A Wilderness Christmas
by Madeline Baker, Elizabeth Chadwick, Norah Hess, Connie Mason
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Author: Connie Mason, Elizabeth Chadwick, Madeline Baker, Norah HessEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Published: 1995-12
ISBN: 0843939192
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Leisure Books
Book Reviews of A Wilderness Christmas
Book Review: Two so-so stories, two really bad ones
Summary: 2 Stars
From the back cover:
LOVING DEVLIN by Madeline Baker
For a half-breed Apache, love comes full circle as he witnesses the miracle of a Christmas birth, helping his woman bring forth her babe far from the comforts of civilization.
THE FOURTH GIFT by Elizabeth Chadwick
A determined woman struggles to rid herself of the Yankee partner who has brought out half her Arizona sheep ranch, but by Christmas morning the interloper has fulfilled the three wishes dearest to her heart, and given her a fourth gift she hardly dared hope for.
CHRISTMAS SURPRISE by Norah Hess
When a handsome stranger appears at her isolated farm looking for work, a lovelorn spinster finds the dark, dreary winter days become as bright and new as the Christmas surprise he brings her.
CHRISTMAS STAR by Connie Mason
Following her very own Christmas star through the wilds of Colonial Virginia, a beautiful orphan learns she had enough love to make three lonely people into a true family.
And my review:
Madeline Baker's story LOVING DEVLIN is actually a sequel to her novella LOVING SARAH, which was found in Leisure book's A FRONTIER CHRISTMAS collection. In this novella, the hero and heroine are already married and in love, awaiting the birth of their child. Like the first story, I didn't find this one all the captivating. The characters just never seemed very real or deep to me, and I found that I just didn't much care about what happened to them. They weren't awful or unlikeable, the just didn't grip me. And since they were already married and in love, there wasn't really much romantic tension to this story. Three stars.
I didn't get very far into Elizabeth Chadwick's THE FOURTH GIFT. It had a rather awkward, choppy feel to it, for one thing. The words just didn't flow together well. And I could not stand the heroine. She was such an annoying, abrasive harpy. I had no idea what the hero saw in her. Two stars.
Norah Hess' CHRISTMAS SURPRISE was probably the most enjoyable story in this collection. The author did a good job of portraying frontier life, and I liked watching these two misfits find love in each other. However, this wasn't a story you'd want to read over and over. It's good for a one-time read, and will give you a bit of holiday spirit, but it's nothing overly moving or memorable. Three stars.
Connie Mason's CHRISTMAS STAR was another story that I didn't finish. Neither the hero nor the heroine were likeable people. The hero was a bitter, twisted person, and the heroine a horrendous bigot. I can see why she might not like Indians, given that her family was killed by Indians, but to hate a child who's not even five years old merely because she's an Indian? That's despicable! The heroine's outlook probably changed by the end of the story, but her racist attitude quickly destroyed any liking I might have had for the heroine. And when you don't like either of the main characters, who really cares what happens to them? I didn't. One star.
Two of the stories in this book are okay for a one-time read, but neither of them is very stellar. Go ahead and buy this if you can find it at a garage sale or a thrift store. Otherwise, save your money for something better. See my list "Christmas romance books worth reading" for a list of my favorite picks.
Summary of A Wilderness Christmas
Four early American holiday romances include "Loving Devlin" by Madeline Baker, "The Fourth Gift" by Elizabeth Chadwick, "Christmas Surprise" by Norah Hess, and "Christmas Star" by Connie Mason. Reissue.Anthologies Books
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