A recently divorced woman and her daughter look for a fresh start by moving to a small town that embraces them in ways that only fate and the magic of Christmas can explain. Sydney Ragsdale is divorced, but her husband is still calling the shots. In an attempt to shake free from his hold, she and her daughter, Ray Anne, head for tiny Hopewell, NC to the only asset her ex has no control over – a decaying farmhouse that once belonged to her grandparents. She finds solace at The Book Bea, the bookstore she’d loved as a child during her summer stays. Kevin MacAlea, Mac to his friends, is the local high school history teacher and baseball coach. Father of a twelve-year-old son, he’s Hopewell, North Carolina’s most sought after bachelor. His young bride abandoned him and his son just before Christmas and has never come back. It has left his son bitter about Christmas which is hard for Mac who loves the magic of the season. He’s been the Santa here in Hopewell since the year Seth was born. But when a catastrophe forces The Book Bea to close before the end of the year, everyone in the small town is feeling the loss. While Sydney is already off-balance by the bad news, her ex-husband breaks a promise to their daughter that sends Ray Anne running away. As Sydney tries to figure out what her next steps are she discovers all of the answers are right here in Hopewell.
Author
USA TODAY Bestselling author, Nancy Naigle, writes small town love stories and women’s fiction with eight of those novels also adapted for television on Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and FOX Nation. Her award winning ECPA Bestseller The Shell Collector was also the first FOX Original Movie and is now streaming on FOX Nation. With a career spent on the cutting edge of technology in the banking industry, in 2014 following the loss of her husband she took an early retirement to write. Now she works full-time writing stories that are a calming blend of community, family, and the simple things in life. She writes the kind of stories that provide an escape from the hectic day-to-day in the make believe worlds she creates. THE WEDDING RANCH COMING 2023: AND THEN THERE WAS YOU ANTLER CREEK NOVELS: Christmas Angels What Remains True BEACH BOOKS: Sand Dollar Cove THE SHELL COLLECTOR now a movie streaming on FOX Nation Christmas Books by Nancy: Christmas Joy Hope at Christmas Christmas in Evergreen The Christmas Shop Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa Christmas Angels Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy A Heartfelt Christmas Promise MISSION: Merry Christmas COMING: Christmas in Chestnut Ridge COMING: Jingle Sails Look for Nancy's titles in the Adams Grove series. Sweet Tea and Secrets Out of Focus Wedding Cake and Big Mistakes Pecan Pie and Deadly Lies Mint Juleps and Justice Barbecue and Bad News ~coming soon Porch Swings and Promises Boot Creek Novels Life After Perfect Every Yesterday Until Tomorrow Aside from writing she enjoys hunting for treasures in antique shoppes, and getting crafty no matter what the medium from painting and digitizing embroidery designs, to weaving pine needle baskets. A Virginia native, and spending most of her life in the Tidewater area, she now calls the Blue Ridge Mountains home. Nancy also has co-written books with: Phyllis C. Johnson ~ inkBLOT Kelsey Browning ~ The Granny Series Book 1- In For A Penny Book 2 - Collard Greens and Catfishing Book 3 - Deviled Eggs and Deception Book 4 - Fried Pickles and a Funeral Book 5 - Wedding Mints and Witnesses
- 2 novellas including Christmas Cookies & a Confession
