BOOK REVIEW: Christmas In The Country 

 

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by: Barbara Warren

Dancing Word Reviewer

 

Title: Christmas In The Country

Authors: Jeanie Smith Cash and Christine Lynxwiler

Publisher: Barbour

ISBN: 1-59789-341-2

Genre: Inspirational/Romance

 

“A Christmas Wish” by Jeanie Smith Cash

 

Abigail Forrester has one goal. She has to get home to Pierce City, Missouri, for Granny Forrester’s traditional Christmas Eve gathering. She didn’t plan on sharing the plane ride with Nick Creighton, her ex-fiancé. She also didn’t plan on the plan being grounded in Denver because of a snowstorm.

 

Abby refuses to give up her plans. Determined to make it to Granny’s she tries to rent a car, and Nick announces he’s going with her. Can she handle being cooped up in a car with Nick for twelve or thirteen hours? After all, he jilted her fourteen months ago and married another woman. Now he’s a widower with a young son, but once burned, twice shy, as the saying goes. Abby had learned the hard way not to trust Nick Creighton.

 

A Christmas Wish is a charming love story with a strong theme of forgiveness woven throughout.

 

“Home For The Holidays” by Christine Lynxwiler

 

Lauren Forrester seems to attract needy people, and she doesn’t know how to say no. Jeffery Warren, one of her very best friends, wants to fall in love and settle down, but every time he thinks he’s found the right one, something goes wrong. He’s dated practically every girl in Pierce City, Missouri, but nothing seems to click.

 

Then Lauren takes a job at a library in St. Louis. Jeff has another chance to work out things with Krista, who has broken up with her current boyfriend. Change is in the air.

But with Christmas coming up, will Lauren make the trip back to Pierce City and Granny Forrester’s traditional Christmas Eve gathering? And is it true that absence makes the heart grow fonder?

 

Christine Lynxwiler’s “Home For The Holidays” brings home the point that it really is better to give than to receive. God blesses a generous heart. It’s also true we don’t always know what we have until we are in danger of losing it. As usual, Chris Lynxwiler delivers a heartwarming love story.

 

Christmas In The Country brings together two talented writers. You’ll enjoy both stories.