A Winter Wedding

Winter holds special delights for lords and ladies. Laughter rings like sleighbells in the snow, and a courtship by candlelight can melt the coldest heart. And what follows the wooing? The wedding, of course! In "The Fairy Tale Wedding" by Janice Bennett, a young bride's animated, on-the-shelf cousin is charged with bringing off the most gala wedding of the season. Until the groom's rich cousin arrives and turns a spinster's world upside-down. FAIRY-TALE WEDDING was a delight. While the "bride" was spoiled, her antics were amusing and reflect norms for the period. The heroine's own behavior, in contrast, was endearing and charming. I also enjoyed the nuance of the scenes between the hero and heroine showing their growing feelnigs. A MATCH FOR THE SEASON was a good story about unexpectedly finding love. The heroine initially was prepared for a marriage of convenience - only to be derailed when she falls in love with her almost fiance's cousin. Often the fiance would become the villian in this scenario, but the solution is far more entertaining that that. THREE NIGHTS AT A COUNTRY INN was the weakest of the lot, but still enjoyable. When meddling relatives attempt to arrange a marriage for a strong willed couple that has never met, a farce of high comedic proportions quickly ensues.