Review: Humorous and Heartwarming
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 4, 2012
Day five of holiday cheer brings a novella that was originally part of the anthology "A Gift of Love", which came out in 1996 from Pocket Books.  Its entirely possible I read this when I was younger, since I loved Christmas themed historical romance anthologies, but its equally possible I didn't since I avoided books with 'Judith McKnaught in the credits.  In any case, "Yuletide Treasure" has been released as its own e-novella for $0.99, which is totally worth it.  Kane's historicals have intriguing characters, if often predictable in plot.I think this would have been better served as a full length novel.  Time passed really quickly so we didn't get to see Eric's change of heart.  I'm not sure 90 or so pages is enough to really convince me that after 4 years of being the biggest tyrant this side of grieving he could become as giving as Scrooge after the visit from the Ghosts.  The power of True Love indeed.Despite this, or in spite of that, I enjoyed the antics of Noelle, Fuzzy and the unrelenting patience of Brigitte was not annoying.  I was briefly shocked by a revelation from Brigitte in regards to Liza (Noelle's mom and Eric's deceased younger sister), but I shouldn't have been since I guessed at Liza's issues long before they came out in the open.For the price you can't beat this however.  Its heart warming and sweet, with a little heat and a whole lot of humorous moments.  Just kind of wink and nod at some of the disbelief moments.