Theme: Christmas
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Christmas is almost upon us. It’s a holiday of giving and love. What are you doing in the upcoming days to celebrate? Busy wrapping presents? Doing some last-minute shopping? Are you baking cookies and building gingerbread houses?
Not celebrating the season at all? That’s okay, as Christmas is a time of sharing with everyone, no matter who you are. So we’re sharing some jolly covers!
The Covers
For the week of Monday, December 13, 2021, to Sunday, December 19, 2021, we’re spreading some cheer and giving our loyal readers an early gift. Let’s get merry over some Christmas-themed romance covers!
The Covers from Left to Right, Top to Bottom
- The Fifth Day of Christmas, Betty Neels, Harlequin, 1971, Stewart Sherwood cover art
- A Christmas Charade, Karla Hocker, Zebra, 1991, cover artist TBD
- Christmas Masquerade, Debbie Macomber, Silhouette, 1985, cover artist unknown
- The Snow Garden, Bethany Campbell, Harlequin, 1989, Norm Eastman cover art
Your Opinion
What do you think of our choices of Christmas-themed romances for this edition of Covers of the Week? Have you read any of these books? Which of our picks do you like the best, if any?
Do you have suggestions or requests for future Covers of the Week themes you’d like to see on Sweet Savage Flame? Let us know, and we’ll do our best to create a gallery of stunning art!
Please drop a comment, and let’s talk romance.
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Thanks, Jacqueline. We don’t do Christmas in my religion, but I appreciate fine Christmas cover art, old and new.
Here my fave cover is the one for “A Christmas Charade”. Beautiful composition, eye-catching colors, attractive models. Subtle but effective drama. Cozy, warm, romantic mood.
Never mind that it’s, ahem, a little anachronistic. A Christmas tree and poinsettias in Regency England? Oh well, let’s chalk it up to artistic license!
Hello Mary Anne!
Thank you. As far as the anachronsims, I think few people know how recent many Christams traditions are, like Santa, reindeer and trees. And it’s a cliche about snow, as it rarely ever snows that day, especially not in the Southern Hemisphere. 😊
Christmas has always had many meanings to us. My husband’s not any demonination
and I haven’t been Catholic since I was 19. Still, it’s a special day as BOTH my daughter and husband were born on that day, so we tend to celebrate it as a time of sharing and celebration of life.
When my daughter was young Christmas was a big deal, but since she’s been at university, it’s just a day to get with family and have a nice dinner, and get to see my neices and nephews.
Here’s to happiness in the New Year!