From the cover: A man gives the gift of trust and receives a second chance at love in return. A woman helps to heal the wounded heart of a soldier. A couple finds that true love knows no distance. And a young widow learns that there can be two great loves in a lifetime. Love, romance and passion come together in this collection of four seasonal shorts.

1. This Time Next Year by Alison Kent - 4 stars - This was just such a wonderful story about life, the choices we make, love and healing. Dillo More...

It's a month of Christmas with lots of Christmas romance! Overall, I gave this book 4 stars and below are reviews for each of four anthologies with ratings, respectively.

This Time Next Year by Alison Kent (5 stars) - It was a story about one with tortured soul and haunted pasts, Dillon, where he met with an ambitious nurse, Breena. Rough weather made them stuck together and they started to learn about each other and eventually, they grew feelings to one another. I loved this story because Dillo More...

This time next year by Alison Kent

On her way to Grandma's to spend what could be their last Christmas together Brenna ends up in a ditch before she can make it there. She's rescued by Dillon, a reclusive Doctor who is just home from Iraq, she ends up spending time in his snowed in cabin with him because they can't make it to her Grandma's house. Dillon is content with his lonely life, living with his memories of lost friends and soldiers until Brenna comes along and Brenna has her life all plann More...

Reviewed By~Patti
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This Time Next Year – I really enjoyed this story right from the beginning I was routing for Dillon. He was such a sweet man I really wanted him to find love and happiness. The Grandma side story was wonderful too. It really touched memories of my own Grandma and that pulled me in on such a personal level that it was even more important that they get together. The story was believable with just enough magic. The characters were likable and human. More...

Read for the Holiday!
Overall Rating 4.25
This Time Next Year: 4.25
A Rare Gift: 4.00
It's Not Christmas Without You: 4.25
Mistletoe and Margaritas: 4.50

NOTE: Anthologies usually leave me lacking and thinking there is more to the story. Evidently, I don't have that problem with Christmas Anthologies. I must buy the whole magic of Christmas thing LOL

This Time Next Year: Probably the most heart-warming of the anthology. This story had me rooting for the romance and really loving that moment on the porc More...

Holiday Kisses is one of the best holiday romances that I have read this season. It is rare indeed that I find an anthology where every story appeals to me. I usually end up not liking at least one story, but this one wasn't like that at all. I would be sitting there reading with a huge smile on my face or laughing out loud and every around me would want to know what was making me so happy (sappy, my husband says). I would quickly let them know going on and on about whichever story in the antho More...

Keep Your Eye On That Frost Guy...He Nips
Four holiday romance novellas make up this seasonal delight, and they did a nice job of keeping me toasty on a couple of cold winter nights. Metaphorically, anyway, as southern Florida isn't exactly known for its brisk evening temperatures, even in winter.

This anthology didn't have the shared concept that united the three novellas in the previous anthology I read, but I'm perfectly happy without that. This one was a more consistent and entertaining read, More...

Holiday Kisses- Anthology
Four Stories by Four Authors

This Time Next Year by Alison Kent
Dillon Craig lives with the memories of war. As a doctor, he did his best but he remembers the men he failed. Now he lives on the mountain and helps the people there. Brenna Keaton is heading to her Gran's on the mountain to spend Christmas like every year. When she ends up in a snow bank, Dillon comes by on his horse, Ranger, and rescues her. Only they end up snowed in at his cabin. Can love grow between them More...

Holiday Kisses
This Time Next Year by Allison Kent
Brenna Keating is on her way to her grandmothers. She swerves to avoid and deer and finds her car nose deep into a snow pile.
Dillion is on his horse making the rounds when he finds her car and drags her out by a window and brings her back to his place and dresses her ankle and puts her to bed under quilts.
As they sit and talk in front of the first, he's told her they will be snowed in for days as this is the storm of the century.
She finds out he More...

Last year around Christmas time I picked up Naughty and Nice, a collection of novellas, because I am a huge fan of Shannon Stacey's novels. I hadn't at that time read anything by the other authors. So I was really excited when Holiday Kisses came out this year, particularly because Jaci Burton's story is a continuation of sorts from her story in Naughty and Nice.

"This Time Next Year" was an enjoyable story. I've now got a couple of titles on my Kindle by this author and I'm looking forward to r More...

This was a cute collection of holiday stories. I have only read 2 of the authors before (Burton and Dimon), but will be checking out more from the other 2 authors.

I wasn't too sure about Allison Kent's story when I first started reading it. But slowly I was won over by it, I have a soft spot for broken heroes. Dillon seemed ok at first glance, but the more you get to know him you realize he hides things very well. I loved how he was working out his issues and thought it was a great way to rememb More...

There are four stories - all with a contemporary Christmas theme - in this anthology written by four popular and talented romance writers.

This Time Next Year by Alison Kent
3.5 stars

"You know what today is, don't you?"

"I'm pretty sure it's Christmas."

Nodding, her gaze holding his, she said the words she'd practiced for the last twelve months. "It's also this time next year."

Brenna Keating is on her way to visit her grandmother in the Blue Ridge Mountains when her car skids off the road. Dillon Cr More...

There's not a tremendous amount of 'Ho,Ho,Ho' to go with the mistletoe, but all of these not-too-short-shorts are set around the holidays if, like me, this time of year puts you in the mood for some 'Holiday Kisses'. All four of these Christmas shorts are also available separately.

This Time Next Year by Alison Kent - On her way over the river and through the woods to grandma's house, she wrecks her car while trying avoid a deer and is saved by a 'knight' in shinning Stetson. When a big storm kee More...

I found the storys a bit boring actually.....Shannon Stacey:s was very sweet though..that one deserves 4 stars...

I'll admit that I've only read a few anthology's before, not really being a huge fan since I tend to need more back-story to connect with the characters. So even though I did find pretty much ever short story a bit rushed, it was also pretty romantic and that was exactly what I was hoping for.

This Time Next Year by Alison Kent - 3stars

This was a good story. It's a story about a man named Dillon who is haunted by memories of the war and his nightmares linger on lost and regret and about a women n More...

Holiday Kissses from Carina Press is another book in their terrific Christmas anthologies. I say terrific because the formula they use isterrific. They publish the four stories together under one theme, and people have the choice to purchase all four together, or, they're available separately. This is a terrific solution to the "your mileage may vary" problem usually found in anthologies.

There's the obvious theme in this collection. Okay, there are two obvious themes. It's a romance anthology. A More...

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...Love!







A man gives the gift of trust and receives a second chance at love in return. A woman helps to heal the wounded heart of a soldier. A couple finds that true love knows no distance. And a young widow learns that there can be two great loves in a lifetime. Love, romance and passion come together in this collection of four seasonal shorts.




Anthology includes:

This Time Next Year by Alison Kent

A Rare Gift by Jaci Burton

It's Not Christmas Without You by Helen More...

One of the things I most enjoy about anthologies is discovering new authors that I might not have heard of or read before. I was already familiar with both Shannon Stacey and Jaci Burton, and thoroughly enjoyed their stories, and it was also nice to find a couple of new authors that I may eventually look further into.

Of the four stories, I have to say that my favorite was probably A Rare Gift by Jaci Burton. It was part of a series that I previously discovered through another holiday anthology, More...

This has become one of the few books I've been unable to even finish. It includes four romance stories with a Christmas theme.
The anthology includes:
This time next year- To be fair this story was good. This one deserves four stars. A beautiful coming back home story and even though it was a short story (less than three hours) the romance was very believeable. Plus it has one of the best narrators ever: Therese Plummer.

A Rare Gift- Well this one has a male narrator. His female voices sound ter More...

This was one fabulous collection of Christmas-themed short stories, provided by netgalley. Shannon Stacey was the only author I'd previously read, but I'm pretty sure I'll be checking all the others after reading these.

The first story is This Time Next Year by Alison Kent and it was just one of those books that presses all the right buttons for me. Gorgeous stetson-wearing hero on horseback - check, said hero rescues heroine from snowdrift - check, heroine discovers that not only is the hero a b More...

It isn’t often that I enjoy all of the stories in an anthology, but Holiday Kisses delivers. The novel contains four contemporary romances surrounding the holiday season. This is the first time I have ever given a 5 coffee cup review to a collection of works. Each story could stand on its own, and I would gladly read the full length version.

In, This Time Next Year by Alison Kent we meet Brenna Keating and Dillon Craig. Brenna is headed to her grandmother’s house in the Blue Ridge Mountains. This More...

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Holiday Kisses is my last holiday book. It's an anthology that includes four romantic stories that will warm your heart.

This Time Next Year is a story about Dillon, who is tormented by his past at war, and Breena, a nurse who is going to visit her grandmother for her last Christmas before following her dream. By a snow storm they were stranded at Dillon's cabin, and Breena discovers Dillon need someone who listen to him and love him. This story is very sweet, and I really l More...

This Time Next Year by Alison Kent, 2/5 stars

Okay, this simultaneously suffers from way too fucking fast syndrome and gets points for not having the heroine ditch her life long dream of going overseas to practice nursing for a dude she just met. It was very confusing.

A Rare Gift by Jaci Burton, 3/5 stars

I liked this better than the previous one, better, in fact, than anything I've read of Jaci Burton's before. With her sports books, I know they're supposed to be more explicitly erotic, but I act More...

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Such an enjoyable Christmas anthology. All that snow and the inconveniences *ehem* it can cause when it leaves two people stranded or forced to share confined spaces together, maybe with a bed around...

This Time Next Year by Alison Kent - 3.5 Stars
Breena is heading to her grandmas' house to spend what will most likely be her last Christmas with her. After this she's going to Malawi for a trip as a peace corp nurse basically and she probably won't come ba More...

Holiday Kisses is the newest Christmas anthology being published from Carina Press. Holiday Kisses includes stories from Alison Kent (This Time Next Year), Jaci Burton (A Rare Gift), HelenKay Dimon (It’s Not Christmas Without You), and Shannon Stacey (Mistletoe & Margaritas). I’m a huge fan of each of the authors in this anthology and was very excited to get a copy early from NetGalley.

Alison Kent’s This Time Next Year

Brenna Keating is on her way to spend Christmas with her grandmother when More...

Holiday Kisses is a compilation of 4 wonderful stories. I have read a few anthologies over the last few weeks and I have to say this is one of the best I’ve read. Overall, I would give this a 4.5 rating. Below, I will review each book individually.

This Time Next Year by Alison Kent.

I really, really enjoyed this book! This Time Next Year is a short story, yet packed with so much. The time these 2 characters spent with each other never felt rushed or like, we as the readers, were shortchanged.

Bre More...

Going to attempt reviewing these as I go along.

This Time Next Year by Alison Kent - 2/5 stars

This story was way too short and generally moved way too fast. I never got into it.

A Rare Gift by Jaci Burton - 2/5 stars

Not a trope I am ever going to like. Also, I was having a names problem with this one. It was fast, but AT LEAST not as unbelievably fast as the first one. I don't know. I was more interested in Brody and Tori, I think. I THINK.

It's Not Christmas Without You by HelenKay Dimon - 5/5 sta More...

Shannon Stacey- Mistletoe & Margaritas

It’s common knowledge that with novellas most people feel like there is a shortage character growth & that the story moved to fast and they often feel rushed. I definitely felt that with Mistletoes & Margaritas. I’m not saying it was bad, I just felt that this could have been a 5+ star with all the she-bang, if it were a full length novel.

Young widow Claire Rutledge and Justin McCormick have been friends for years. Justin has loved Claire since More...

Absolutely wonderful feel good Christmas stories and I LOVED THEM! All stories were either great or nearly great, which hardly ever happens!

This Time Next Year - Alison Kent, 4.5 stars
A really beautiful story and I loved the ending. Not what I expected to happen which made it a refreshing surprise.

A Rare Gift - Jaci Burton, 5 stars
This was my absolute fav and I really REALLY loved it. This story is worth the money alone!!

It's Not Christmas Without You - HelenKay Dimon, 4 stars
This is actually m More...