hope that someone would pay her for them. Today, neck deep in murder, her books appear on The New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly national bestseller lists.

With dozens of bestsellers to her name, Lisa Jackson is a master of taking readers to the edge of sanity—and back—in novels that buzz with dangerous secrets and deadly passions. She continues to be fascinated by the minds and motives of both her killers and their pursuers—the personal, the professional, and the downright twisted. As she builds the puzzle of relationships, actions, clues, lies, and personal histories that haunt her protagonists, she must also confront the fear and terror faced by her victims and the harsh and enduring truth that, in the real world, terror and madness touch far too many lives and families.

Visit http://www.LisaJackson.com where you can find a Media Kit with photos and more information.

Reviews

[*CJ* · Rating 3 out of 5]

"A Fortune's Children Christmas: Angel Baby\A Home for Christmas\The Christmas Child" is an anthology with three books by three authors.

"Angel Baby" tells the story of Lesley and Chase, and has two neighboring widowers finding love during Christmas, and their own HEA.

"A Home for Christmas" has Joanna the clumsy assistant and Ryder her boss fanning the flames of attraction during the holiday season.

"The Christmas Child" has Naomi and Hunter looking for her kidnapped child.

While all 3 were average stories, I really liked the first two in terms of plot, the second being my favorite out of the three. That being said, 1 & 3 end with satisfaction, 2 has an abrupt resolution of conflicts.

Overall, an average read.

Safe

2.5/5

[Mildred Rupert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wish I had the rest of the Fortune books. There was 3 great stories in one book. Loved the three that I read.

[Brittany Hopkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

All three stories were great! All three authors did a remarkable job with the storylines and the characters!

[Maria · Rating 2 out of 5]

Three shorts about the great-nephews of Kate Fortune, they appear to be a continuation of a series written by different authors. Two were adequate. The last needed to be fleshed out more.

[Red · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are 3 stories in this book, each written by a different author. Plot development is sketchy at best, assuming due to length. Also very few characters in each story, really only 2.5 in each of the first 2 stories. But they move quickly. Third story was the best written. It actually had about 6 characters in it. I've decided I prefer a more fleshed out story (pun intended.) Romance stories in general are not as deep or well rounded as other novels, and the short story version has less of everything. Not very satisfying in any way. I guess I'll stick with the single story format.

[Kshydog · Rating 2 out of 5]

The concept of a Great Aunt getting involved in helping her nephews by offering them a chance at a better job and career is a nice premise. The fact that this book was actually 3 short stories made them very predictable. They were not Christmas stories - the nephews had to complete the challenge offered to them by Christmas.

[Cherry-Ann · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too easy read. Understand because it's a three in one but predictable and forgettable.

[Alisha]

3.5

[Sandie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very quick, light read. Due to being short stories, the plots were predictable and fast.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just okay.