Together for Christmas: A Holiday Romance Novel (Mira, 2020, 384pp PB, four short romance novels/short stories) Review by Skye Anderson
Who has time in December to read a book, even if it's about Christmas or Hanukah or Kwanza or. . . ?
Not me. But i do have time to read a short story or two and so I did - four, in fact, by Debbie Macomber, Brenda Novak, Sheila Roberts, and Raeanne Thayne in a book collection titled - what else? - Together for Christmas.
A story within a story is 5-B Poppy Lane, followed by When We Touch and Welcome to Icicle Falls and, finally, but the first one* to read, Starstruck. They all have plenty of characters and if you can't keep the characters straight, perhaps you will remember their towns: Cedar Cove, Washington, and Whiskey Creek, California, Icicle Falls, Washington and, finally, Cold Creek, Idaho. Bodies of water play a starring role, as do small towns and three generations - just in time for Christmas.
Short stories but just long enough for a prologue and an epilogue.
5-B Poppy Lane: young girl and her boyfriend visit her grandmother and hear her tales of love and daring during World War II
When We Touch: Not every family is a happy family at Christmas time. Read about two sisters who argue often. Will they make up in time for the holidays?
Welcome to Icicle Falls: A stranger comes to town and steals a young girl's heart and then leaves. But before he does, he meets her father who does not approve. A tale of a small town where everyone knows everyone.
Starstruck: Teenage girls are starstruck over the new heartthrob in Hollywood. Fast forward maybe 10 years to find he has settled in their small town. Will he stay?
Four lovely little stories that will steal your heart - and the first one will not soon be forgotten!
*Why read this one first? It is the shortest. Plus, if you like to save the best for last like I do, save Debbie Macomber's for last - read the stories in reverse order for a change.
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