Books like A Regency Christmas II by Mary Jo Putney

A holiday anthology of Regency romance short stories, each celebrating love, adventure, and the spirit of Christmas, featuring tales from Mary Balogh, Sandra Heath, Edith Layton, Barbara Metzger, and Patricia Rice.

A Regency Christmas III is an anthology of five short stories, each celebrating the holiday season with romantic Regency charm and heartfelt family moments.

A romance novel about women finding love in unexpected places and overcoming obstacles to be with their true loves.

A Christmas treasure of short stories featuring romance, heartwarming tales, and festive decorations.

Christmas Tales and Anne

A Regency Christmas VII is an anthology of charming holiday tales set in Regency England, featuring lovable characters, romance, and festive twists that celebrate the spirit of Christmas.

A Regency Christmas anthology of three heartwarming short stories by Elizabeth Rolls, Deborah Hale, and Diane Gaston, each exploring love, family and renewal during the holiday season.

Katherine Paterson’s Angels and Other Strangers collects heartwarming Christmas short stories for children, set in America and celebrating the wonder of the holiday season. In every tale, the magic of giving and kindness unites.

Connoisseur of musical talent, Lord Heath, happened upon a group of carolers on Bond Street. He stopped mid-stride when the beautiful soprano voice of a young boy stirred the air in a solo. Wanting the youngster to sing at his winter concert, he immediately looked around for the child's parents. He found the boy's mother, Fanny Berlinton, who is not interested in offering her son as free entertainment for the ton. Four year-old Katie Berlinton wants a new papa for Christmas. When Lord Heath responds to her, Katie sets her heart on him as her Christmas gift. This is a very special Christmas story. The Earl's Nightingale (Edith Layton) A young woman, faced with bills, pawns a musical bird. The bird was left to the young woman by her grandmother, who promised it will bring her happiness. When she goes back to retrieve the bird, it has been sold -- to the Earl of Elliott. The Earl promises to get the bird back, as he has given it to a girlfriend. Layton's surprise ending is lovely. The Mistletoe Kiss (Elisabeth Fairchild) It is five days before Christmas (St. Thomas' Day) and governess Mrs. Constance Conyngham takes her three students for 'a gooding.' They go to the 'Devil's Keep' and meet Lord Deleval. He has become a hermit of sorts; avoiding company and people in town. This is after he was left standing at the altar and his betrothed running away with a German. Constance was married for less than 3 months and has been a penniless widow for 7 years. Constance and Lord Deleval are two wounded souls that meet by chance. Make a Joyful Noise (Carla Kelly) The annual Christmas choir competition between the churches of neighboring shires is drawing near. Although Dowager Lady Wythe was searching for singers in the parish, she was suddenly called away to Leeds to help with her ill grandchildren. Thus, she passes her job onto her son Peter, Lord Wythe. When he hears Rosie Wetherby's beautiful voice in church, he knows he must ask her to join the choir. This is a delightful story that I've re-read several times. Melody (Anne Barbour) An American, named Josh Weston, finding he is the new Earl of Sandborne, goes from Pennsylvania to Sandborne Court in England. His intention is to make sure his lands and tenants are well-tended and return to his life in America. Then he meets Melody Fairfax, companion to the dowager countess (and Josh's aunt), Aunt Helen. Melody has a beautiful voice and Josh used to play the piano so well that he could have become a concert pianist. However, he gave that up when his fiancee died three years earlier. Melody is disfigured by a scar along her face; Josh is disfigured internally by his feelings of never belonging. They help each other move beyond their scars. Read less

A delightful Regency‑era Christmas anthology featuring five charming tales of holiday romance set in 19th‑century England, each story radiating yuletide joy and timeless love.

A charming Regency‑era Christmas anthology by Mary Balogh, featuring heartwarming tales of love, community, and holiday hope.

A Regency Christmas gathers five celebrated writers in a holiday anthology that blends warm tales with surprising dark and villainous twists, all set amidst festive winter scenes.

A book of short stories centered around the joy of Christmas, blending romance and adventure from different genres.

A collection of cozy Christmas romance short stories filled with Southern charm, unexpected second chances, and holiday miracles that bring new love and hope to beloved characters.

When a lonely holiday season forces her to pose as a couple, formerly broken-hearted Elise learns that easing into love may be more fragile than truth itself.

Written by five artists of extraordinary talent, these very special, newly written stories celebrate the simple joys and traditions of Christmas -- with each heartwarming tale evoking its own unique style and flavor. — In Gayle L. Buck's "Old Acquaintances," the magic of Christmas is remembered in a story of love and longing, while in "A Gift of Fortune," Anita Mills writes of the snowbound reunion of two unlikely lovers. Both Edith Layton's "The Duke's Progress" and Mary Balogh's "The Star of Bethlehem" are moving stories of holiday sadness, hope and the renewal of spirit. And "The Kissing Bough" by Patricia Rice is a bittersweet tale of love and reconciliation. These are stories to warm your heart with the romance, generosities, and joys of the season -- holiday tales that can be read and enjoyed year after year.

A compilation of classic short fiction from American, English, and European writers, featuring tales such as Hawthorne’s "Young Goodman Brown" and Poe’s "Masque of the Red Death" that explore themes of morality, death, and society.

An intimate Regency‑era Christmas anthology follows three battle‑scarred captains and a spirited young woman as love, charity, and mistletoe light their way through war‑torn hearts and a holiday season of redemption.

A Regency Christmas IX is an anthology of charming holiday tales set in the early nineteenth‑century period, each exploring love, family, and festive customs in a whimsical, time‑specific style.

A Regency Christmas Present offers five fresh love stories set in the Regency era, each themed around the spirit of Christmas and the enduring gift of love.

A glorious collection of stories from the author of Cold Comfort Farm. The title story tells of a typical Christmas at the farm before the coming of Flora Poste. It is a parody of the worst sort of family Christmas: Adam Lambsbreath dresses up as Father Christmas in two of Judith's red shawls. There are unsuitable presents, unpleasant insertions into the pudding and Aunt Ada Doom orders Amos to carve the turkey, adding: 'Ay, would it were a vulture, 'twere more fitting!'

A Regency Christmas II is a charming anthology of romantic tales set during the festive winter months of the 19th‑century English Regency period.