The Shadows of Christmas Past by Susan Sizemore and Christine Feehan

This is a dualogy by two disparate authors. On one hand in “Rocky Mountain Miracle “we have the typical Christine Feehan’s uber angsty and somewhat depressing males. Cole and his brother Jase had been terribly abused by their father and have no love for the Christmas season.. It takes Maia, a veterinarian who can “talk” to the animals to bring them out of their mutual misery and give them hope…along with the animals.

On the other hand, we have Susan Sizemore’s somewhat lighter and more humorous “A Touch of Harry” who in the opening scenes finds himself bare butt naked in the Vets largest dog cage! After all the vet did capture a wolf, or did she? As in the first novella in this dualogy Dr Marjorie has an affinity with animals of all kinds. This time it is the female protagonist who has a problem with the holidays and Harry soon rides to her rescue!

I loved both of these novellas but my heart goes with Susan’s contribution, since Christine’s just left me feeling depressed no matter how the happily ever after the book finally turned out.