A Gift of Love (Anthology 5-in-1)
by Judith McNaught (Contributor), Kimberly Cates (Contributor), Jude Deveraux (Contributor), Andrea Kane (Contributor), Judith O'Brien (Contributor)
Foster Saga (Short Story / Double Exposure 1), Taggert ([Just Curious] - 5)
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A Gift Of Love captures holiday magic as it transports us...to New York City, where a schoolteacher slips an antique gold ring on her finger and travels back in time to a man who desperately needs her love...to a village in Victorian England, where an embittered earl seeks a governess for a lovely, defiant little girl named Noelle...to a starry London night, on which a Christmas pony heralds a gift greater than any king's ransom...to the snow-covered hills of Virginia, where a young widow show more learns during a holiday trip that miracles really do come in the least expected packages...and to a reclusive tycoon's Newport estate, where a determined young woman sets out to unlock the secrets of a man's heart. Let A Gift Of Love open the door to worlds of passion and adventure, where love -- and miracles -- are always in the air! show lessTags
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Judith McNaught is the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including "Night Whispers", "Remember When", & "Until You". She lives in Kemah, Texas. (Publisher Provided) Judith McNaught was born in San Luis Obispo, California on May 10, 1944. She graduated from Northwestern University in 1966 with a degree in business. Her first novel, show more Tender Triumph, won the Critics Choice Award in 1983. She won it again in 1988 for Something Wonderful. She received Best Historical Novelist honors for Whitney, My Love in 1985 and for Once and Always in 1987. She received the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. She was also the first female executive producer at a CBS radio station. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Jude Deveraux is the author of 25 New York Times bestsellers, including High Tide, The Blessing, An Angel for Emily, Legend, and The Duchess. She began writing in 1976, and to date there are more than 30 million copies of her books in print. Ms. Deveraux is currently at work on her next novel. She lives in Connecticut. (Publisher Provided)

Andrea Kane lives in Parsippany, New Jersey with her husband & daughter. She is a former Romance Writers of America Chapter President, & has won awards for her writing. (Publisher Provided) Andrea Kane is a romance author who has written both historical romances and romantic thrillers. Some of her romantic thrillers feature NYPD detective-turned show more private investigator Pete "Monty" Montgomery, and others feature the FBI team of Special Agents Sloane Burbank and Derek Parker. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- A Gift of Love (Anthology 5-in-1) (Anthology 5-in-1)
- Original title
- A Gift of Love
- Alternate titles
- Double Exposure / Doppelbelichtung (Judith McNaught) (Judith McNaught); Just Curious / Einfach neugierig, sehr gutes Exemplar (by Jude Deveraux) (by Jude Deveraux); Gabriel's Angel / Gabriels Engel (Kimberly Cates) (Kimberly Cates); Yuletide Treasure / Weihnachtsglück (by Andrea Kane) (by Andrea Kane); Five Golden Rings / Fünf goldene Ringe (by Judith O'Brien) (by Judith O'Brien)
- Original publication date
- 1995-11
- People/Characters
- Diana Foster; Spencer Addison; Corey Foster; Karen Lawrence; McAllister Taggert; Alaina MacShane (show all 13); Tristan Ramsey; Gabriel Ramsey; Eric Bromleigh, Earl of Farrington; Noelle Bromleigh; Brigitte Curran; Emma Graham; Michael Graham
- Important events
- Christmas
- Dedication
- Gabriel's Angel:
Yuletide Treasure:
To my own greatest treasure: my family—
who, every day and in more ways than I can count,
teach me what love is all about.
Five Golden Rings:
For my big brother, Brooks, who always opened my Barbie dolls while I unwrapped his cars and soldiers.
And I didn't really mean to throw your blue St. Louis Cardinal baseball cap ou... (show all)t the car window on the highway. It just happened. - First words
- Double Exposure:
Oblivious to the spectacular view beyond the glass wall of the Houston high-rise that housed the offices of Foster's Beautiful Living magazine, Diana Foster paced in front of her desk ... (show all)with a telephone cradled between her shoulder and ear.
Just Curious:
"I don't believe in miracles," Karen said, looking at her sister-in-law with her lips pressed tightly together.
Gabriel's Angel:
Prologue: The child stole through the London streets like a ragged ghost, a ravenous stomach and hungry amber eyes held together by a bundle or rags.
Yuletide Treasure:
She was back.
Five Golden Rings:
"Miss Graham! Miss Graham!" - Quotations
- Gabriel's Angel:
Remembrance, like candles, burns brightest at Christmas.
Charles Dickens - Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- Please do not combine individual stories with the complete anthology. This is important because many of the stories are available in multiple anthologies, and also as single titles.
Stories in anthology:
... (show all)Double Exposure by Judith McNaught [Also in Simple Gifts anthology]
Just Curious by Jude Deveraux [Also in Simple Gifts anthology AND single title book]
Gabriel's Angel by Kimberly Cates
Yuletide Treasure by Andrea Kane [Also single title ebook]
Five Golden Rings by Judith O'Brien
Please be careful when combining books.
An abridgment of the novella Double Exposure
Judith McNaught - Doppelbelichtung,
Kimberly Cates - Gabriels Engel,
Andrea Kane - Weihnachtsglück,
Judith O´Brien - Fünf goldene Ringe,
Jude Deveraux - Einfach neugierig, sehr gutes Exemplar,
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- Fiction and Literature, Romance
- DDC/MDS
- 813.08508 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English By type Genre fiction Romance fiction Collections
- LCC
- PS648 .L6 .G54 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Collections of American literature Prose (General)
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