Sylvia Barnes, Lorraine Beatty, Cynthia Leavelle, and Virginia Vaughan have teamed up together to create a book of four novellas about romance in Natchez, Mississippi, mansion weddings. All four are very entertaining stories and, for the most part, don't follow the typical romance novel formula.
Christmas at Dunleith: Marilyn's daughter, Constance is getting married at Christmas at the Dunleith mansion, but Marilyn flies from Denver to Natchez the week of Thanksgiving to help with some of the details of the wedding. She meets Constance's fiance's father, Beau, when they have to stay in the same accommodations while planning. Between the chip on Marilyn's shoulder and Beau's desire to be in control, they have a lot to overcome to find their road to true romance.
Christmas at Longwood: Meredith needs to do some research in her hometown to figure out what her next series of novels--she needs to send her publisher a proposal for her next novels. She runs into her old high school crush, now a history teacher in that same high school, who offers to help her with her research. The only fly in the ointment is Bobbi Lee Cox, the woman who tries to keep the handsome teacher for herself.
Christmas at Brandon Hall: Devon and Sandra are separated, but their twins think there is something still worth building on in their marriage. Devon's sister is getting married and the twins connive to get both parents to the mansion to try to rekindle the spark of their marriage. While at first the twins' plan seems to backfire, eventually Devon and Sandra are able to put the strife behind them and make a new start.
Christmas at Monmouth: Wreath is a wedding planner whose former fiance left her at the altar. Micah is the new manager of Monmouth and once the best friend of the former fiance. Wreath has planned many weddings and is able to make them everything the brides and grooms ever dreamed of. Micah has loved Wreath for a long time and to a degree feels responsible for Wreath's heartache, but mostly, he just loves her. All he has to do is convince Wreath that his love comes from deep within and not from his feelings of responsibility.
This is a solid four star book, and maybe even edging upward.
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