A Christmas Novella
Historical Christian Romance
Duxbury, Massachusetts 1825
Grandmother Hart gifts Tuppence with a very special handkerchief of handmade lace to be carried on Tuppence’s wedding day along with a promise God shall provide the man of her dreams. But how can that be, when the man of Tuppence’s dreams is marrying another, and Tuppence must assist her grandmother in baking a fruitcake for the couple’s wedding?
My Review:
published in 2019
Lisa Norato is an author I’ve wanted to play catch-up with for awhile and this novella reminds me of what an incredible storyteller she is. Her descriptive writing evokes images that bring the story to life in such a satisfying way! This one is short and sweet but intense! A friends to more trope with unrequited love thrown in for good measure. Oh, and let’s not forget the ‘kinda sorta’ love triangle. Ack! It’s a mild one as far as LTs go so…phew!
It’s also the kind of storytelling a reader likes to savour. Rich characterization bring even the secondary characters to life and I’m particularly fond of Tuppence’s grandmother and her solid faith and innate wisdom.
An exquisitely beautiful heartfelt Christmas love story.
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Sounds delightful! I like the specificity of the fruit cake in the book description;)
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I love fruit cake and I know that isn’t a popular opinion. I blame my Irish roots. 🙂 Good luck, Stephanie!
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Haha I remember being little and trying it. The fruit looked so exciting like little gummies, but I remember being pretty alarmed by the actual flavor
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Bwahahahaha!
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Sounds great. Thank you for sharing my Book Twin. leliamae54(at)aol(dot)com
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Christmas book twins are the best! 🙂 Good luck, Lucy!
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Another one that’s seemed to slip through the fingers of my TBR list. 😦 THE CHRISTMAS HANDKERCHIEF sounds like an amazing story and one I know I’d love to read.
Thank you for the amazing chance to win a copy!
Trying to send you some of the warm temperatures (60’s and low 70’s in the daytime) we’ve had for the last couple days. Seems like we see saw back in forth between brrr to turn on the fan weather.
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I read the first book in this series and missed the rest as far as I can tell. I really love her storytelling so I’ll have to get on that next year. I appreciate the warm temperature push…it’s working a bit…we’re heading into some freezing rain warnings so I need a bit more warm weather to thwart that please and thank you. Bwahahaha! Good luck, Kay!
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I’m borrowing this through KU! I love when you feature hidden gems like this, Kav 😊
Since my Christmas fiction reading has officially started, this is going on my TBR ❤
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Yay for KU Christmas reading. Enjoy your seasons readings, Trixi!
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Oh what a pretty cover. Thanks for sharing this. I love Christmas books all year long. This sounds wonderful.
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Isn’t it pretty? And interesting that it really doesn’t have a hint of Christmas in it except for the title. Good luck, Lori!
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This book sounds like a delightful read. Thanks for your review.
This author is new to me and I do like the storyline.
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Hooray for discovering new-to-me authors! Good luck, Marjorie!
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A lace handkerchief keepsake ~ sounds intriguing. Kathleen lanehillhouse(at)gmail(dot)com
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It’s a great little Christmas story. Good luck, Kathleen!
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