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Christmas Romance
A Christmas melodie / Catherine Hart
A mail-order bride spends a romantic Christmas in a deserted cabin with a handsome young widower and his four rambunctious children...
Six little angels / Betina Krahn
An unconventional young noblewoman reluctantly accepts the help of her handsome ex-suitor, rekindling long-suppressed desires...
A match made in heaven / Linda Ladd
A Christmas wish by three matchmaking children brings together two lovers separated by the Civil War...
Candle in the snow / Barbara Dawson Smith
An English schoolteacher faces the holiday return of her long-lost, devilishly handsome husband...
Silent night, starry night / Katherine Sutcliffe
A lonely young woman of the west finds love with a handsome outlaw...
A mail-order bride spends a romantic Christmas in a deserted cabin with a handsome young widower and his four rambunctious children...
Six little angels / Betina Krahn
An unconventional young noblewoman reluctantly accepts the help of her handsome ex-suitor, rekindling long-suppressed desires...
A match made in heaven / Linda Ladd
A Christmas wish by three matchmaking children brings together two lovers separated by the Civil War...
Candle in the snow / Barbara Dawson Smith
An English schoolteacher faces the holiday return of her long-lost, devilishly handsome husband...
Silent night, starry night / Katherine Sutcliffe
A lonely young woman of the west finds love with a handsome outlaw...
424 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 1, 1990
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About the author
Catherine Hart
39 books117 followersCatherine Hart is one of today's most popular romance authors and has earned many prestigious writing awards since she started her craft. With 16 historical romances and 2 novellas under her belt, Catherine keeps very busy giving romance readers lots of great reading. Many of her books have made their way to bestseller lists then went on to win awards such as the Romantic Times Storyteller of the Year, a Lifetime Achievement Award for Western Romance. Also, she was recently inducted into her high school's Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame, an honor she cherishes. Catherine is donating total profits from one of her novellas to promoting adult literacy and she credits her success to a firm belief in true and lasting love, an overactive imagination, an insatiable thirst for knowledge and an off-the-wall sense of humor.
Catherine resides in Ohio, where she was born and raised and she is the mother of 3 grown children, a "Nana" and the adoptive "mama" of a Siamese cat named Sassy and a Pekingese dog named B.J., both of whom have found a place in her historical novels. Ms. Hart has a passion for Ohio State football, Native American crafts and culture, romantic movies and books, travel, "oldies tunes" and her husband of 29 years, her own special hero.
Catherine resides in Ohio, where she was born and raised and she is the mother of 3 grown children, a "Nana" and the adoptive "mama" of a Siamese cat named Sassy and a Pekingese dog named B.J., both of whom have found a place in her historical novels. Ms. Hart has a passion for Ohio State football, Native American crafts and culture, romantic movies and books, travel, "oldies tunes" and her husband of 29 years, her own special hero.
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June 7, 2022
Because why not kick off the summer with Christmas romances?
A Christmas Melodie (Catherine Hart) – 2.5 stars
Melodie is a mail order bride on her way out to Colorado, but when she is snowed in with a handsome widower and his four children, she gets rather side-tracked. I found Melodie likable, but the hero David to be rather annoying with how pushy he was. I also didn’t love that a child-free heroine ended up changing her mind merely on a few days acquaintance with these particular children.
Six Little Angels (Betina Krahn) – 4.5 stars
Regina must find homes for six foundlings with the help of her rejected suitor, Max. I loved this semi-second chance romance and how sweet the hero was under his rather priggish exterior. There was a good mix of plot, romance and humor, and I really liked how each child found their perfect adoptive home.
A Match Made in Heaven (Linda Ladd) – 4 stars
Three children try innocently to matchmake between their uncle Chris and Abigail, unaware that they were engaged before being torn apart by the American Civil War. I enjoyed this sweet second-chance romance that also explored in a realistic and interesting way how relationships were destroyed by the rift between the North and the South during the Civil War. I also found the children to be adorable and enjoyed their matchmaking efforts.
Candle in the Snow (Barbara Dawson Smith) – 3 stars
When Chelsea’s husband Sean returns from America after six years, she’s astonished, for she had thought him dead – and the last time they were together, they had an explosive argument that might have ended their relationship forever. Yet another second-chance romance – this seems to be a pattern! Though the story was sweet, it felt oddly insubstantial, and the process of Chelsea and Sean’s reconciliation felt somewhat rushed.
Silent Night, Starry Night (Katherine Sutcliffe) – 3.5 stars
Anna, the widow of a bank robber, never wants anything to do with criminals again – so when an injured outlaw lands himself on her doorstep, she faces quite the dilemma. This was a sweet and poignant read about two damaged people coming together with a great deal of hope. However, I felt the conclusion was rushed, and that we did not get much of a sense of who Steve, beyond someone who was terribly downtrodden.
A Christmas Melodie (Catherine Hart) – 2.5 stars
Melodie is a mail order bride on her way out to Colorado, but when she is snowed in with a handsome widower and his four children, she gets rather side-tracked. I found Melodie likable, but the hero David to be rather annoying with how pushy he was. I also didn’t love that a child-free heroine ended up changing her mind merely on a few days acquaintance with these particular children.
Six Little Angels (Betina Krahn) – 4.5 stars
Regina must find homes for six foundlings with the help of her rejected suitor, Max. I loved this semi-second chance romance and how sweet the hero was under his rather priggish exterior. There was a good mix of plot, romance and humor, and I really liked how each child found their perfect adoptive home.
A Match Made in Heaven (Linda Ladd) – 4 stars
Three children try innocently to matchmake between their uncle Chris and Abigail, unaware that they were engaged before being torn apart by the American Civil War. I enjoyed this sweet second-chance romance that also explored in a realistic and interesting way how relationships were destroyed by the rift between the North and the South during the Civil War. I also found the children to be adorable and enjoyed their matchmaking efforts.
Candle in the Snow (Barbara Dawson Smith) – 3 stars
When Chelsea’s husband Sean returns from America after six years, she’s astonished, for she had thought him dead – and the last time they were together, they had an explosive argument that might have ended their relationship forever. Yet another second-chance romance – this seems to be a pattern! Though the story was sweet, it felt oddly insubstantial, and the process of Chelsea and Sean’s reconciliation felt somewhat rushed.
Silent Night, Starry Night (Katherine Sutcliffe) – 3.5 stars
Anna, the widow of a bank robber, never wants anything to do with criminals again – so when an injured outlaw lands himself on her doorstep, she faces quite the dilemma. This was a sweet and poignant read about two damaged people coming together with a great deal of hope. However, I felt the conclusion was rushed, and that we did not get much of a sense of who Steve, beyond someone who was terribly downtrodden.
November 18, 2022
I love this book. I read it every fall before the holidays. It puts me in the mood for the holidays.
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