Two Holiday Short Stories in one volume, from Tamara Philip (The Trouble with Playing Cupid) and Neva Squires-Rodriguez (Liliana).
Have Love by Tamara Philip
Bookstore owner Danny Archer has always led a quiet unassuming life but when the mysterious Josephine enters his shop, it's love at first sight.With Christmas right around the corner, their whirlwind romance seems like a dream come true. But will the secret that Josephine's harboring leave them heartbroken for the Holidays or will love find a way?
Have Faith by Neva Squires-Rodriguez
Things couldn't get any worse for Yasmin Vazquez this Christmas season. With her life falling apart around her, snatching the wreath off the apartment door that her cheating ex-boyfriend evicted her out of was just the beginning of the nightmare day that led to her meeting handsome police officer, Emmanuel Colon.
Despite all of her misgivings, Yasmin allows him into her life as the magic of faith and hope helps mend her soul. But is he all that he claims to be or is there more to his story?
NOMINATED for Outstanding Debut Author in Interracial Romance 2015. After a lifelong love of writing and devouring books, Tamara Philip decided to let love lead her on an international adventure, where she's met many amazing people and ate entirely too much. Tamara and her English-born Husband, Chris, now split their time between the United Kingdom and Trinidad and Tobago.
Writing has been her secret passion since childhood. Quirky female leads are her trademark.
On any given day you can find Tamara telling people what to do, dodging adulthood, and working hard on her next novel.
Two talented authors come together to write two heartwarming and very encouraging stores of love. I read "The Trouble with Playing Cupid" which was an absolute delight so I decided to give 'This Season' a try. The two stories "Have Love" and "Have Faith" are short Christian stories which are fabulous if you are like me, you have a busy schedule in your horizon. Fitting for this time of year as the busy holiday season approaches.
"Have Faith". A story about Yasmin Vasquez, a woman that seems to have everything falling apart - a cheating boyfriend whom throws her out of there home. Life does gets easier when she meets a nice Police Officer whom she starts developing feelings for.
"Have Love". Danny, a quiet respectful guy with a quiet life meets a mysterious woman whom one day enters his bookstore. A romantic relationship blossoms fast but things are not always as they seem and Josephine has deep secrets which leaves them both heart broken - love does conquer all though and both these stories will capture your hear as they did mine to happier endings.
One holiday tale of romantic love - and one holiday tale of faith and the love of family. Both were sweet, somewhat simplistic tales. At first, I found myself reading like an editor instead of just enjoying the stories for what they were: holiday feel-good stories. (And I'm not an editor, so...lol). In 'This Season - Have Love' I kept muttering 'But Austria doesn't have a royal family; not since WWI'...and I thought that the second story 'This Season - Have Faith' came off a bit preachy, with its constant reminders for one to 'have faith'. It finally dawned on me that the Christmas season is suppose to be all about love and faith. Once I relaxed and removed the knit-pickiness from the forefront of my mind, I was able to appreciate and enjoy the stories more.
It's been months since I've read this. I remember that the writing was good, and feeling all warm and fuzzy,just like you want with good Christmas stories. I really liked this.