Gettin' Merry
Romance anthologies allow readers to sample writers new to them, or writers they've lost track of, and this holiday batch is particularly lively and varied.Gettin' Merryfeatures four popular authors who give their holiday stories a multicultural flavor. In Francis Ray's delightful "The Wish," a man who doesn't believe in magic is granted a wish to be married. Set in Sumpter in 1883, Beverly Jenkins' tale reunites two lovers 15 years later in "Homecoming." A graduate student searching for information about her heritage finds answers from a professor during Kwanzaa in Monica Jackson's "The Way Back Home." And, finally, a high-school principal fighting the threat of racism receives help from an old friend and lover who uses Kwanzaa to unite his school in Geri Guillaume's "The Seventh Principal."John CharlesCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved