“Eight romance authors (collectively known as the Word Wenches) walk into a Regency-era ballroom and wreak fabulous, shimmering holiday mischief all over the place. . . . The best of the stories woven around this premise [include] Susan King’s “A Scottish Carol,” wherein snowbound lovers never quite make it to the ball . . . . The characters are smart and attractive and their stories are delicious and appealing.” –Publishers Weekly