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Book Review of An Old-Fashioned Christmas Special Collector's Edition

An Old-Fashioned Christmas Special Collector's Edition
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1. GOD JUL by Tracie Peterson.
Sigrid Larsson of Lindsborg, Kansas may be resigned to spinsterhood, but she is not ready to sell the family homestead and move in with well-meaning relatives. When a dashing young man from the railroad approaches her, not to be outdone by her neighbor Erik Lindquist, Sigrid is thrown into confusion. In whose ear will Sigrid whisper God Jul [Merry Christmas] this year of 1887?

2. CHRISTMAS FLOWER by Colleen L. Reece
Shana Clifton cannot ignore the feeling that God is leading her away from her beloved Alaska.all the way to the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. But what about her childhood friend, Wyatt Baldwin, who insists on following her, intent also on pursuing a career in medicine? Christmas is coning soon to the Hollow, and this year will be like no other.

3. FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD by Sally Laity
The plaintive cry of a child in the cold Philadelphia night summons Angelina Matthews as she limps home from a long day at the dress shop. An orphan herself, Angelina swiftly seeks refuge for the girl at a nearby church, the bailiwick of confirmed bachelor Reverend Gabe Winters. This Christmas, can two lonely people be drawn together by the love of a child?

4. MIRACLE ON KISMET HILL by Loree Lough
High on Kismet Hill, Brynne Carters great-grandfather claimed the land that would be Carter Hollow, Virginia. Now as Christmas 1865 approaches, Brynne surveys the magnificent vista below and wonders about her future, ravaged by the Civil War. One man she loved could be dead, one man she loved betrayed her, and the thirdShe simply cant risk being wrong again.