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The Substitute Bride
2015
First Published
4.37
Average Rating
92
Number of Pages

A Christmas Carol meets It’s A Wonderful Life A letter for Sonja’s deceased friend arrives at the post office in Michigan, and with it a proposal. With her father threatening to kick her out of his home, Sonja impulsively responds, offering to travel west to be a substitute bride. At the same time, Louis’s railroad promotion sends him back to Michigan, the one place on earth he’d hoped to never return—where Christmas past was full of pain. A mysterious stranger leaves him marked copies of “A Christmas Carol” as he considers romancing Sonja in Christmas present. Will Louis discern the best choices for Christmas future? Does it include the Poor House, again? Even so—will God bring healing and love to him this year?

Avg Rating
4.37
Number of Ratings
131
5 STARS
62%
4 STARS
21%
3 STARS
12%
2 STARS
4%
1 STARS
2%
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Author

Carrie Fancett Pagels
Carrie Fancett Pagels
Author · 16 books

Carrie Fancett Pagels is a multi-award-winning, bestselling, multi-published author of Christian fiction. She resides with her family in the Historic Triangle of Virginia, but hails from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan—where she loves to visit often. You can follow Carrie on BookBub at bit.ly/35wBSk3

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