A review by glo68
Sunflower Season by Merry Farmer, Bianca Blythe, Virginia Heath, Wendy LaCapra, Royaline Sing, Gina Conkle, Caroline Warfield, Maggie Dallen, Natasha Blackthorne, Sydney Jane Baily, Sawyer Quinn, Tamara Gill, Robyn DeHart, Eve Pendle, Charlie Lane, Ava Stone, Bethany Bennett, Annabelle Anders, Jenna Jaxon, Eliza Knight, Anna Campbell, Jude Knight, Dawn Brower, Cara Maxwell, Cheryl Bolen, Glynnis Campbell, Sadie Bosque, Nancy Yeager, Jessica A. Clements, Meredith Bond, Celeste Barclay, Lauren Royal, Diana Bold, Kate Bateman, Emmanuelle de Maupassant, Janna MacGregor, Lana Williams, Christine Sterling, Amy Quinton, Madeline Martin, Amy Rose Bennett, Sandra Sookoo, Ava Bond, Deb Marlowe, Cecelia Mecca, Tammy Andresen, Tracy Sumner, Amanda Mariel, Piper Huguley, Anna St. Claire, Golden Angel, Rose Pearson, Mariah Stone, Samara Parish, Christie Caldwell, Kristin Vayden, Bronwen Evans, Lenora Bell, Sabrina Jeffries, Lori Ann Bailey, Christine Donovan, Carrie Lomax, Kathryn Le Veque, Rachel Ann Smith, Terri Brisbin, Eva Devon, Jane Charles, Erica Ridley, Tabetha Waite, Erica Monroe, Nicole Locke, Caroline Lee, Caroline Linden, Michele Pollock Dalton, Fenna Edgewood, Amalie Howard, Hildie McQueen, Rebecca Paula, Lauren Smith

5.0

The ultimate anthology! Seventy gorgeous historical romance authors have teamed up for this charity collection and many of them are my favorite ones! Of course I couldn’t read all the novellas and novels in advance, so I concentrated on some of them.

Sawyer Quinn’s Scorned Innocence is a wonderful and steamy novella that left me wanting for more. Hot hero, great chemistry between the characters, stunning writing. This author is becoming more and more interesting and I simply adore her little “teasers” to upcoming books.

Nicole Locke’s The Spy’s Letters is an charming short story full of deep feelings (as in all this author’s books!) with a touch of adventure and danger. As always, I loved Locke’s flawless writing and her full-rounded characters. It’s always difficult to get the reader to love a character when you have only a few pages to built it, but this talented author passed the test with flying colors!

Annabelle Anders and Janna MacGregor penned a little gem of a novella, with endearing characters and a perfect happy ending. Exquisite writing and all the feeling of a much longer story.

Sandra Sookoo’s To Bed or To Wed is a full length book that captured my heart and it’s definitely Sookoo at her best. There’s steam and feeling and a heroine who knows what she wants and is not afraid to take it. And of course I love a grumpy, tortured hero and Nathan was perfectly portrayed. Well-developed characters and beautiful writing, as I’ve come to expect from this talented author.

Fenna Edgewood’s Mistletoe Journey is an amazing novella with two endearing characters. I especially loved John, so shy and passionate at the same time. And of course I ADORED Caroline, an independent woman who knows what she wants and is not afraid of taking it. I loved the fact that they were older than the usual characters of an historical novel, because we older “girls” (!) need more characters we can relate too!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.