I stayed up WAY too late reading Syrie James’ RUNAWAY HEIRESS last night (loved it). Which of course means that it was time for a new book today.
And with Christmas only 10 days away, I figured it was finally time to read HOW THE DUKES STOLE CHRISTMAS. I had a lot of reasons to pick up this collection. Four authors I adore, all in book?! Historical Christmas romance!? That cover?!! But the biggest reason?
Sarah MacLean’s novella, “The Duke of Christmas Present”, the A Christmas Carol retelling in which Eben(ezer Scrooge), Duke of Allryd, actually gets his happily ever after with the woman he once lost.
I mean she may as well have sliced open a sack of catnip and let me roll in it. Because Scrooge and Belle’ s separation has always killed me - frankly, I blame that heartbreaking song in The Muppet Christmas Carol. But anyway, holy mistletoe I have been waiting to read this novella. Time for a little Victorian Christmas cheer!
This weekend was tons of fun, and I got to have some very cool Bostonian and bookish experiences! I went up to Boston on Friday for a weekend with my friend Emmaline from college. She graduated before me, so aside from a couple of brief visits, we hadn’t seen each other in over a year.
She met me at South Station and guided me to Downtown Crossing, where she left me to my own devices, needing to…
