This is delightful, frothy, fast-paced fun with a nice twist ending I did not see coming. Also, Reginald "Turnip" Fitzhugh is one of the most adorable heroes I've read about in a long time-- I just wanted to take him home with me. (I love the idea of a romance hero based on Hugh Laurie's Bertie Wooster and the Prince Regent in Blackadder. There aren't a lot of authors who could pull this off-- or who'd even think of pulling this off.) The heroine, Arabella, is pretty cool too, and her friendship with Jane Austen is worked believably-- and even charmingly-- into the plot. I could have done without some of the anachronistic Americanisms in the story, like poinsettias and chipmunks, but they didn't detract from my overall enjoyment. It's not often I can find a Christmas story as addictive as the gingerbread loaf they sell at Starbucks.