Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Christmas Presence-Donna Birdsell, Lisa Childs and Susan Crosby

Christmas Presence
Donna Birdsell, Lisa Childs and Susan Crosby
Harlequin Next, Dec 2007, $5.50
ISBN: 9780373881475

“Christmas Presence” by Donna Birdsell. Widow Astrid Martin wants to boycott Christmas as this will be the first year she faces the holidays since her husband died. However, the ghost of her spouse refuses to allow the woman he loved in life to grieve. He forces her to obtain work at the mall where he insures she meets someone else.

“Secret Santa” by Lisa Childs. Single mother Maggie O'Brien worries that she and her children will miss Christmas as the bills are too great. However, a secret Santa keeps sending gifts to her and her family. She wonders who he is and will he arrive at her home gift wrapped on Christmas Eve?

“You're All I Want for Christmas” by Susan Crosby. She was supposed to spend the holidays in the Bahamas, but instead Lauren Wright is grounded at the airport due to weather. However, a fellow stranded passenger begins to cheerfully chat with her; soon she gets into the Christmas spirit as he makes her feel good that she is not in the Bahamas, but instead with him.

These three sugar without spice Yuletide romances will warm the hearts of contemporary romance readers.

Harriet Klausner

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