The Star of the title is a star sapphire pendant which, according to legend, was given to the baby Jesus by Melchior, one of the Three Magi. The Star has the power to bring love to the life of the woman who owns it, and peace to her family. The four stories in Star of…
Yours 2 Keep is an anthology trying to cash in on the Y2K craze. The premise behind every story is that something crazy is going to happen at midnight as we usher in the new millennium. Like many anthologies, it’s a mixed bag. There’s a great story, a good story, and three so-so ones.
Will someone please tell me why this book is titled
This anthology has the perfect theme for a summer release: all five stories are set on or near a body of water. The result is a mostly satisfying mix – one real winner, three solid stories, and one slightly silly but nonetheless amusing tale.
To Tame A Texan has a sexy cover, a trendy name, and oodles of cowboys but few of the women who attempt to tame these hunks with love succeed believably.
Anthologies generally have some theme that ties all the stories together, but the tales in Silent Night have nothing in common other than the fact they all take place on or about December 25th. The opener, A Very Berry Christmas, is the most out-of-place, and is so far removed from Midnight in Death as to…
I bought Lovescape for the Dara Joy story in it and got a bonus – all the stories in this anthology are very good. I liked some better than others, but I enjoyed all of them – something I can’t say about many anthologies.
I needed cheering up. I was a little down, and decided to check over my TBR stack – uh, okay box – I mean shelf – all right room – to see if there was something lying around that might lift my spirits. When my eyes fell to Upon a Midnight Clear, I thought, yes,…
I guess it was time for my luck to run out. After a long spell of reading good books, this anthology turned out to be a real disappointment – not a keeper in the bunch and one story that is utterly vile.