I've only read A Very Vampy Christmas (pages 243-327) since I'm trying to read the Love at Stake series in order.

It was short and sweet. It's nice to know Don Orlando wasn't a manwhore. And that Maggie found someone to take care of and that will take care of her.

The Lords of Misrule By Dana Cameron

I checked this out of the library after a friend asked if I'd read anything by Dana Cameron. This short story is a Christmas time period piece with all the best aspects of a mystery, mixed with great 'heart'.

I fell in love with the characters, the tone, and the fact that both observation and intelligence came together to solve the mystery.

Nice variety of little stories. Read and enjoy!

A fun little anthology of Christmas tales. Some of the stories were so-so and some were laugh out loud funny. By far the best one was the last one.

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS MY TWO FRONT TEETH

A fun little introduction for me to the character of Pauline Sokol. I've added this series to my TBR. However, this story was way too short. Just long enough to get me interested in the characters.

THE LORDS OF MISRULE

I really wish this were longer. Once I started to like the characters, it was over.

THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PASSED

An interesting look into the backstory of Judith's mom.

PARTNERS IN CRIME

I wondered if this were part of a bigger series, but apparently not. Would be interested if it were.

HOLLY GO LIGHTLY

A sweet little story of a ghost taking care of the people she left behind. The idea of the cat being convinced to help decorate the tree was a little stretching believability, even for a ghost.

A VERY VAMPY CHRISTMAS

The best story of them all. Not because there was that much chemistry between the leads. No, for me, it was the laugh out loudness of the whole thing. The whole idea of soap operas for Vampires, and a were-rabbit? Priceless!

Fun and enjoyable collection of short stories with a Christmas theme. All I want for Christmas, Ghost of Christmas passed, Holly Go lightly were the strongest stories. A very vampy Christmas was weak and nonsensical. Lords of Misrule was ok but the first person voice was poorly handled.

It was enjoyable Christmas read with 6 novellas published in 2006. It was on my TBR for a couple of years before I finally picked it up.

I enjoyed The Lords of Misrule by Dana Cameron, a little murder mystery set in London,1722 and Partners in Crimes by Cait London about theft gone wrong in a small town and one handsome stranger. Alas, both authors do not have anything new published in the last 10 years but I did find some Ebooks on my local library. I Might check them out!

I only read three of the five stories, and the ones I read were entertaining enough (1,2, and 4). I do think the collection was misrepresented on the cover...not much scandal and nothing particularly scary about any of these.

3/12. rating 4- novella "A very vampy Christmas" 74p

Mary Daheim

Hindan vaid Kerrelyn Sparksi lugu "A Very Vampy Christmas".
Maggie meeldis mulle juba sarja teises raamatus "Vamps and the City" ja ma lootisn väga, et ta unistus töötada koos don Orlando de Corazoniga täitub. Siis avalikustas Corky kõik need jubedad lood don Orlando kohta ning Maggiet näis ees ootavat väga sünge periood.
Kerrelyn Sparks andis vastulöögi ja kirjutas lühiromaani Maggiest ja don Orlandost. Naljaka loo, mis oli samas väga südamlik ja kohati ka jahmatav ning avas sarja jaoks hoopis uusi ja huvitavaid võimalusi. 4 tähte.

It was a struggle on what to rate this book because there were so many stories in it. Honestly almost all of them were 4 star worthy, but one dragged so much at the beginning I didn't even finish it. That's kind of rare for me. However, the whole reason I picked up this book was for Kerrelyn Sparks' story A Very Vampy Christmas, part of her Love at Stake series. My only real complain about it and the other stories I read is they are all HFN endings rather than HEA. But overall they are individually great romance mysteries...except for the slow moving one with WAY too many characters mentioned in the first few pages.

All I Want for Christmas...1 star
Lords of Misrule... DNF
Ghost of Christmas Passed...1 star
Partners in Crime...2 stars
Holly Go Lightly...3.5 stars
A Very Vampy Christmas...2.5 stars