A Regency Christmas Present (Signet Regency Anthology): Heart's Desire/ Christmas Wish List/ An Object of Charity/ A Christmas Canvas/ The Last Gift [Mass Market Paperback]

Elisabeth Fairchild (Author), Carla Kelly (Author), Allison Lane (Author), Edith Layton (Author), Barbara Metzger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1999

In this heartwarming collection of all-new, original Regency stories, five bestselling authors share the one gift that lasts all year round: the gift of love.

Featuring romantic new Christmas stories by:

* Elisabeth Fairchild Winner of the Romantic Times Best Regency Novel Award
* Carla Kelly Winner of a Career Achieve-ment Award from Romantic Times and two RITA Awards
* Allison Lane Winner of the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award
* Edith Layton Winner of numerous awards
* Barbara Metzger Winner of a Reviewers' Choice Award and a National Readers' Choice Award

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Elisabeth Fairchild is half English and considers the British Isles her second home. With a degree in advertising from North Texas State University, Fairchild worked for ten years in advertising before writing full-time. She lives just outside Dallas with her best friend and husband, George, and their two dogs.

Carla Kelly is one of the most beloved Regency authors with more than a dozen novels. She lives in Valley City, North Dakota.

Edith Layton, critically acclaimed for her short stories, also writes historicals for HarperCollins and has won numerous awards. She loves to hear from readers and can be reached at http://www.edithlayton.com.
Barbara Metzger is the author of more than two dozen Regency romances, and the proud recipient of a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Regencies. When not writing Regencies or reading them, she paints, gardens, volunteers at the local library, and goes beachcombing on the beautiful Long Island shore with her little dog, Hero. She loves to hear from her readers, care of Signet or through her Web site.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Signet (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451198778
• ISBN-13: 978-0451198778
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,033,592 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars All Stories Good in this Anthology, January 8, 2012

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D. Egan "Christian" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Regency Christmas Present (Signet Regency Anthology): Heart's Desire/ Christmas Wish List/ An Object of Charity/ A Christmas Canvas/ The Last Gift (Mass Market Paperback)

I just read this anthology and thought the it was unusual in that all 5 authors contributed good to very good stories. I was very satisfied when I finished it and recommended it to a friend right away. It is hard to find high quality regency writing unless you go to the older writers. All 5 authors are well known and respected and unlike the other reviewers I enjoyed each story very much. I rarely give 5 stars and was least impressed with the final story so held back my 5 star review.

9 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good Christmas book, October 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Regency Christmas Present (Signet Regency Anthology): Heart's Desire/ Christmas Wish List/ An Object of Charity/ A Christmas Canvas/ The Last Gift (Mass Market Paperback)

I usually am disappointed in books that are anthologies, but I was pleasantly surprised by this book. The first three stories were very good and I would have rated them 5 stars but the last two stories were not as good. My favorite story is the one by Alison Lane HEART'S DESIRE and I became interested in an unseen character, Emma's brother-in-law James. I hope she does his story in the future.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3 pretty good Christmas tales, 2 poor....., December 14, 2007

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retroredux - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Regency Christmas Present (Signet Regency Anthology): Heart's Desire/ Christmas Wish List/ An Object of Charity/ A Christmas Canvas/ The Last Gift (Mass Market Paperback)

I totally agree with Scibarfans review-the first two stories by Allison Lane and Barbara Metzger were very good, I'd give each about 4 stars, but the last three stories quickly go down hill.

Surprisingly, even Carla Kelly's-whom I normally enjoy. Her story was OK-though nothing special to endear it to the reader.

The last two stories by Elizabeth Fairchild and Edith Layton were unreadable, in my opinion. In fact, I'm quickly finding that Layton and Fairchild are going on my "do not read" list as they just don't do it for me.

Of the five stories, like Scibarfan, I enjoyed Barbara Metzgers the best but not enough to recommend this Anthology just for that one story. If you must read this, I'd suggest you get it very cheaply.

2.5 stars.