The 4th book in the series collects three novellas - each set during a holiday and each dealing with one of the sisters and her love life. The gods are mostly missing (as Delaney's trick at the end of the previous novel meant that they need to leave for an year). The rest of the community shows up here and there but the stories are more about the Reeds than about Ordinary.

"Rock Candy" takes place during October, culminating at Halloween. So what is so interesting about October you would ask? Well, there is a curse and all garden gnomes become alive... during the nights anyway. Except that the usual orderly progression of things go a bit weird when it turns out that the chief gnome had been killed. Meanwhile, the baker Hogan, who just happens to be Jean Reed's current boyfriend, has more secrets than you would expect - including the identity of his parents. So off everyone goes looking for the murderer of a garden gnome while Jean needs to decide if she wants a long term relationship (and the secret helps for a change...)

"Paper Stars" is the Christmas story. Ryder Bailey had been away on a job site and Delaney is prepared to spend the holidays on her own. Until he decides to come home - and things get complicated. By the end of the story, everyone is still alive (not without a certain demon's help), there is a dragon masquerading as a pig and everyone is back to normal. Normal for Ordinary anyway.

"Scissor Kisses" is the Valentine story but it is also the only story where there the love story is not resolved (in a way, it is a prequel for the next novel even if it is a story on its own). Myra Reed does not expect much from the holiday and having a demon show up out of nowhere (another one, Bathin at this point is a somewhat known quality) is a bit distressing. Then it turns out she needs Bathin's help to deal with the other intruder and something in Myra's heart is tugging towards the demon. In a very romantic way. Except that she is also looking at how to get her sister's soul back and banish him forever. Oh, and guess which God decides that this is the perfect time to come back? Apparently the God of Love really does not like Valentine's day.

While the 3 novellas were entertaining, I wish there was more of a difference between the three sisters' voices. Ignore what is happening and you will be hard pressed to determine which sister is telling you a story. That will probably smooth out a bit as the series progresses and it is not really a major problem even if it does not but if you read the 3 novellas back to back, it is noticeable. ( )