Lightning review at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books 
 I'm generally meh on Christmas romance because I'm kind of meh on Christmas itself. It's a really busy, stressful time of year for me and at some point during our family Christmas celebration, I inevitably wind up in tears. Plus Christmas romance tends to be treacly sweet. When I saw A Pirate for Christmas I decided to take a risk on it because Scottish pirate! Plus-shit, it was 99 cents! 
 This novella has a big case of insta-love going on, which was okay because it's a novella: we don't have a lot of time. In fact, the whole thing spans about a week. Bess shows up at Rory's place to borrow his donkey for the Christmas nativity (like you do) and comments on the fact that his house is in disrepair and he has no staff. Rory puts Bess in charge of putting the house to rights and getting it ready for the annual village Christmas party-sort of, "Put your money where your mouth is, lady." 
 This novella was short and sweet, but not too sweet, and it was a really fun read. It's less about Christmas than set during the holiday, which I appreciated. No one suddenly realizes the true meaning of the holiday or anything like that. Overall it's bright and warm, not overly sugary, like a cup of hot apple cider around the holidays. 
 - Elyse