Christmas Kisses

An Echo Ridge Anthology, Book 1

By: Lucy McConnell, Cami Checketts, Rachelle J. Christensen, Connie E. Sokol, Heather Tullis

Narrated by: Tanya Eby, Kate Rudd

Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

Christmas Kisses is a collection from five best-selling and award-winning authors. Set in the snowy town of Echo Ridge in upstate New York, these inspirational romances are sure to delight while you sip cocoa by the fire and listen to Christmas carols.

The Candy Counter Heiress by Lucy McConnell

Someday Reese Gates will own the Candy Counter at Kenworth's; but someday can't come fast enough when the manager threatens to bring in a national candy provider. Reese secretly takes matters into her own hands, hoping to save her parents from additional worry and prove herself capable of running the company. Her deception deepens as she ropes computer guru Andy Edwards into helping her expand the business.

Reese wanted to shake things up, but she wasn't planning on her heart getting caught in the mix by Andy's stolen kisses. If she can hold it together until after Christmas, then she can reveal her successful online company and her feelings for Andy. Unfortunately for Reese, even the best laid plans can melt like chocolate.

Christmas Makeover by Cami Checketts

Chelsea Jamison has been infatuated with Drew Stirling longer than she's loved playing basketball, high-top sneakers, and the Knicks. Unfortunately, all Drew sees is the kid who kicked his trash in the high school free throw contest, and not the girl whose heart breaks into a fast dribble when he's near.

Drew makes an unexpected visit home to Echo Ridge and their friendship picks up where they left off, as they scheme to make a teenaged boy's Christmas dreams come true. When Chelsea realizes she's fallen for her best friend, she wonders if there is any hope of a relationship with Drew or if she's stuck in buddy status for life.

Hope for Christmas by Rachelle J. Christensen

Anika Fletcher hates Christmas - its promises of good tidings and hope for the future are as tinseled as the ornaments on Kenworth's Hope Tree. Despite her feelings, Anika wants to maintain her daughter's faith in the magic of the season, and gladly accepts a second job working with the handsome Carlos Rodriguez to restore Kenworth's old fashioned soda fountain.

Carlos is no stranger to hard times and slowly shares his life of light and joy with Anika as they work together. Just as her fragile soul begins to feel hope again, an ill-timed act of charity changes everything. Anika isn't sure who she can trust or if hope is worth nurturing - especially at Christmas, when it's easy to enjoy a kiss and believe love can last longer than the season.

Soda Fountain Christmas by Connie E. Sokol

Keira Kenworth has one focus this holiday season: save her father's old-time department store from bankruptcy. She is not focused on Tayton Wells, the tall, dark, and genius marketing guru from downtown New York, hired to make it happen.

©2016 Lucy McConnell, Cami Checketts, Rachelle J. Christensen, Connie E. Sokol, Heather Tullis (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Grammar - terminology?!

I’m not sure if there is such a thing as a double broiler, however I’m positive it would never be used to melt chocolate. It’s a “double boiler” - whether it’s in the written word or the narration, it’s distracting every time it’s said. If writing a story about a chocolatier it would be prudent to ensure proper terminology is used. Cute story other than that.

OMG!!

Absolutely a GREAT BOOK!! It will be listened to over and over again thank you

Just okay

This box set has 4 cute stories. Some stories were better than others and I noticed some were out of order.

Was it finished?

I felt like this group of stories never came to a conclusion. They all are connected to the same store, there was a fire in said store in most of the stories, one character mysteriously leaves in all of the stories...... and the reader is left hanging. What started the fire? Did the mysterious character have anything to do with it???????? Did I miss something??

Excellent

I loved the first 3 books. The forth book was definitely on the weak side.

Christmas Love

I really enjoyed this series. I'm listening to Christmas stories this month and this really helped put me in the spirit.

Fun, light, clean Christmas romances

I like that these all take place in the same town and we, as listeners, get to see glimpses of other characters we’ve met as we work our way through the anthology.

Well narrated by both voice actresses.

So boring. Just. Boring

I kept thinking each story had to get more interesting than the others. Nope. Bought this to listen while wrapping presents and made it through the whole Christmas season. Could hardly remember to turn it on when cleaning. Ug.

Voices and delivery were decent.