Christmas Books in 2023

Last year, I blogged about the Christmas books I've published so far. See this blog, but I've released four more in 2023, and I thought I'd mention them here for all of those readers who like to read Christmas books over the holidays. I must admit that I'm one of them.

The first one I published isn't a Christmas book per se, but Christmas does play an important part in it.  In Simon's Shame, Simon Carlson couldn’t learn to read and therefore failed at school. Thanks to his bitter father, most people see him as a simpleton or worse. When a new schoolteacher comes to Flagstaff, she treats him as a normal person, even after she finds out that he can’t read or write. She seems to understand him better than anyone, and Christmas begins to change Simon on the inside. Might his future turn out brighter than he thought?

Link to Simon's Shame

Upside-Down Cakes by Dana, part of the Old-Timey Holiday Kitchen series is a Christmas book. When Dana Field’s father dies, leaving her all alone, she talks the new farmer and his mother into letting her work on their farm. He needed the help, she needed to stay busy, and her cake baking didn’t fill enough of her time. However, many of the townspeople didn’t think it was a proper task for an unmarried woman. Then a string of vandalism starts and escalates until she feels they’re in danger. Was it directed against the Polish family she worked for or her, and could it be one of the men who suddenly wants to court her? As the holiday season approaches, things come to a head.  Will it be a merry Christmas or one she will always regret?

Link to Upside-Down Cakes by Dana

Lily is a new book in the Christmas Quilt Brides series. I love quilts and used to be an avid quilter, so this book was a work of love on my part. Lily Brandt was glad when her father decided to move the family from Duluth to a farm in Iowa. She didn’t want to keep encountering her former fiancé and his new wife. But would Iowa turn out to be any better with her sister’s flirting and the handsome new neighbor’s quiet ways? She hadn’t gotten over Calem’s rejection yet, so she wasn’t ready for a new relationship. In addition, she had her grandmother’s quilt to remind her of her time in Minnesota and to be cautious. But sacrificing that precious quilt on her part and a special Christmas gift from Calem shows her where she can find true happiness at last.

Link to Lily

Another book in the Old-Timey Holiday Kitchen series is Fruitcake by Fran. Francisco Quinn learned to bake fruitcakes from her deceased mother who had worked for the Collin Street Bakery. Fran changed the recipe to suit her tastes and sold them, especially during the holidays. When she meets Trent Jones, she tries not to pay him any attention because most Texans don't like her Mexican heritage on her mother's side. But as he remains persistent, she begins to wonder if he might be different. However, will his high-society parents accept her? An unusual Christmas will answer that question in a wonderful, heart-warming way.

Link to Fruitcake by Fran

So, what do you think? I've written four new Christmas novels with four very different stories. I hope you'll want to enjoy them all.

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