The Christmas That Changed Everything by Marilyn Pappano, Mary Lynn Baxter, Christine Flynn

2.67 AVERAGE

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3.0
Didn't care for A Pregnant Pause (and didn't finish it, to be honest) as the writing felt flat to me and the one-disaster-after-another pile of events started to veer into ridiculous after a snake randomly showed up. Also I personally don't have a thing for pregnancy/fertility themes so listening to the hero go on about how hot n' bothered the heroine's nine-months pregnant body made him kind of grossed me out rather than giving me the warm and fuzzies.

Holiday Reunion I liked a lot better, especially because the writer was brave enough to write about
a heroine with an infertility problem that doesn't get magically solved by twu wuv or "oh gee, it was a mistake all along!" The end result made for a much more sincere and emotionally interesting examination of a relationship and was much more satisfying as a result.


Christmas Bonus is pretty light and fluffy especially in comparison to the previous one, but it's enjoyable and the hero and heroine genuinely seemed to like and respect each other, which helps make up for the occasional pause I had over potential power imbalance issues.

2 out of 3 isn't bad, so this is a nice collection if you're looking for a short, romantic reading.