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. nah didn't like the storys very much, . got a bit bored to be honest, . .
Firststories were cute, although a little too sweet and even slightly cheesy, But thatrd story really tanked, I can't believe how awful the "hero" was, and how easily we were supposed to accept his change of heart.
Yeah, did not work for me at all! It left a really bad taste in my mouth and I'm honestly surprised at that whole story.
Silver Bells: Amy and Hank reunite after Amy is whisked away to California to live with her aunt when her parents die in a car accident.
Amy is tired of the movie star life and comes back home for a while, She is reunited with Hank when he's left to care for his nephews when his sister in law decides she's had enough, needs a break and leaves.
Will Amy and Hank find love at Christmas Read: December

Snow Angels: When Grace takes Amanda and Ashley out to see a Christmas play, they get stuck in the snow and can't name it back to Hope House.
They walk until they come to the house of Olympic skier, Max Jorgenson, Max has decided since his wife was killed, he's going to be angry and bitter, He's very mean to Grace and the girls at first, but as time moves on, he begins to thaw.
It is when Grace and the girls are put in danger, that Max realizes how much he cares for Grace.
Once Grace and the girls leave, Max knows if he wants to be with Grace, he must find her and let her know.
Will it be too late, or will Max and Grace find their happily ever after

Holiday Magic: Stephanie had to take her daughter's Ashley and Amanda and get away from her abusive husband.
She ends up at Hope House where she and the girls are treated very well by the owner Grace.
Stephanie gets a job at the ski lodge, When the director who runs the ski lodge is rude one too many times Stephanie walks out.
He has no idea what she and her daughter's have been through, But Stephanie doesn't know that Patrick has suffered a loss as well, and that he's really fighting back feelings that he has for her.
When her daughter's get lost, Patrick is the one who drops everything to find them, They really adore Patrick, and once he gets over his fear of losing someone close to him again, perhaps he and Stephanie can have the start of a romance.
Read: JanuaryI was so excited when i won this book on goodreads, Because i love Fern Michaels books.
But this one just was not what I expected at all, I did not realize at first it was actuallyshort stories in one book, The firstshort stories was the best and i would give them both's, Therd i would only give, xmas trashathon book
What started as a fun adventure quickly turned into just pure rage.
I only made it through/stories because the risk of this just ruining the entire season for me was HIGH.


First Fern was a woman of advanced age when writing this, Good. Fine. Writing has no age limit, BUT when you are trying to write believable characters in theirs/s put in some damn effort into not writing as asomething woman.
No one calls a trunk a freaking “cargohold” which they did over and over,

ALSO what is really getting under my skin with these books is how freaking lazy the writing is.
Character development Why bother. Believable dialogue Who has the time! Two seconds of thought or research into anything NAAHHH,

It just makes me so mad, Writers like Debbie and Fern are worth TENS OF MILLIONS and they dont even pretend to put effort into their writing.
AND THEY STILL FLY OFF THE SHELVES, Meanwhile there are writers everywhere putting real actual effort into their work and they will never get a fraction of the respect, attention, PAY that these asshats do.


This is my calm review, I made myself wait several days before spewing words,

Also, I conferred with my grandmother, A peer of Debbie and Fern if you will, She confirmed. These books are garbage

and this kind of writing should never see the light of day.
So all of the above has been peer reviewed and confirmed,

I think we should all take a stab at writing a Christmas love story because the bar is set lower than I could ever imagine my friends.


I might be mad forever over these first two books, BAH HUMBUG. Typical Christmas romance. Will never remember a thing about it, but it got me in the Christmas spirit! I think this is the second or third book I read from this author and I remain unimpressed.
I'm a huge fan of crummy romance novels if they're set during Christmas, so I was hoping this would be at least average.

Although the author's writing style isn't bad aside from using dopey sentences such as "and the rest, as they say, is history", I greatly dislike her vision on romance.
She always starts off with clever ideas for background stories but then ruins it with the "romance".
Every single one of the three stories, has both the man and the woman react with a wall of silence after using a horseman of the apocalypse of marriage.
Two giant red flags that each of them use, every time, I understand the need for some type of setback to have a story arc, but why it needs to employ strategies from extremely avoidant or dismissive people on one side, and extremely anxiously attached people on the other side, I don't know.
Those attachment styles will almost certainly clash, Why can there not be at least one securely attached person no games, no misunderstandings without talking about it, no horrid comments or putdowns,.
. . in the story Why can the problem not be something else to overcome Do we truly need losing your kids in the snow AND losing a dear one too death AND extreme avoidantdismissive attachment AND bad former experience AND losing a job AND a misunderstanding in one story with a Deus ex machina or dea in this case The other two stories were equally like this.

If the author could focus on one or two things, she would have the space to go indepth into the problems, and come up with a good solution without having to rely on rich people doing good all the time.
It's clear she has the talent for it, Maybe she doesn't have the audience for it, and I'm being nitpicky,
My conclusion is that I won't read her books or stories anymore, unless I am pointed to one with an actually healthy relationship.

I credit the author for good descriptions of good clean holiday fun, and making the endings of the romance not be the typical wedding all the time, and sometimes just a longer dating part.
I wonder if she too, knows some of these romances are doomed to fail after all.
This is a collection of three novellas all set during the Christmas season, If youve seen even one Hallmark Christmas movie you know the basic plot line here, There will be at least one if not several fabulously wealthy character, at least one who is a curmudgeon about the holidays, and at least one who is a fanatic about decorating EVERYTHING and making the season EXTRA SPECIAL.
The main couple will probably not like each other at first, but will gradually come to realize they love one another.
There will likely be some sort of disaster or serious event a child is lost, a loved one is deployed overseas in the military, and/or financial disaster looms to test the relationship, but the fabulously wealthy person will fix everything.


I found the scenarios pretty unbelievable and the chosen novella length left some significant holes in the plots.
Still, theyre fast reads, and moderately enjoyable,
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No. Just no. The stories are too short to be believable love stories, Does everyone meet and fall in love at first sight The first was fine which brought on thestar rating.
The last one was terrible, I hated the ending and didnt even like the love interest.
No one captures the delights of the hoilday Season likeNew York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels.
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Silver Bells

For years, movie star Amy Lee wondered what it would be like to leave her shallow Hollywood life and go back home to Apple Valley, Pennsylvania.
This Christmas, she plans to find out, And Hank Anders, her high school boyfriend, is now ready to give her a welcome she'll never forget.
. .

Snow Angels

The only way irresistibly handsome Olympic skier Max Jorgenson wants to spend Christmas is.
. . alone. But when social worker Grace Landry stumbles into his log cabin during a snowstorm, an unexpected magic rekindles his heart, his hopes, and the sweetest of Christmas dreams.
. .

Holiday Magic

Ski shop manager Stephanie Marshall is counting on a holiday bonus so she can put a down payment on a home for herself and her daughters.
But her handsome boss, Eddie O'Brien, has his own Christmas wishone that could lead to a lifetime of loving.
. . Yeah, this was pretty awful, Filing this under Never Again, Let me get straight to the point:novellas that are juvenile and poorly written,
The plot would be good except for the writing,
Characters are How can I say it Dumb,
There's a good thing though: thestories are set in Telluride or close by, This has made me think about Gus Kenworthy
Other than that, just a worthless book.
Dang a second Christmas book in a row that I consider a dud, First it was "Snowbound in the Earl's Castle" by Fiona Harper, and now this one, "Coming Home For Christmas" a collection ofFern Michaels novellas.
I had such high hopes for it, The cover is soooo cozy and Christmasy and the descriptions made me hope it would be like Hallmark holiday movies in book form.
Alas, although these stories were corny, it wasn't in the good way,

The first story, "Silver Bells" started fine, Amy Lee is a movie star who's parents died during the Christmas season years ago, Now she returns to her home town where she runs into her old childhood sweetheart, who is caring for his twin brother's twins since his sister inlaw ran out randomly in a stress fit.
It started alright, then the more I read the more unbelievable the story seemed, Soon it went downhill quickly from there, The whole time I'm like, . . this stuff just would NEVER happen! I know it's fiction, but it's not fantasy or science fiction.
. . so I don't understand why it is so far fetched, The romance also seemed so forced and the way the characters refell in love so fast just was so fake.
The dialogue was so childlike, like middle school kids with crushes chatting on facebook, Of course I love the Christmasness of it, but thats it,

Thend story, "Snow Angels" also unbelievable, A woman who owns a house for battered women and their kids is stranded in a snowstorm withof the kids and winds up at an Olympic skier's cabin where they must spend the days leading up to Christmas.
Of course, like the first story, a death of a loved one on Christmas eve the skier's wifeleft him bitter during the Holiday season.
Fern, why all the tragic deaths that happened on Christmas Eve in the characters pasts It is just really cliche, and when it happened in back to back stories it just turned me off.
These circumstances just wouldn't happen and the love scenes again forced and random, I did like the ending, but I just was so annoyed by the immaturity of the romance.


Therd story I couldn't even get through, The writing was just awful and again unbelievable and I couldn't get my attention grabbed,

The plus side is Fern Michael's interview at the end of the book, She seems like a lovely and sweet person, Maybe this was just a dud collection, I don't know, Ill have to try out another of her books in the future, because people seem to like her books and she she seem super sweet.
But this book, please, stay away from, If you are looking for a heartwarming Christmas tale, check out Donna Alward's "Sleigh Ride with the Rancher".
That was a really fun AND believable holiday story that is perfect for reading by a fireplace with a cup of tea.
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