Fall in love with the small town of Maplemore. Enjoy five sweet Christmas romance books that are only available in this contemporary holiday collection.
Books in this compilation:
The Christmas Competition A small-town, Christmas decorating contest brings them together...but it could also tear them apart.
Christmas Scandal in a Small Town She's famous and wants a break from the pressures of her career. Hiding out in a small town could be exactly what she needs to find her heart's true desire.
Her Boss for Christmas Planning the office Christmas party changes her life forever. Her relationship with her boss will never be the same.
Brother’s Best Friend for Christmas He's always seen her as his best friend's kid sister, but this Christmas, she wants him to know that she's all grown up.
Christmas Inheritance She never knew her father, but his last wish could make all of her Christmas dreams come true.
The small town of Maplemore is the setting for these five sweet Christmas romance books only in this holiday collection. The story lines and characters will draw the reader right into their stories. All face some kind of struggle, but building trust with someone else can get them through and bring them to a new page in their lives where they can find a HEA.
Books in this compilation (including the short blurb to help entice you):
🎄🎅 THE CHRISTMAS COMPETITION A small-town, Christmas decorating contest brings them together...but it could also tear them apart.
🎄🎅 CHRISTMAS SCANDAL IN A SMALL TOWN She's famous and wants a break from the pressures of her career. Hiding out in a small town could be exactly what she needs to find her heart's true desire.
🎄🎅 HER BOSS FOR CHRISTMAS Planning the office Christmas party changes her life forever. Her relationship with her boss will never be the same.
🎄🎅 BROTHER’S BEST FRIEND FOR CHRISTMAS He's always seen her as his best friend's kid sister, but this Christmas, she wants him to know that she's all grown up.
🎄🎅 CHRISTMAS INHERITANCE She never knew her father, but his last wish could make all of her Christmas dreams come true.
First Story a Disappointment; Grammar & Usage Terrible
This collection contains 5 Christmas-themed books. I have read the first book. I had planned to read the rest, as I love Christmas romances, but I was SOOO disappointed in the editing that I decided to not continue with the collection. As a proofreader and copyeditor myself, multiple glaring language errors severely detract from my enjoyment of a book; all I do is just keep watching for the next error instead of focusing on character and plot. The first two stories had missing words (sometimes a pivotal one where it was hard to figure out meaning), run-on sentences of a variety of types (comma splices and sentences where the required comma before a coordinating conjunction between two otherwise complete “sentences” was missing), and other incorrect punctuation. I did receive an ARC copy, but this is a collection of previously published books, so there is no excuse for bad (or no) editing. Honestly, the author could have read the manuscripts out loud and caught most of the missing words!
Here’s a review of the 1st story in the book, which I read completely.
The Christmas Competition: I wasn’t wild about this one. The heroine was very sympathetic from the start, so I was rooting for her from the start. I went back and forth about the hero for a while. He could be inconsiderate and rude for very little reason, not good for a romantic hero Yet, he was also a wonderfully indulgent and loving uncle and usually a thoughtful brother to his sister who was definitely down on her luck. As the story progressed, I felt like the author was painting herself into a corner with what was happening between the couple as well as in the competition, a large cash-prize contest to see who had the best Christmas-decorated house in their small town; it was hard to guess how it could work out on both fronts. The climax and denouement were surprising, but not in a good way. Two disturbed people threatened the couple and the competition. Their interference seemed to come out of nowhere. Not enough foreshadowing. I don’t like those kinds of surprises in books.
I received a free digital copy of this collection, but that did not affect my review.
Maplemore Christmas Boxed set has 5 books in this set. This set is a clean romance set with characters that bring you in. You want to be friends with them. The writer has the ability to bring you in and have you get angry at certain characters. I love that! I know when emotions are evoked when reading, the author has a way with writing.
Lose yourself in these books with a Christmas theme. Start with “The Christmas Competition” where both Claire and Benjamin each want to win the decorating contest. Throw in a sister who comes to live with Ben, an evil ex-girlfriend, and a supportive friend, and you have a great story.
The second book, “Christmas Scandal in a Small Town” you’ll find out if a famous person can live under the radar in a small town. Who can you trust and who has your back?
The third book, ”Her Boss for Christmas” has romance and office politics. What happens when you fall for the boss, but his girlfriend is his assistant? Get ready to yell at the characters in this book.
The fourth book, “Brother’s Best Friend For Christmas”, has you hoping for romance between the sister and brother’s best friend. But since she there is temporarily, is it worth starting? Can a romance work if one of them is moving?
The fifth and final book, “Christmas Inheritance”, Lanie inherits some property at a pivotal time right after she loses her job. Does she want to take the chance on keeping the property? But the property needs some work and Preston starts to help her. A romance starts and they navigate the pitfalls that happen.
You won’t regret reading this box set.
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Have a tissue handy for this lovely family-friendly quintet set mainly in Maplemore, Colorado, best read at home where the guffaws should not alarm anyone.
THE CHRISTMAS COMPETITION: Allow four hours for this family-friendly second-chance romance which includes a friendly local Christmas decorating contest that gets out of hand.
CHRISTMAS SCANDAL IN A SMALL TOWN: Allow an afternoon with tissues handy, but do NOT read in public as chortles will ensue from this family-friendly scandal avoidance tale about 27-year-old model Madeline Reese who flees a scandal in Miami to collect herself in Maplemore, Colorado the November after The Christmas Competition ends.
HER BOSS FOR CHRISTMAS: Allow an afternoon for this family-friendly forbidden romance as Olivia and her son Simon have moved to Denver so that she can make more money working for Thomas McKinley and Associates.
BROTHER'S BEST FRIEND FOR CHRISTMAS: Allow about four hours to follow 25-year-old freshly-minted MBA Anna Randall as she launches from Maplemore to Los Angeles.
CHRISTMAS INHERITANCE: Allow about three hours for this bequest which starts in September in Brooklyn, New York where Lanie Sams has just lost her job and receives news that she has an inheritance in Maplemore, Colorado.
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The Christmas Competition 4 stars There is a Maplemore Christmas yard competition going on and everyone works to try to win the prize. Some people do it for fun and some for the money, but all of them have fun doing their best. Claire needs the money to save her grandma's business and Tara, Benjamin’s sister, needs the money to start again far from her ex-husband. A great read for Christmas time. I wrote this review based on the book I read, and I will update the review once I read the rest of the books. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This Christmas collection is heartfelt with five stories that will have your emotions all over the place. Each one is descriptively well written with inspiring characters that drew me in and had me in their corner to get their chance for a happily ever after. I enjoyed all five stories and will definitely read them again.
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A wonderful collection for your library If you want some wonderful books to read this holiday season this is the collection to get. Lovely heartwarming tales taking place in the small town of Maplemore. I was so captivated by the characters and the stories I was a bit sad when I finished reading them this Sunday I wanted more. You will not go wrong picking this collection up for yourself or as a present. I received this book for free from Booksprout and voluntarily chose to review it.
I received this collection with the understanding that I could leave a voluntary and honest review.
In this collection we get 5 stories that will have you on the edge of your seat from the first word to the very end. Each of these stories show couples who must show that to really have it all including true love you must be willing to fight for it.
So much I want to tell you but I don't want to ruin it for other readers. I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.
This is a series of books where each character had someone important be unfaithful in some way. Whether it was an ex, a family member, a coworker or combination of all the above. Each character remained faithful to themselves and each found love by taking a risk on someone else. Some of the roads were smoother than others. Each fought to get back or keep what was important to them.
Get a head start on your Christmas reading with Maplemore Christmas, a collection of five clean, heartwarming, small town romances. I just binge read all five in two days! The first two are longer than the other three but all have fully fleshed out characters and compelling stories that keep your interest. I loved all five!
This was a clean collection of novella length holiday romances set in the same small town. Some of the characters grew up there and others were new to the area. Each of the heroines were struggling in some way and if only they let go of some of their pride and allowed the heroes to help and love them. Villains got in the way of their happiness and added to the suspense of the stories.
What a wonderful Christmas collection of books! The collection contains 4 heartwarming Christmas romance stories. They are a sweet and clean reads set in the small town of Maplemore. The characters are charming and funny and each storyline is well written. Grab this collection, you will love it.
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Just in time for the holidays. This is a clean small town romance collection to sit back and enjoy. Each story is a stand alone that will warm your heart. Fantastic collection.
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Overall, this was a pretty good collection of Christmas stories. Most of them were cute with likable characters, and I'll definitely reread closee to Christmas.
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Maplemore Christmas is a collection of five sweet small-town stories that will warm your heart and is perfect when you want to be in the holiday spirit. Each book is well written and easy to get lost.
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This is a collection of five Christmas themed romances with believable characters and storylines that held my attention from beginning to end. The writing is good, the characters are well developed, and the endings are great. I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book.
I enjoyed these stories, the location and the characters. I would love to be a part of a community like that. I recommend for people that like clean romance happily ever afters.
The stories were sweet with likeable characters. Reminiscent of Christmas Hallmark movies, except I enjoyed reading these more. I took out one star due to a few grammatical errors in a few of the stories.
These were special stories and each one such a delight I enjoyed each story in its own merit, you will live each story and find it hard to wit for the next one
I LOVE Christmas stories! Even though my marriage ended 9 years ago, I still Love the message of Love, hope, and Joy that these Characters find. It warms my heart.
All these stories were very clean and cute reads. I would like to know how some of them ended after they found their true love. Grab your favourite beverage and enjoy. MK