The first story (invitation to a wedding by Annie Burrows) is very clearly fat phobic. There was so many mentions of The Duke’s weight and he wasn’t even the main character.

As a fat reader this was very upsetting. It put a very bad taste in my mouth and I was unwilling to read the other 2 stories because of it.

What a delightful festive treat-
Three Regency Christmas romances, oh so neat!
With feisty heroines not seeking romance
Encountering love just by chance!

With great characters and surprises in store
These delightful historic romances are ones to adore.
Well written, with Christmas and fun involved as well
The kind of quick read I enjoy- hope you can tell!

Each story is a standalone novella and so
You can read them when you've little time before you go.
They're each complete and left me with a smile, too,
So I won't hesitate to recommend them to you!

For my complementary copy of this book, I say thank you,
What a fab festive trio - and this is my honest review.

Regency Christmas Parties is a collection of three short stories, set in the Regency era.

They are all quite different, but equally romantic to read. Full of the romance of royalty, balls, and falling in love around Christmas.

I liked reading all three but had the hardest time getting into the stories.

thanks to NetGalley & Harlequin Historical for the ARC, all opinions are my own

I enjoyed each one of these festive romances! They were each short quick reads.

Each seemed to be chance encounters or a newcomer thrust into their midst and then close proximity with a house party or a wedding.

Check this out if you enjoy short holiday reads.

Thank you harlequinbooks and netgalley for the e-arc for my honest and voluntary review.

This anthology contains three Christmas Regency romances of about 90 pages each. Overall this was a fun and easy read. I read all three stories in the course of an afternoon. As with all anthologies, I like to read and review each of the stories separately.

In Invitation to a Wedding by Annie Burrows, Cara is invited to the wedding of a former student and falls for Hugo, the groom’s nephew, who does not want the marriage to take place. I’m not going to lie, I found Cara’s excitement about everything a bit off-putting in the beginning but she really grew on me. I liked both characters together and their story was engaging.

In Snowbound with the Earl by Lara Temple, Bella and Lord Deverill try to keep their cousins from eloping and end up snowed in together at Deverill’s estate. This was a cute enemies to lovers story with both our main characters working toward the same goal and having fun together. I was expecting a bit more drama but enjoyed the pair getting to know each other over fun and games during the holidays.

In A Kiss at the Winter Ball by Joanna Johnson, Maria and her turkeys are rescued by Viscount Stanford and is invited to stay and spend the holidays. I liked the premise of this one but I really wish that Stanford hadn’t been almost engaged to someone else for almost the entitreity of the story. I liked that Stanford encouraged Maria’s goals and treated her as an equal.

Thank you to Harlequin and NetGalley for the digital ARC and Harlequin for the gifted copy in exchange for an honest review.