A Texas Holiday Miracle
Linda Warren
Harlequin American Romance, Dec 1 2014, $5.50
ISBN: 9780373755479
Before he died five months ago, widower Jack Carroll asked his
twenty-eight years old daughter Lacey to raise his six year old other child
Emma. Agreeing to become her
half-sister’s legal guardian, Lacey left her life in Austin to be there for her
sibling in Horseshoe, Texas. Though there have been some rewarding
moments, there have also been incidents like Emma’s fight with Brad Wilson over
whether Santa is real and her entering the yard of the Grouch next door to pet Pepper,
a dying cancer-stricken dog.
That neighbor Gabe Garrison blames himself for his son Zack’s
death since he gave him the ATV in which he died. When he nails the gate between them shut to
keep Emma out, Lacey lectures him about hurting a little child and how his son
would be disappointed with his behavior.
Not long afterward Emma pets Pepper, tells Gabe her daddy is in heaven
and that his dog needs a doctor. Gabe
knows it is time to put Pepper down, but emotionally can’t let go; as the
canine is his last link to Zack.
However, as the two sisters continue to invade his privacy, he soon
wants to give Christmas joy back to Emma and though not ready for a
relationship he begins falling in love with Lacey.
A Texas Holiday Miracle is a great Christmas romance starring a
wonderful lead triangle. With a nod to
the 1897 New York Sun editorial, “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus”,
readers will celebrate the Yuletide season with Linda Warren as love helps
people through the grief process after losing a loved one.
Harriet Klausner
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