Stranded For The Holidays

From Goodreads:

Stranded for the Holidays is a collection of clean romance novellas where the Hero and Heroine are stuck together!

The Yuletide Thief by Daisy Landish

A Clean Historical Holiday Romance

As a vicar’s daughter, Emily Hawthorne has few marriage prospects in the country. She loves children and has resigned herself to becoming a governess. Before leaving for London to seek employment, she decides to arrange a proper Christmas for the orphans of their church. But she’ll have to compete with Robin of Sussex, a highwayman who fancies himself the next Robin Hood.

Stranded with a Shifter by Marie-Hélène Lebeault

Stranded Together: A YA Holiday Romance

When Kayla stops in Jessie’s Café after a day of Christmas shopping, a cute guy offers to buy her coffee. But when they’re about to sit down, he makes up some excuse and bolts in a panic. Next thing she knows, Kayla is stuck in the department store elevator with him and everything changes.

Clueless at Christmas by Peyton Lawson

A Sweet Contemporary Holiday Romance

When a beautiful woman knocks on his cabin door in the middle of a blizzard on Christmas eve, Jacob can’t believe his luck. From the looks of it, Santa sent him an angel in the snowstorm.
But things are never as they seem...

Grounded for Christmas by Daisy Landish

A Classic Grumpy/Sunshine Sapphic Holiday Romance!

Jamie hates Christmas, and is less than looking forward to spending it with her mum, whose drinking problem always seems to worsen come the holidays.
But the arrival of Emma brings an unexpected twist to the season. Will she manage to raise a little holiday cheer out of her new friend?

My Take:

This was a super quick read. I liked that there were different romance genres in this set of short stories. They are cute, wholesome stories that will make you smile. They did feel a bit rushed to me though, and I wished the stories were longer. There just wasn't time to flesh out the characters with depth other than the romance thread. The one about the reindeer shifter had me laughing at the thought of a reindeer shifter. All the stories were in good fun.

All in all I'll give this 3.5 stars and a clean rating.

1-5 scale and what it means:
1: I couldn’t even finish it / just plain bad
2: I hope I didn’t pay for this / disappointing
3: I didn’t hate it, but it was still missing something / forgettable but inoffensive
3.5: On the line between good and ok / like, not love
4: Solid mind candy / worth reading
4.5: So very close to perfection! / must read
5: I could not put it down and I’m still thinking about it! / a true treasure

Movie Ratings in relation to my review:
Clean--Hallmark movies, some kissing, no nudity, no intimacy on or off "screen"
PG--Some innuendo but nothing kids don't hear every day, intimacy is all closed door
PG-13--some language (swear words not related to intimacy), more talk about intimacy, heavy petting, removal of clothing on screen, but intimacy is closed door.
PG-14—somewhere between PG-13 and R. Not erotica, but at least a paragraph of on-screen intimacy
R--swearing (F-bomb, on “screen” intimacy, sometimes feels like the whole story is about the intimacy and not the relationship or some other plot, but not always