Arc c/o Gallery, Threshold, Pocket Books 
 Overall rating: 4 stars 
 I am already familiar with Sabrina Jeffries and Karen Hawkin's works, but surprisingly my favourite piece was from an author whose work I'm not too familiar. So happy to have discovered a new author from this anthology. 
 The Heiress And the Hothead 2.5 stars 
 Story: Lord Stephen Corry is the youngest brother of a marquess, but also a journalist advocating for better working conditions in Britain's mills. At a holiday house party he meets Amanda Keane, an American heiress and (caring) owner of her own mill back in America. Sparks fly as they meet. He takes her to meet her sources since she wants to learn how things are done in England. 
 I had some problem with the situation and both characters come across as a little one-dimensional. I don't feel like I know Stephen much beyond his belief in his cause. Perhaps the political story line swallowed up the romance - most of the dialodgue was centered around mill conditions. And that love scene in the mill is just so implausible to me. (view spoiler)[If you were trapped in a burning building, you would decide to get it on because it's your last few moments alive? Even if I think there was no hope I think I would be too busy panicking. And even if not I don't think the human mind lets you switch off life threatening danger to feel like making love. (hide spoiler)] 
 Twelve Kisses to Midnight3.5 stars 
 Story: A pair of estranged once-engaged lovers, Marcus Sutherland, Duke of Rothesay, and Kenna Stuart, meet for the first time since their break-up. 
 The characters are well-fleshed out. For awhile, we are kept in the dark about the reason they fall out for awhile, and when we do found out, I just felt that the reason they are estranged a bit filmsy. (view spoiler)[They had an argument, and he just upped and left. Granted he was young, and ultimately he realized he was also wrong, but really, do people just up and leave the great love of their life after an argument? (hide spoiler)] They are trapped in a cabin for days due to snow (we all knew that was going to happen!), and they struggle to have a conversation about their past. I just want to smack their heads together and say, sit down and talk it out! 
 One of Karen's reocurring characters, Oxenburg princes' grandmother, Tata, and a new Oxenburg prince, Nik, makes an appearance. (On a side note, Nik sounds like he would be a promising fun read in a future book.) 
 The story did have some delightful moments that made me smile, such as when Marcus realized the cabin they had seeked for shelter was a love nest for the host and contains a number of scandalous paintings. His reaction and then Kenna's were great. Nik and Tata's banter also contributed a few good moments. 
 By Any Other Name3 stars 
 Story: Rylla Campbell's brother has disappeared following a row with their father, and she disguises herself as a man to look for him. Trouble ensures and a man named Gregory Rose comes to her rescue. 
 A lively story, also with some funny moments. I'm not sure I can believe that Gregory would fall for our heroine, who seems to throw a lot of caution to the wind, but the setting did create a lively story. 
 Sweetest Regret 4.5 stars 
 My favourite story of the set. You know with that title this is a story of lost love. The romantic plot is not a new one, but the story is done so well. The way Meredith spun the story had me hooked the whole time. Both characters were so beautifully portrayed, and their expressions, behaviour so real and their longing poignant. Besides, she placed the 2 characters in a fun setting for their reunion. 
 It's Christmas and Georgie Trent's father, a diplomat, has left for an important meeting, leaving Georgie to host a group of foreign diplomats and find out who stole a letter of her father's. Lucas Godwin, a diplomat friend of her father whom Georgie had fallen for 2 years earlier, has been enlisted by her father to help her find the letter. 
 I appreciate that her father wasn't painted in a completely bad or good light in the end (view spoiler)[he was a class snob, and neglectful, but he loves her and is a little lost without his spouse/Georgie's mother to help guide him as a parent (hide spoiler)], and the clever way our author threw in English Christmas traditions was wonderfully done, with Georgie tasked to show the guests a traditional Christmas, and the wonderful banter from the foreign diplomats about said traditions.