Kissing Under the Mistletoe

Three heartwarming Regency romance novellas see opposites attracting over the holidays. Enoch’s “Great Scot!,” the standout, kicks off when lady’s companion Jane Bansil meets architect Brennan Andrews. Their easy conversation coaxes Jane out of her shell and enhances their immediate mutual attraction leading to a first kiss that’s sure to make readers’ hearts flutter. Brennan, whose wife died seven years earlier, and 33-year-old Jane, who thinks of herself as a spinster, both get a well-deserved chance at happiness. In Grey’s cute “Christmas at Dewberry Hollow,” innkeeper’s daughter Isabelle Reed accidentally shoots John Cabot Gatestone’s personal guard while hunting in the woods. John and Isabelle challenge each other from the start—and as they grow closer, John fights to get the confirmed bachelorette to give their love a chance. And in Bennett’s fiery “My Mistletoe Beau” Jack Hardwick, Earl of Frostbough, catches Miss Eva Tiding breaking into his home to retrieve the watch her father lost to him gambling. He agrees to hand it over in exchange for Eva allowing him to pretend to court her to cover a lie he told his grandmother. These enjoyable love stories successfully stave off the winter chill. (Oct.)