The hardcover has only the first two stories while the paperback adds Gabriel's Angel.

Home for Christmas is a classic secret-baby story set at Christmas time. Jason Law left at eighteen to pursue a career in journalism not knowing that he left a pregnant girlfriend behind. Now Jason is back home to find that Faith Monroe is divorced, running a doll store, and raising a ten-year-old daughter. She's afraid to start anything with him because she fears he will just leave them again. This was a lovely, touching story about taking a chance on love.

All I Want for Christmas tells the story of a man who is raising his twin sons alone after his wife abandoned them and a woman who is making a new start as a music teacher in town. His six-year-old twin sons have asked Santa for "the mom" for Christmas and think that Miss Davis is a perfect candidate. But their father will have to learn how to trust his heart and take a chance on love for everyone to get their Christmas wishes.

Gabriel's Angel pairs a pregnant woman on the run and a reclusive artist. Laura's running from the parents of her abusive ex who want to take her baby from her now that the father is dead. Gabe Bradley has come to the Colorado mountains to try to get over the guilt he feels about the death of his younger brother. He finds a woman who needs him, and she finds a man she can trust.

These older stories were all very entertaining. The only thing that shouted to me that they were older stories was the fact that Gabe smoked. I'm not used to that in contemporary romances anymore. I also noticed that the viewpoint shift between the main characters was less smooth than in Roberts' more recent stories. Sometimes the viewpoint would shift a couple of time within one paragraph which could be a little confusing. ( )

Three of Roberts' earlier Silhouette romances re-issued, two with a Christmas theme, and one with a winter starting point. Told with Roberts' typical attention to detail, they may feel a bit dated but still have enough readability quotient to make me glad I snagged this one from the library for a lazy mid-summer Saturday afternoon. ( )

two sweet romantic stories

My favorite stories were the first and the last. The biggest shock in the first story was that her daughter was actually Jason's daughter too. The last story was most probably the best though, turning a cold heart into a warm one is always a pleasure to read! ( )

Like most of Roberts' unrelated compilations (as in, the stories don't connect to each other), I wasn't particularly impressed with this one. Each differed in quality: I liked the second story the least and the third story the most. In fact, the third story was pretty good, though that jives with previous compilations of hers that I've read. She usually does better on the stories that are longer ones; short stories aren't her thing. All the plots were fairly standard and predictable.

This was ok, but I wouldn't really recommend it to anyone but hardcore Roberts fans. ( )