Is the legend true? Could she not only be loved but married by Christmas?
When Terri McMillan finds the perfect farmhouse on a salt marsh, an old dream reawakens to foster troubled teenaged girls. It’s no matter the small coastal town is her distant sister’s safe haven, a place where Terri is unwanted. But Terri is burnt-out on city life and the house’s charm is tempting, along with the myth that the house has Christmas magic. As the legend goes, whoever moves into the homestead will not only fall in love, but will be married by Christmas.
Matt Baker, the owner, wants one final Christmas in his grandparent’s home before selling it. He wants to spend a last family Christmas at the homestead in exchange for free labor to restore the neglected house. He and Terri may disagree about the details of the restoration, but there’s an attraction between them that neither anticipated. Things grow personal when they discover an old hat box in the attic containing letters and a diary from his grandparents during the Vietnam War.
Award-winning author, Lori Hayes, writes small town women's fiction with the focus on friendships and light romance. Often times, the setting is rural North Carolina and the coast. She promises to deliver a happy ending in exchange for your much-appreciated time reading her novels.
She lives with her family in North Carolina, and while she hopes to someday say she lives near the beach, right now she is a short drive from the ocean. She thinks it's important to focus on what you have and to appreciate the small things around you, like the tang of salt in the air. For then it becomes possible for your dreams to come true, like her dream of writing and to be published.
She thanks her mother for her career. One day her mom planted the seed for Lori to be a writer, and it took hold. And as her grandfather always said, Stop talking about it and do something. So she did. While her son took afternoon naps, she sat down and started her first novel.
Quickly she learned it wasn't so easy. She bought everything she could find on the subject, and to this day she's still buying books to study. She believes life is one lesson made up of many shorter ones. Tell the story of your own life and it will come to fruition. She's living proof.
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My Thoughts..
This was such a great romance I devoured this book. This is my second book by Hayes. This was such an interesting storyline. It was a story in another story.
I gave this book 5 stars and I HIGHLY recommend it.
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Good post.
ReplyDeleteEvery time I get a Christmas book its like I won the lottery.
ReplyDeleteI grabbed a copy.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite time of the year for books.
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ReplyDeleteVery good post, going to look for this book
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