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Award-winning author Melody Carlson is well-known for her delightful Christmas tales. Join her again as she pens another Christmas story that will warm your heart and have you dreaming of your own enchanted seaside holiday.
When Wendy Harper inherits her family’s shabby but charming beachside cottage in Seaside, Maine, she sees it as a way to finally pay off the debts that have mounted since her husband died. But before it can be sold, the neglected property must be renovated. She and her twelve-year-old son Jackson move in temporarily to do the work themselves. Although Wendy and Jackson have very different hopes for the cottage, the charming town, along with local craftsman Caleb Colton, pulls on their hearts.
Wendy knows that the most responsible thing to do is to sell the cottage and return to Ohio, but the lure of the sea is hard to resist. Can this Christmas season bring her the miracle she needs and provide her with the joy and love she never expected?
What is ONE thing you’ve learned the hard way so that others don’t have to?
The hardest (and best) thing I’ve ever learned in life is that you cannot put God in a box. There was a time when I honestly believed that if I did A, B, and C . . . God would do X, Y, and Z. I thought that as long as I ‘performed’ well enough spiritually, the results would always be great. But over the years, I’ve been humbled again and again . . . and reminded that God works in a multitude of unexpected and delightful ways and that his ideas of perfection are far different than ours. I try to reflect this in my books in the hopes that readers will catch on more quickly than I did. God is the creator of the universe and cannot be contained in a box—or a human brain.
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I love your Christmas books. Looking forward to this one too. Thanks for the fun giveaway.
I so appreciate Melody Carlson’s books. I’ve read most and look forward especially to the Christmas books.
I really appreciate your books too Suzanne!
Sometimes quantity is better than quality. I love Melody’s Christmas stories.
Love her books…
Love her books and enjoy watching the characters develop!
Love Melody Carlson books, especially the teen ones!
How fun!!! I’d really love this!!!
Amy of the books of Carlson that I’ve read, I’ve really enjoyed. And I’m always interested in Christmas books.
Thank you!
Oh wow this looks do good and just in time for Christmas! Would so love the opportunity to win! Love your books
Would love to win!thx
It seems like everyone is talking Christmas books! I love discovering a few new ones each year. Thanks for the post.
The Christmas story sounds great. I’ve enjoyed other books by Melody Carlson. Hope to win it then share it with others.
I would love to win, I love Christian fiction & I can read Christmas books anytime of the year & watch Christmas movies all year long! Thanks for having this giveaway!
I really enjoy Christmas books.
I enjoy your post Suzanne.This book sounds like a great book.
I always love books about Christmas
I sooo want to read Melody’s new book!
That’s a good lesson to learn.
A Christmas by the Sea sounds like a heartwarming read, thank you.
A Christmas by the Sea sounds really interesting. Looking forward to reading this especially during the Christmas season.