Jane Blackwood

Santa Unwrapped / Theresa Alan -- I wish he hadn't been so much of a jerk. It made it hard to see what she saw in him. But it was a great set-up.

4 great Christmas Stories
A Bright Red Ribbon by Fern Michaels
The 24 Days of Christmas by Linda Lael Miller
Santa Unwrapped by Theresa Alan
Maybe this Christmas by Jane Blackwood

The book is published by Zebra, and the stories are from 2004 and 2005, but I picked it up used and I'm not sure when Zebra published it.

"Oh no. This is so not happening. Her whole life Kat Taylor has been reaching for the brass ring and coming away with nothing but sore knuckles. Not this time. Her flighty Aunt Lila gave her a charming house on Martha's Vineyard for the summer, and now some arrogant, amused, and, okay, surprisingly hunky, British author named Lawrence Kendall says he has a claim to the same cottage! If he thinks that just because he's suave and good-looking and...and...has that hairy chest and great accent that he can woo her into leaving, well, he can die trying...

Kat Taylor may be strange-and rather bewitching-in her foot-stamping protestations, but she is not getting the house. It was granted to Lawrence first and that is that. So. There we are. Very sorry, nice to meet you, have a lovely summer-somewhere else. The last thing Lawrence needs to add to his writer's block is some woman skulking about the house, humming, looking distractingly attractive. Bloody hell. She's not budging. Right. Perhaps the only thing to do is make a temporary peace and ignore each other...for two months. Right. Should be no trouble at all..."

Rating:  Great - 4.5 stars

Jamie McLane is the city editor with this small struggling weekly paper and is trying to figure out why their new manager/publisher, Harry Crandall, who's got a Pulitzer!, left the NY Times to come work with them.