A Regency Valentine

This is an "anthology" unlike any I have ever read before. A total of five authors weave valentine romances about four young ladies and their "chaperone." All the stories take place in the same village of Valentine Parva, at the home of Cressida Trent. Cressida, a widow with a young son, is only thirty-four so there is valentine love in store for her also! These lovely low-key romances all occur at the same time and each story mentions incidents that happen to other characters so be prepared to jump back and forth in time (just a little!) until you reach the conclusion of the book. As each story is rather short, I will not synopsize each one - that would spoil it. I will tell you that "A Maid at Your Window" by Carola Dunn was my favorite simply because I identified the most with that heroine. But all the stories are delightful and hard to believe they were written by different authors! You will enjoy the young ladies, all with different circumstances and temperaments, Cressida's young son Toby, song-filled canaries and assorted beaus. The men are all diverse too! Highly recommend - one of the few anthologies that reads like a full book.