Still in Christmas reading mode with another collection of holiday-themed novellas, The Magic of Christmas (#356). There are twelve days of Christmas, after all, and they don't start until Christmas Day itself, as Twelfth Knight illustrates in Stobie Piel's medieval tale of a hunt for Yuletide treasure, so there's still plenty of time to catch up with your holiday reading under the tree.
Again, there's no heavy lifting in the stories in The Magic of Christmas, and if sex and sizzle is more up your alley than sugarplums and childhood innocence, this might just be the volume for you. There's a romance set in a California gold miner's camp, a cranky elf who has to regain his Christmas Spirit, and an old woman's yearning to be free of her two thousand year old burden, as well as the tale of the knightly quest. Frankly, I much preferred Sugarplums and Scandals for its less explicit treatment of holiday romance, but that's just my taste. All of these novellas do have a magical theme, so be prepared to suspend belief on all levels. Merry Reading!
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