‘Tis the Season to curl up with a great book. Except, its really easy to get interrupted. Phone calls, baking timers, kids bored with the bad weather…its hard to get through a chapter, let alone a full novel. The solution? Novellas!
And if you are like me, reading with the Seasons (and holidays) is always perfect for keeping me in good cheer.
I have prepared a shortlist of my favorite (and other people’s favorite) Christmas or Winter Regency Romance novellas. Click the cover to go to amazon, or click the title to read my review. These are listed in no particular order.
Happy Holiday reading!!
Love Rekindled at Christmas is an anthology of second chance romances that have something for every reader. Writers E. Elizabeth Watson, Eve Pendle, Diana Lloyd, and Evelyn Isaacks have a diverse array of characters and stories that take place in winter, some with nods to Christmas traditions in the Regency.
A Christmas Gambol by Joan Smith teeters on the edge between novella and novel, but I found it a short and fun traditional read (kisses only) that is set in the “Little Season” so features all the Seasonal elements that keep you cozy.
A Grosvenor Square Christmas is an anthology of four short stories with plenty of Christmas magic. Shalen Galen, Vanessa Kelly, Anna Campbell, and Kate Noble send their characters to the legendary Lady Winterson’s Christmas Ball…and the magic that can happen when two people fall in love. This is also free for Kindle!
No Groom at the Inn by Megan Frampton is a snappy comedy, with hilarious dialogue and a Christmas country house party for our Victorian H/H to fall in love. Fast paced, sexy and fun.
Christmas in Kilts is an anthology of novellas that bring the Highland Holidays and lots of fun Hist Ro tropes together for one great collection. Featuring authors Terri Brisbin, Bronwen Evans, May McGoldrick, Lecia Cornwall, and Lavinia Kent, this one gets high marks from readers.
Season’s Regency Greetings by Carla Kelly offers two sweet Christmas novellas that strike the perfect tone for the holidays. Sentimental, filled with drama, these are sure to tug on your heart strings.
Holly and Hopeful Hearts is another novella anthology by the Bluestocking Belles that provides a lot of diversity in tropes, voices, heat and holiday fun. Its a jam packed collection featuring authors Jude Knight, Susana Ellis, Sherry Ewing, Jessica Cale, Nicole Zoltack, Caroline Warfield, and Amy Rose Bennet.
A Winter’s Knight by Elizabeth Cole is a kisses only, short and sweet Regency with an unlikely hero and heroine and some holiday magic. Featuring veterans of the Napoleanic Wars.
Lady Joy and the Earl by Regina Jeffers is a new Regency Christmas novella that features a second chance romance story line that will tug at the heart strings while deliver the drama readers love.
Christmas Brides by Cheryl Bolen features a collection of three kisses only novellas that are sweet, heartwarming and short.
