The Christmas Secret: A Novel (Christmas Hope Series, 5) - Hardcover

VanLiere, Donna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312558368 ISBN 13: 9780312558369

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2009

Synopsis

When a struggling young single mother saves the life of an elderly woman, she sets into motion a series of events that will test her strength, loyalty, and determination, all the while setting her on the path to finding true love. Christine Eisley is the mother of seven-year-old Zach and five-year-old Haley. Her ex-husband provides little, if any, child support and makes life difficult for Christine by using the children as pawns. She works long hours as a waitress to make ends meet, but her job is in jeopardy because she's often late to work due to the unreliable teenaged sitters she's forced to use. When Christine saves the life of a woman who works in Wilson's department store, the owner of Wilson's wants to find her, to thank her, but Christine has disappeared, losing another job once again. He sets his grandson, Jason, to the task of finding the mysterious "Christy." Jason, an accountant by trade who has lost his job to downsizing, thinks he is "above" working at Wilson's. Soon, he discovers that this new task gives him more than he bargains for. The Christmas Secret is a novel for anyone who wants to see how love is a gift that keeps giving back; that hope is a treasure that never runs dry, and that faith is a miracle that is reborn with each new day.
The Christmas Secret is now a Hallmark Movies & Mysteries original film. Watch it this holiday season!

About this title

About the Author:

Donna VanLiere is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author. Her much-loved Christmas Hope series includes The Christmas Shoes and The Christmas Blessing, both of which were adapted into movies for CBS Television; The Christmas Journey; and The Christmas Hope, which was adapted into a film by Lifetime. She is also the author of The Angels of Morgan Hill and Finding Grace. VanLiere is the recipient of a Retailer's Choice Award for Fiction, a Dove Award, a Silver Angel Award, an Audie Award for best inspirational fiction, and a nominee for a Gold Medallion Book of the Year. She is a gifted speaker who speaks regularly at conferences. She lives in Franklin, Tennessee, with her husband and their children.

From AudioFile:

THE CHRISTMAS SECRET is as light a confection as the pastry sold at Betty's Bakery, the scene for much of the story. Christine is a single mother who is trying to keep it together at a time when events seem to conspire against her. Just when everything looks darkest, a simple act of kindness creates a shower of good deeds that spread Christmas in surprising ways. Donna VanLiere is more qualified than most authors to narrate her own book--by virtue of her background in theater and radio--and she doesn't disappoint here. VanLiere gives just enough distinction to the various characters to communicate the shifts from the first-person point of view of Christine's story to the varying points of view of the subplots and their colorful characters. VanLiere's British accent even gets an outing through an expat Brit who frequents Betty's Bakery. This lovely Christmas story, like a well-made pastry, is good at any time of year. E.E.M. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0312558368
• ISBN 13: 9780312558369
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304