Fireside Christmas: Dreams/Paper Roses/Navidad de los Suenos/Eyes of the Heart (Inspirational Christmas Romance Collection) [Paperback]

Peggy Darty (Author), JoAnn A. Grote (Author), Kristin Billerbeck (Author), Rosey Dow (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1999

This four-in-one volume of all-new historical novelas -- each from an experienced author -- is sure to radiate nostalgic harmony in the midst of modern holiday cheer. Includes Dreams by Peggy Darty, Paper Roses by JoAnn A. Grote, Navidad de los Suenos by Kristin Billerbeck, and Eyes of the Heart by Rosey Dow.

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Book Description

This four-in-one volume of all-new historical novelas -- each from an experienced author -- is sure to radiate nostalgic harmony in the midst of modern holiday cheer. Includes Dreams by Peggy Darty, Paper Roses by JoAnn A. Grote, Navidad de los Suenos by Kristin Billerbeck, and Eyes of the Heart by Rosey Dow.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated (September 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1577485955
• ISBN-13: 978-1577485957
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,207,709 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 stars for a very sweet book, February 13, 2009

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Ann "Supporter of Liberty" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fireside Christmas: Dreams/Paper Roses/Navidad de los Suenos/Eyes of the Heart (Inspirational Christmas Romance Collection) (Paperback)

I was really shocked to read the one star review here. I thought the romances in this book were very sweet. And so far from being forgettable, as the one star reviewer contends, it was the fact that I remembered how much I loved the first story (Navidad de los Sueños) that prompted me to go back and read the other three stories several years later (the book got lost in the shuffle after I read just the first story).

The four stories are sweet little Christian novellas, and while the Christian faith is a core part of the stories, I don't think that it overwhelms the love stories as sometimes happens with Christian romances. I especially felt the chemistry between the leads in the stories by Kristin Billerbeck, Peggy Darty, and JoAnn A. Grote. The characters were such that I just wanted to root for them to get together.

Most of all, I just love, love, loved the story Navidad de los Sueños by Kristen Billerbeck. Some might say that everything works out all too neatly and coincidentally in the story, but I guess I'm a hopeless romantic because I don't mind--I like those sweet, romantic, almost fairy-tale like stories. The author ignores the realistic obstacles to a marriage between a Protestant minister and a Catholic woman from a Catholic family and Catholic culture, but the story was so well-written I didn't even notice the problem until my second reading (which I enjoyed as much as the first--a hallmark of a great romance in my opinion).