Twelve Naughty Days By K.A. Linde

Twelve Naughty Days serve rightfully as the perfect buffet of Christmas romance cuisine. Particularly for when one’s busy but still craves these feelings, then these collections of steamy sagas would be just for you.

The one that I personally enjoyed the most would be Two Turtle Doves by the acclaimed Skye Warren, penning down a tale that's adorable yet intense. The words and the emotions it evokes mirror each other in terms of beauty and impact. Based on the glorious twelve days of Xmas, the anthology is crowded with the romance genre’s gifted novelists, many of whom one could easily call the rulers when it comes to the graphics of harmonizing deep poetry with the plot and storytelling.

Every segment never fails at bringing the best to the platter, many of which are whimsical examples of their signature styles of authorship, although some of them are a bit unorthodox in a quirky way, which may also amuse the readers. Cult favourites, namely Fiona Cole and Nikki Sloane were probably the ones that most of you would pick the novella for. Cole’s Goner takes us back to one of my most read and re-read successions by her; the Voyeur world. The leads definitely seem to have insanely compatible chemistry which will keep the reader at the edge of their beds.

While Sloane's On the 6th Day landscapes a thropple Travis, Clay, and Lilith, as the trio, strategize on revealing their respective relationships to their people during the season of snow; it also includes some devour-worthy scenes with the trio together, exploring and alluringly describing all that goes on. Their dynamic amidst themselves really came out wonderfully, to my surprise, on the sheets (pun intend), doing decent justice to the portrayal of polymerous relationships, and their agendas. Author Skye Warren contributes to M Malone’s Turtle Doves, to a story that was sweet beyond sugar but also contained equivalent spice to complete the phrase of “sugar and spice and everything nice”.

The tender tale brings along the fan favourites: the duo of Avery and Gabriel. Their dynamic clearly plays as the sweet tribute to their relationship for Gabriel plays off as the alpha and devoted protagonist, while Avery’s traits end up making it quite nostalgic plus family-absorbed. Overall, a perfect seasonal saga to appreciate and express the traits of family and love rightfully. M. Malone’s Gift Me was also one of the short escapes that I eventually enjoyed.

It was perhaps the most relevant evidence of the anthology combinations – having a lovely balance of intriguing characters and plot, making it fascinating and fun to read a jazz band of sensual and serene, clearly why anthologies and their stories add so much variety to the book. Totally recommend!