A review by wasauthor
Secret Santa by Crimson Syn, Amber Ghe, MaryAnn Clarke, Arietta Richmond, Dawn Luedecke, Melodie March, Gabbie Powell, Stacey Wallace, Janis Susan May, Ivy Hunt, Kyrii Rayne, S.M. Nicholas, Sofia Aves, Danika Bloom, Jeanine Lauren, Caitlyn Coakley, Tracy Sumner, Zoe Hill, Marianne Petit, J. Shanee Byers, Elle Ryan, Mandy Melanson, Jennifer Bonds, Diane Kessner, Ainsley Jaymes, Katherine Moore

5.0

[b:Secret Santa: A Limited Edition Christmas Romance Collection|56606303|Secret Santa|Mandy Melanson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1610245940l/56606303._SY75_.jpg|88436092] is a truly massive anthology. Based on Kindle and eReader estimates, it comes to 3,092 pages or 1.2 million words, between two volumes (the second volume is downloadable via a link in the first).

I purchased this book because the royalties - for the very small price you pay - go to Ronald McDonald House, a more than worthy cause. I decided to read the entire thing in two days (I've made smarter decisions; 1.2 million words in two days does funny things to you), so I can provide a detailed review on my website (see the link below).

I'm not someone who is an avid romance reader. While I do enjoy stories where it forms an element of the story, full romances are not a genre that I gravitate towards. But I read the entire collection, and did not come away disappointed. At all.

There is not a single story contained within Secret Santa that I didn’t enjoy. Obviously, as is the way with any anthology, I enjoyed some more than others, but I don’t feel I wasted my time with a single one of them.
Each story has been well-crafted and edited. Some are happy, some not so much, others are funny, and others are not so much. And to bring this review back to the Christmas theme, some of these stories are nice; others are naughty. Very naughty.

Secret Santa comes in two volumes. The first includes all the “nice” stories.. The naughtier ones come in a second volume, downloadable via a Bookfunnel link included in the first - this will give you the option of downloading a Mobi (Kindle) or ePub (everything else) file.

And as an added bonus on top of everything already included, you can also get a Christmas cookbook by the authors! I can't recommend this highly enough - even if you only have a passing interest in romance and erotica, you really can't go wrong.

For my full review, with my thoughts on every single story, click here.