A Christmas Kiss

August 31, 2015
Three wise men star in this trio of artful novellas. In Norfleet’s delectable “Sealed with a Kiss,” a bad boy turned multimillionaire returns to Hayden, Ga., to reunite with his first love, who sacrificed her own happiness to convince him to leave the town he hated. In Hart’s somewhat tangled “Mistletoe Lane,” a man healing from a failed marriage and his wife’s infidelity falls for his new employee, who’s trying to overcome her own hurtful past. In Mello’s delightful “His Christmas Gifts,” Ethan Christmas falls for Bianca Torres, who’s 25 years his junior; her parents are attempting to fix her up with Ethan’s son, who’s secretly gay and already in a relationship. Parades, hot chocolate, tree trimming, and gift giving help guide these couples to their merry-ever-afters.

October 15, 2015

Three very different couples are surprised by romance and love in this enthralling anthology by some of Dafina's most popular authors. A conflicted young woman reconnects with her former bad-boy crush when he returns with surprising plans in Norfleet's spirited "Sealed with a Kiss"; the deputy director and fundraising manager of a community center has her hands full getting her new boss to let go of his pervasive bitterness and experience the joy of the season in the Kwanzaa-infused "Mistletoe Lane" by Regina Hart; and an unconventional young woman finds romance with a good friend of her father's when she heads home to the North Carolina mountains in Deborah Fletcher Mello's intricate and heartfelt "His Christmas Gifts." VERDICT Hot, diverse, and modern, this eclectic trio make the season shine and will appeal well beyond their classic target audience. Norfleet, Hart, and Mello live in Virginia, Ohio, and North Carolina, respectively.

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