Three Thanksgiving Kisses

by Edward Payson Roe

Historical Romance Elsie ran to give her brother a welcome homekiss. Imagine her
surprise when she draws back to find she has kissed instead a friend of her brother's from college.
Will she ever live down her error? Will Elsie's embarrassment turn to love?

48 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 2002

About the author

Reverend Edward Payson Roe (1838-1888) was an American novelist born in Moodna, Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 he became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S. V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital, in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he moved to Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, where he devoted himself to the writing of fiction and to horticulture. During the American Civil War he wrote weekly letters to the New York Evangelist, and subsequently lectured on the war and wrote for periodicals. Amongst his works are Barriers Burned Away (1872), What Can She Do? (1873), Opening a Chestnut Burr (1874), Near to Nature's Heart (1876), A Face Illumined (1878), Success with Small Fruits (1880), A Day of Fate (1880), Without a Home (1881), An Unexpected Result (1883), His Sombre Rivals (1884), A Young Girl's Wooing (1884), An Original Belle (1885), He Fell in Love with His Wife (1886), Driven Back to Eden (1886) and The Earth Trembled (1887).

Reviews

[Zombaby Cera · Rating 3 out of 5]

In what has been a definitively unmarked year as far as festivities go, I've been reveling in the seasons by reading appropriate stories. There's not many Thanksgiving novels out there, but there are a few short stories. This one is an adorable turn-of-the-century romance, with all the innocence one would expect with the holiday.

[Jan Z · Rating 2 out of 5]

I did not like the flowery writing style or the distrispect towards women, such as calling his sister a witch.