🎄On a Midnight Clear a 3-in-1 Christmas Novella Collection and ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🎄The Shepherd’s Heart © 2025 by Peterson Ink, Inc.
Nebraska & Wyoming, 1875
A gently woven tale about moving on after loss, coping with grief, and learning to trust God in the process. This story was so sweet and beautiful. It had me balling by the end. 😭⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ P.S.: I really expected a recipe for carrot cookies! 🥕 Need to look that up!
Read 8/15&16
🎄No Room at the Inn © 2025 by Misty M. Beller
December 21, 1861, Nebraska Territory (future Wyoming) Hope Palmer & Noah Bently's winter romance is of a genteel nature, born of mutual attraction, respect, and faith. A simple story of life in pioneer times. ⭐⭐⭐
(I again expected a recipe for Chess Pie 🥧) Read 8/17
🎄 A Star in the West © 2025 by Karen Witemeyer
°Nerds in Love ~ How Divine°
December, 1890
Baylor University, Waco, Tx
Stella Barrington & Frank Stentz are the epitome of the word nerd and I absolutely loved their story. So few writers make space for these types of characters to have the leading roles. There were so many fantastic mathematical references. And the way they, particularly Frank, approached life and romance so logically, quantifying each choice and analyzing all the data, was quite amusing. Frank's subtle romantic ways are so charming. The faith and Christmas play added just the right layer. Then there was Mr. Goldstein and Mr. Muir, the "Oscar & Felix" of the story. Great fun!
Suddenly, the tale takes an unexpected turn, which I won't spoil, but had me choked up.
QUOTABLE: "God doesn’t make mistakes when it comes to handing out miracles.”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐½!
My favorite of the 3 Novellas! Read 8/18
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⭐⭐⭐⭐ Overall. I received an eVersion from the publisher and NetGalley without expectation or compensation. All opinions are mine alone.
BOOK SYNOPSIS:
Can they find a place to put their hearts and hope this Christmas?
Beloved authors Tracie Peterson, Misty M. Beller, and Karen Witemeyer come together with this festive novella collection inspired by the Nativity story and filled with faith, promise, and romance.
The Shepherd's Heart by Tracie Peterson
On the frontier, widowed sheep rancher Vincent Duran seeks a mother for his two children. Angel Lewis agrees to marry him despite believing Vincent will never truly love her. But, as they work together during a fierce winter storm, will their broken hearts finally find peace, joy, and love?
No Room at the Inn by Misty M. Beller
When Noah Bentwood and his charge are snowed in while traveling through the Rocky Mountains, he must stay in a barn since the stage inn has no vacant rooms. Then innkeeper Hope Palmer's family heirloom disappears, and she and Noah work together to find it before Christmas. While the snowfall holds them captive, will unexpected feelings bloom?
A Star in the West by Karen Witemeyer
Friendly correspondence with Stella Barrington evolves into something more when Harvard mathematics professor Frank Stentz arrives in Waco, Texas. As the two experiment with extending their relationship beyond letters, an impossible dilemma arises between love and logic. Will her wise man be able to calculate a way for them to be together?
Rediscover the joy of Christmas with these faith-based historical romances from bestselling authors featuring sweet Western frontier stories with themes of marriage of convenience, forced proximity, and friends-to-more.
Until next time, Hugs and a cup of Tea
Heather Elizabeth
