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Search - Under The Mistletoe (5 in 1)
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Book Description:
In this collection of five Christmas-themed stories, beloved author Mary Balogh brings together tales of love, marriage, friendship, loneliness, and healing. Includes four Balogh holiday classics, The Star of Bethlehem, The Best Gift, Playing House, and No Room At the Inn, as well as A Family Christmas, which is only available in this anthology.
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2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I've read tons of seasonal offerings similiar to this one, so I was not expecting the quality that I found in this book. Five vignettes, all revolving around Christmas; some warmed the cockles of my heart, some had me in tears, but they all somehow found the true meaning of Christmas. I would like to keep this book, and read it every Christmastime, but in the spirit of the season, I will post it so that I can share it with others. Enjoy.
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Dorrene B. from CHADRON, NE wrote on 4/11/2007...The holiday stories of Victorian era Christmases were light and very enjoyable.
Mari S. from LOWELL, MI wrote on 2/8/2007...5 short novel stories by 1 author. loved each one of them
Wonderful to have all these Balogh stories collected together. And the new story is lovely.
Charming, Mary Balogh is an unusually consistent writer. Very pleasurable.
Superb Christmas fare, though I imagine it'd be good any time of year when you miss the Christmas spirit!
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Cali M. (Very Good! I understand the need for diversity but I so wish Ms. Balogh would give up her contemps and go back to writing Historical Romances like this! =)
A Family Christmas, brings together a couple estranged since just after their arranged marriage the year before, and gives them the perfect chance to start over.
The Star of Bethlehem features one betrothal ring lost but three that are mysteriously found as a broken marriage is abundantly mended.
The Best Gift is the tale of a teacher who has never known family, love, or Christmas-then finds all three when asked to chaperon one of her pupils over the holiday.
In Playing House, a lonely aristocrat and his daughter are drawn to an impoverished young woman and her siblings, who are celebrating their last Christmas together with brave gaiety.
An assortment of unhappy travelers stranded by bad weather at an inn on Christmas Eve encounter love after a young couple arrives to find that there is No Room at the Inn just as their child is about to be born.
5 great, heartwarming short stories for the Holidays. Mary Balogh is always a treat to read!
This book consists of five stories:
A Family Christmas, The star of Bethleham, The Best Gift, Playing House, and No Room at the Inn.
These stories take place in the 1800's. Quick reads.