Countdown to Christmas: Week 4

You may have guessed a pattern here...this week I will be sharing four new reads for the week of Christmas. Happy holidays! 🎄

There are plenty of romance books around Christmastime, but this one in particular is set in war time which almost always makes the relationship(s) more meaningful. The Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb is set in Europe following two young people drawn into the throes of war. From the perspectives of Evie Elliot and Thomas Harding, these two share their lives through a series of letters over 4 years of Christmases. Their perspective roles change during this time and so does what they mean to one another.

In A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg a doctor who has gotten a startling diagnosis decides to leave the weather-torn city of Chicago to a climate that is better suited for those with ailments. Believing that this could be his last Christmas, he decides to relocate to Lost River which stands on the southernmost part of Alabama. He meets plenty of interesting characters, but none leaves an impression more than the little redbird named Jack. A pivotal, live-changing moment is witnessed by these people, one they will never forget, and it just might be something you will never forget either.

Written with humor and wit, Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak introduces the Birch family as they meet for Christmas for the first time in years. In their aging country estate, Olivia is forced into quarantine with her family after treating an epidemic abroad, so for the next week the entire family is forced to be closer than they ever have been before. Then an unexpected guest arrives, causing more chaos than even their own personal secrets and long-held tension could have created.

One Day in December by Josie Silver is a modern day romance that starts out on a cliché note, but is reported to be "joyous, heartwarming, and immensely moving..." (Amazon). In this book, Laurie sees Jack from a bus window and instantly pegs him out as "The One". Laurie believes in fate and eagerly searches the city for this mystery man until Sarah, her best friend, introduces him to her at a Christmas party as her own boyfriend. The story then recounts a 10-year tale between this love triangle, making it's final note of fate, in all it's twists and turns, ring true.