BOOK REVIEW- WITH THIS CHRISTMAS RING by Manda Collins

A wallflower determined to fulfill a dying promise, the rogue she jilted years ago, and an orphaned baby are all brought together amidst the magic of Christmas in this new novella from Manda Collins.

Miss Merry Parks makes a deathbed promise to a schoolfriend that her infant daughter will be taken to her absent father. There’s only one problem—to find the baby’s father, she’ll have to consult his cousin, Viscount Wrotham, the man she jilted five years ago. The man she couldn’t forget.

Alex Ponsonby, Viscount Wrotham, is stunned to find Merry Parks—looking more lovely than ever--on his doorstep with an infant in her arms. His shock soon turns to dismay when he learns his own cousin William is the man who abandoned his wife and child. As head of the family he’s duty bound to see right is done. But he can't let this opportunity pass. He’ll take Merry and the baby to his cousin, but he’ll woo her back in the process.

Merry agrees to travel with Alex and the baby to Wrotham Castle, where the entire Ponsonby family has gathered for Christmas, but her plans to see the baby settled then leave are ruined by a snowstorm. After five years apart, Alex and Merry will spend the week getting reacquainted. Perhaps it’s the spirit of the holiday, or the magic of the season, but there could be something else in the air this Yuletide…A Christmas Reunion.  AMAZON 4 STARS

A charming, sweet story.  But don't worry it's not all sweetness and light.  There are several, meaning more than one of course, really nasty people in the story.  How interesting that they are all women!

Merry and Alex make for good main characters, both separately and together.  And they have been separated for five years because of manipulation by one of those nasty people.  But there is even more to that part of story than either of them ever knew.  But that information comes out as a twist towards the end of the story.  And there will be several surprises that happen as well.  Merry and Alex trying to get back together isn't one of them.

This book has no cliffhangers, but does have a H.E.A.  

I received a copy of this book via Netgalley and this is my honest opinion of it.