Christmas Gold is a historical anthology with stories by Cheryl St. John, Elizabeth Lane and Mary Burton. Each is set post-Civil War in the western US (territories at the time, for the most part).

Cheryl St. John's contribution is "Colorado Wife". Rosalyne owns an restaurant in a small mining town. One day she finds some orphans sitting on her doorstep and she takes them in. But, she wants to make Sam take responsibility for them. They get trapped in a pretend engagement, but can it become a reality?

"Jubal's Gift" is Elizabeth Lane's story. Years after the way, Jubal is set on killing Thomas for deserting him in the war. But instead of finding him, Jubal finds Thomas' two kids and their aunt, Tess. Tess has always loved Jubal, who loved another, but thought he died in the war. She wants to love this man who has returned to her, but is she too late?

"Until Christmas" by Mary Burton finished this anthology. Laura wants to sell the mine and move away after her grandfather's death, but Roman doesn't want her to leave until he has a chance to win her heart.

All three authors in this anthology were new-to-me, and I enjoyed each story. I felt that "Until Christmas" was probably the weakest story, only because it didn't seem as well developed as the other two. But that said, it was still a good story.

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