Reviewed by --
Jacqueline Driggers
Book Review of --
A Christmas Kiss by
Elizabeth Mansfield
Overall star rating
--- 4
About the book:
After defending her
virtue by striking the besotted son of her employer, Miss Evalyn Pennington is
discharged from her position under a cloud of scandal. With no place to go and
no prospects for the coming year, the impoverished governess accepts an invitation
from Jamie Everard, heir to an earldom, to spend the holidays at his family’s
estate. But Evalyn has barely settled in at Gyllford Manor when she catches the
eye of Philip Everard, the fourth Earl of Gyllford—and Jamie’s father.
After his wife died,
Philip vowed to never marry again, despite his sister’s best efforts to
reintroduce him to London society. Then, his son brings a guest home for
Christmas. Is the lovely, intelligent Evalyn the woman to make his footloose
son settle down at last? But why does Jamie treat Evalyn in such a cavalier
manner? And what is Philip to do about the reigning beauty of London who has
set her cap for him—and is about to set in motion a scheme that will have
far-reaching consequences for them all?
Book creation ratings
-- Max. total of 30 possible --
Overall total, out of
30 -- 28
-- Story &
characters -- 8
-- Cover & title
-- 10
-- Editing &
formatting -- 10
* based on a 1-10
scale with: 1-4, poor; 5-7, good; 8-10,
very good.*
The Christmas Quotient
--- 4
** How many Christmas
trees a book gets tells how Christmassy it was. The scale runs from 1-7 trees.
**
The review --
This is a very nice
historical romance book, and I did enjoy reading it. One of the nice things
about it is no sex scenes, if that's something you like. Overall, it's a very
good book, with an engaging story and interesting characters.
When the governess
strikes her employer's son, because of his amorous advances, the results are
tragic for her. She is dismissed, and right before Christmas. But his 2 friends
have a plan - invite her to his house for Christmas, and get his aunt to find her
a position. But the timid governess gets much more than she bargained for.
Overall, this is a
very delightful Christmas romance, that's a very fun read.
Reader Recommendations
Genre -- Christmas
historical romance
Age recommendations --
17 and up
Sex content rating --
mild
Violence rating --
none
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