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A Victorian
Christmas Cottage
by Catherine Palmer,
Debra White Smith,
Jeri Odell and Peggy
Stoks
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This is the perfect Christmas
or winter collection of short love stories! An anothology
is a surefire hit for everyone with several different stories
from well-known and new Christian authors. It's a great way
to get a taste of an unknown author's writings before you
search out more of their works.
This collection warmed my
heart with each of their love stories set around Christmas'.
"A Victorian Christmas
Cottage will take you there...to the Lake District of
England, where a charming young widow reluctantly discovers
a most unlikely source of love and protection...to fashionable
San Francisco, where a society beauty's bravery following
the loss of her family fortune captivates her ruggedly handsome
new neighbor...to a Georgia plantation, where forgiveness
conquers a legacy of betrayal and heals the heartache of a
lost love...to rural Minnesota, where a determined suitor
risks everything to help a vulnerable young woman overcome
her wounded past." (book cover, A Victorian Christmas
Cottage, 1999.)
I enjoyed each of these stories
and it is hard to pick a favourite because they are each so
different, but I think I might choose Catherine Palmer's Under
His Wings. I have a particular fondness for English nannies
ever since studying the Bronte's works of fiction in university,
particularly Jane Eyre. This story is the typical young English
woman comes to care for motherless child and ends of falling
in love with the lonely, broken hearted father. Although it
is typical in storyline, it is lovely and romantic and is
a delightful read for the romantic at heart.
Each of the other stories,
each have their charm and I am sure you will not find any
wanting. Here are the titles of the other short stories and
the authors:
"Christmas Past"
- Debra White Smith
"A Christmas Hope"
- Jeri Odell
"The Beauty of the Season"
- Peggy Stoks
A great stocking stuffer
or a pick-me-up for a nice weekend winter read!
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