Christmas to Remember Book Review

A Christmas to Remember: An Anthology by Lisa Kleypas was a book on the new release shelf at the library so I put it in my bag because of my love of Christmas books!!  I didn't know that it was another anthology that I picked up from the new release shelf and I hadn't read any of the authors.  I was interested to see what it was about.  Quickly realizing that it was a historical book set in times very long ago, I was interested to see if it was something that I would relate to.  I normally find the historical books to be a little hard to get into but these stories were all great.

Romance stars Lisa Kleypas, Lorraine Heath, Megan Frampton, and Vivienne Lorret prove in this collection of stories that love is the most magical during Christmas…

"I Will" by Lisa Kleypas

To be reinstated into his father’s will, Andrew, Lord Drake, must court a respectable woman-his friend’s spinster sister, Miss Caroline Hargreaves. After he blackmails Caroline into helping him, the charade begins-but is it really a charade once love takes hold of their hearts…?

"Deck the Halls With Love" by Lorraine Heath

Alistair Wakefield, the Marquess of Chetwyn, devastated Lady Meredith Hargreaves when he proposed to another. But when he becomes free to pursue her, it’s too late for she’s on her way to the altar….. As Christmas approaches, Chetwyn vows to lure Lady Meredith back into his arms.

"No Groom at the Inn" by Megan Frampton

James Archer detests his mother’s matchmaking ways. When ordered to attend a Christmastime house party filled with simpering maidens, he produces a fiancée-Lady Sophronia Bettesford. James and Sophronia pretend to be in love for one month. But their pact soon turns into love.

"The Duke’s Christmas Wish" by Vivienne Lorret

To the Duke of Vale, science solves everything-even marriage. When the impulsive Ivy Sutherland makes him question all of his data, he realizes that he’s overlooked a vital component in his search for the perfect match: love.

Four previously published stories together for the first time.

The first story was about a Lord who was written out of his dying fathers will because he was always chasing women and not picking women that were suitable for marriage.  He decides to deceive his father with a women that is a sister of a friend.  It turns out that this relationship has to seem real and it starts to seem just that to Caroline. It is a great story that you have to read to believe but it will have you pulling for love to win out.  The second story is about Chetwyn who is upset when the women he loves is proposed to by another.  He was set to be married to a dying friend's wife to make sure that she was taken care of when she falls in love with another.  He is then free to pursue love and might be too late.  Although this sounds confusing, the writer does a great job of explaining and has you in the middle of the story and hoping for the best.  The third story is about James who is going to attend a party with all single women to be set up by his mom so he decides to come back home with a fiancée to take with him.  Sophronia has just lost her father and is having to move in with distant relatives in order to have a home.  She decides to help James with the deception so that she can ensure her future.  The last story is about the Duke of Vale who loves science and data and is trying to figure out with data the best wife.  He is working to find his future wife at a big party at his house but finds that the data although it might be easy to work with, does not tell who he should fall in love with.  As is often the case, the last one is always my favorite because it was the last that I read so I might be biased.  It is maybe my favorite story to watch unfold especially the ending which you have to read to believe.  I hope that you check out this book for yourself and see all the great stories included.