The Christmas Gift

the long version

He was the kind of man any woman would love to find under her tree... Jack Howell had been an outsider all his life in a world full of families, but when he returned to Kentucky to reclaim his past, he never expected to find a woman whose loneliness and yearning echoed his own. Chloe McNeil had buried a husband, but her desire for love and a baby still burned deep inside. When fate placed an abandoned infant in Jack's care, he turned to Chloe for help, but would cherishing this child be the healing magic they needed? In a novel that celebrates the season of second chances and new beginnings, Laura Taylor brings two wounded spirits together in a heart-wrenchingly beautiful tale. With her in his arms, he dared to voice the dream that had kept his soul alive for years, but would she have the courage to share his destiny when a miracle gave them new hope?