Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a Sheila Roberts story. Susan Wiggs on A Little Christmas Spirit
Inspired by Jane Austens Emma, this joyful Christmas romp tells the story of a meddling widow who cant stop trying to help everyone around her find their happily-ever-afterseven when all her help leads to disaster.
Fifty-year-old widow Frankie Lane knows whats best for just about everyone but herself. Her divorced younger sister, Stef, who is too young to give up on love; her shy employee, Elinor; and her daughter, Natalie, who works in Frankies shop, Holiday Happiness, and really needs to start her own business selling the delectable chocolates she makes at home; even her best friend, Viola, who is trying to renovate her old Victorian. Frankie knows she could help all of them, if theyd just let herand if all of her help didnt end in utter disaster.
Then theres Mitch Howard, the owner of the local hardware store. Theyve been friends ever since she opened her store, nine years earlier. He got her through the nightmare when she lost her husband in a freak accident four years earlier, and hes her favorite shoulder to cry on. Hes been divorced for years, and its such a waste of man! Mitch is the fittest fifty-eight-year-old Jackie knows. Hes easygoing, wise and kindhearted. Mitch needs someone. And shes determined to help him find that someonewhether he likes it or not.
Genre: Romance
Inspired by Jane Austens Emma, this joyful Christmas romp tells the story of a meddling widow who cant stop trying to help everyone around her find their happily-ever-afterseven when all her help leads to disaster.
Fifty-year-old widow Frankie Lane knows whats best for just about everyone but herself. Her divorced younger sister, Stef, who is too young to give up on love; her shy employee, Elinor; and her daughter, Natalie, who works in Frankies shop, Holiday Happiness, and really needs to start her own business selling the delectable chocolates she makes at home; even her best friend, Viola, who is trying to renovate her old Victorian. Frankie knows she could help all of them, if theyd just let herand if all of her help didnt end in utter disaster.
Then theres Mitch Howard, the owner of the local hardware store. Theyve been friends ever since she opened her store, nine years earlier. He got her through the nightmare when she lost her husband in a freak accident four years earlier, and hes her favorite shoulder to cry on. Hes been divorced for years, and its such a waste of man! Mitch is the fittest fifty-eight-year-old Jackie knows. Hes easygoing, wise and kindhearted. Mitch needs someone. And shes determined to help him find that someonewhether he likes it or not.
Genre: Romance
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