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A Regency Christmas III
348 pages
A warm, festive collection of Regency romances that feels like sitting by a crackling hearth with a cup of spiced wine.
What it feels like
Reading this anthology feels like stepping out of the cold winter wind and into a brightly lit, garland-draped drawing room. The pacing is steady and comforting, carrying the reader through three distinct but harmoniously festive tales of love and reconciliation. The prose is elegant and traditional, leaning into the gentle manners and quiet emotional yearning characteristic of classic Regency romance. There is a pervasive mood of nostalgic warmth, where past griefs and present misunderstandings are inevitably smoothed away by the magic of the season. It is a deeply sentimental and cozy reading experience, perfect for readers who delight in second chances, mistaken identities, and the quiet, healing power of a holiday happily-ever-after.
- Mood
- festive
- cozy
- heartwarming
- sentimental
- Tone
- earnest
- romantic
- warm
- gentle
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- second chances · holiday magic · healing through love · mistaken identity
- The writing
- The prose is elegant and traditional, focusing on emotional interiority and period-appropriate dialogue.
- The arc
- The journey moves from quiet loneliness and gentle misunderstandings to joyous, heartwarming romantic resolutions.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave classic, character-driven Regency romance and the cozy, festive atmosphere of holiday anthologies will devour this.
Content notes
- grief
- past death of a parent
About the book
MISTLETOE AND FOLLY (Sandra Heath) Sir Richard Curzon is engaged to young Isabella. During their engagement, Richard has begun to notice some unseemly things about his intended. Geoffrey Hawksworth also wants the lovely Isabella and he decides to do something about it. He concocts a plan to break Isabella from her intended. Geoffrey plans to be there with waiting arms. Richard happens upon his lost love Diana, who married another years before. Although Richard is hostile towards Diana when they meet, he cannot forget her.
THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO (Mary Jo Putney) Although this story is based upon coincidence, the story is good enough to overcome that writer's device. This is a charming story. Major John Howard is a bit drunk when Meg Lambert enters the inn and collects him to take him to her home. Meg's brother (Jeremy) asked her to collect his soldier-friend to spend the holidays with them. Jeremy was detained but would be along soon. Although having the same name as the intended visitor, the Major soon realizes that he is the wrong soldier. However, he is having such a splendid time, he has a hard time telling Meg about the error. Meg refuses to hear his confession'' -- thinking he is confessing to something else. However, everything is explained when Jeremy and Captain John Howard arrive.
THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER ( Mary Balogh) Six year-old Anna has one wish for Christmas - a new Mama. Having watched her mother's die, Anna has not spoken or laughed for three years. Lord Radbrook, her father, is planning to ask Miss Chadwick to marry him; he hopes her happy nature will rub off on Anna. But his tiny daughter has other ideas; she zeroes in on a new visitor, Emma. The reader soon learns that Lord Radbrook and Emma have an unfortunate history; one of which Anna knows nothing. But the heart does not worry about the past, only finding a happy present and future.
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (Melinda McRae) Ashley Sutton is the second son and has been at sea for 16 years. He left home under a cloud but hopes to gain acceptance and rekindle his boyhood dreams of an English Christmas. Because he did not advise his family that he was coming, he arrives at an empty home (the entire family has gone to have Christmas with relatives). The only people still home are several servants and Rose Norris, governess to the children of his older brother. Rose is an orphan and she immediately recognizes what Ashley needs; she helps him create a Christmas at his home before he travels to greet his family at his uncle's home. Lovely.
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