{"id":16000,"date":"2016-09-27T11:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=16000"},"modified":"2016-09-25T08:22:10","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T13:22:10","slug":"wotr-review-releaseday-regencyromance-historical-a-kiss-at-christmastide-by-christina-mcknight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=16000","title":{"rendered":"#WOTR #Review #ReleaseDay #RegencyRomance #Historical &#8211; A Kiss at Christmastide by Christina McKnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/writers-on-the-river-attendingauthor-2017.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15539\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/writers-on-the-river-attendingauthor-2017.jpg?resize=300%2C204\" alt=\"writers-on-the-river-attendingauthor-2017\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/writers-on-the-river-attendingauthor-2017.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/writers-on-the-river-attendingauthor-2017.jpg?resize=768%2C522&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/writers-on-the-river-attendingauthor-2017.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/writers-on-the-river-attendingauthor-2017.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/giveaway.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6158\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/giveaway.png?resize=161%2C55\" alt=\"giveaway\" width=\"161\" height=\"55\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a id=\"rcwidget_hbv2mzhg\" class=\"rcptr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/b050ef29280\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-raflid=\"b050ef29280\" data-theme=\"classic\" data-template=\"\">a Rafflecopter giveaway<\/a><br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/widget-prime.rafflecopter.com\/launch.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net\/books\/1467404637l\/30826117.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A Kiss At Christmastide by Christina McKnight\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre:<\/strong> Regency Historical Romance, Christmas<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release Date: <\/strong>September 27, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Length: <\/strong>35k words<\/p>\n<p><strong>Format: <\/strong>Digital\/Paperback<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/synopsis.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6165\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/synopsis.png?resize=156%2C54\" alt=\"synopsis\" width=\"156\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lady Pippa Godfrey has suffered the most ruinous London Season. She escapes to her Somerset estate for a quiet Christmastide holiday with her family, away from society\u2019s prying eyes. But before her parents can join her, a storm crashes down on Somerset to destroy any hope of Pippa\u2019s white Christmas dream. The roads have flooded and travel is impossible, leaving her stranded and alone. But a muddied, angry and devilishly handsome lord appears at her door demanding shelter.<\/p>\n<p>Lucas Hartfeld, the Earl of Maddox, has been summoned by his parents, the Marquis and Marchioness of Bowmont, to attend a holiday party in the wilds of the country, far from his London townhouse. He suspects they command his attendance for far different reasons than a simple country party. When a storm strands his carriage, he\u2019s forced to seek shelter at the only home for miles around, a local manor called Helton House.<\/p>\n<p>When Lady Pippa is reluctant to admit him, he does what he\u2019s been raised to do\u2014demand she provide him and his servants with shelter until the storm passes. But the beautiful woman draws his interest far more than he\u2019s willing to admit. Can Lucas find a way out of the predicament his parents are planning?<\/p>\n<p>As Lady Pippa scrutinizes another arrogant, demanding lord, she is bombarded with memories of betrayals in her past. Can she forget those difficult life lessons to claim a Christmastide kiss from a perfect stranger?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TBR.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6166\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TBR.png?resize=113%2C51\" alt=\"TBR\" width=\"113\" height=\"51\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/30826117-a-kiss-at-christmastide\">Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/excerpt.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6157\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/excerpt.png?resize=132%2C50\" alt=\"excerpt\" width=\"132\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pippa pushed her hair away to continue with instructing the servant to the nearest inn. \u201cYour lord will be far more comfortable\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The wind whipped the last of her hair from her face to reveal not the servant from before, but a tall, very tall, broad-shouldered, very broad-shouldered, man\u2014that was all Pippa saw of him as her glance locked on his chest. He was drenched, with his shirt plastered to his enormous width. It hadn\u2019t been the wind that had knocked the door from her hands and allowed the storm access to her home, but the man before her.<\/p>\n<p>And he was fuming mad\u2014his nostrils flared as water dripped from his hair and he stared at her pointedly\u2014not bothering to mask his aggressive stance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWere you truly going to turn away a man in need of shelter?\u201d his voice boomed.<\/p>\n<p>Pippa gasped, taking yet another step back. She glanced quickly over her shoulder, hoping the noise had awoken one of her servants, abed on the third floor of the house. But none came running to aid her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew I was venturing to the depths of hell when I agreed to come all this way from London, but are manners not taught in the wilds of Somerset?\u201d The man ran his hands down the front of his shirt, pushing the water from his body to pool on the floor beneath him. \u201cMy servants will need space in your stables. I thank you for\u2026\u201d he eyed her up and down before continuing. \u201c\u2026your hospitality, my lady.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He bowed before Pippa with his last words and his breath caressed her body, making her acutely aware of two things; <em>he<\/em> smelled heavily of spirits and <em>she<\/em> was attired in a sheer nightshift that did not leave much to the imagination.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Buy-Links.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6156\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Buy-Links.png?resize=158%2C45\" alt=\"Buy Links\" width=\"158\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kiss-At-Christmastide-Regency-Novella-ebook\/dp\/B01JX6FOCU\/\"><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/a-kiss-at-christmastide-christina-mcknight\/1124391754\"><strong>Barnes &amp; Noble<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/store.kobobooks.com\/en-us\/ebook\/a-kiss-at-christmastide\"><strong>Kobo<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/a-kiss-at-christmastide\/id1141894499\"><strong>iBooks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/angies-review.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6154\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/angies-review.png?resize=230%2C50\" alt=\"angies review\" width=\"230\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I received this book from the author for an honest review.<\/p>\n<p>I say this with every Regency Historical I read, I love them and will keep shouting it off the roof tops.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know how people can\u2019t love them.\u00a0 I mean the balls, the big crazy dresses, the ton\u2026.ok yeah I can do without the ton, the crazy chaperone dramas, but the life style just seems awesome to me.\u00a0 Granted I wasn\u2019t wearing a corset and sweating in a heat filled ballroom without deodorant too\u2026..ewwwww.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great anxiety filled novella with new character from Christina.\u00a0 This is about Lady Pippa who was embroiled in scandal last season thanks to her frenemie, Lady Natalie, and our rakeshell, Lord Lucas.\u00a0 Pippa is sitting at home ignoring an invite from Natalie to her holiday party.\u00a0 She has hurt feelings over what her bestie said about her in polite company.\u00a0 When she is waiting for her parents to arrive home, there is a bang on the door and enter our rakeshell, Lucas.\u00a0 He needs to be sheltered for the night due to the late night and raging storm outside.<\/p>\n<p>Our couple are thrown together for 2 short days but enough of an impression is made on the other to sway their feelings for the other.\u00a0 When the storm leaves and all the secrets are revealed about Lucas and Natalie, Pippa is a mess but so is Lucas.<\/p>\n<p>I loved Lucas.\u00a0 He is such an arrogant guy but he really and truly wants to be loved and accepted.\u00a0 Pippa is a \u201cbleeding heart\u201d who was raised different than most children of the ton.\u00a0 She was raised with kindness and compassion.\u00a0 I loved her sweet and gentle nature but yet her sassy and feisty side was great to read.\u00a0 She was really comfortable in her own skin and helped to set Lucas at ease.\u00a0 Her compassion is what drew him to her even if he teases her for it.<\/p>\n<p>I am super eager to read Lady Natalie\u2019s book because she is a uber C-word in my books so redemption is gonna be tricky!!!\u00a0 WAIT Can I say C-word in a historical?\u00a0 HRMMM&#8230;ok she is a major hussy then????\u00a0 Lady of unsavory morals???\u00a0 Lets go with that one for now&#8230;LOL<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/about-the-author.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6153\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/about-the-author.png?resize=231%2C55\" alt=\"about the author\" width=\"231\" height=\"55\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Christina McKnight is a book lover turned writer. From a young age, her mother encouraged her to tell her own stories. She\u2019s been writing ever since. Currently, she focuses on Historical Romance.<\/p>\n<p>Christina enjoys a quiet life in Northern California with her family, her wine, and lots of coffee. Oh, and her books\u2026don\u2019t forget her books! Most days she can be found writing, reading, or traveling the great state of California.<\/p>\n<p>You can visit her online at the following places: <a href=\"http:\/\/christinamcknight.com\/\"><strong>Website <\/strong><\/a><strong>|\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChristinaMcKnightWriter\/\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0| <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMcKnightWriter\"><strong>Twitter <\/strong><\/a><strong>|\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/6434806.Christina_McKnight\"><strong>Goodreads<\/strong><\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Christina-McKnight\/e\/B0094RZ8SY\/\"><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a Rafflecopter giveaway &nbsp; Genre: Regency Historical Romance, Christmas Release Date: September 27, 2016 Length: 35k words Format: Digital\/Paperback Lady Pippa Godfrey has suffered the most ruinous London Season. She escapes to her Somerset estate for a quiet Christmastide holiday with her family, away from society\u2019s prying eyes. 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