Christmas in my heart

the long version

"The Caretaker In an 1875 winter, a Scandinavian farm family prepares for the arrival of a baby. When the baby wants to arrive too soon, eleven-year-old Selma must take a journey that transforms her life. Snow Angels of San Marcial Young Angelina wants to give her hard-working widowed mother a special Christmas gift. But will her unpredictable brothers cooperate? A recent widow, hires a carpenter to make her baby son a crib before Christmas. The carpenter is a widowed single dad. When a tragedy threatens his small Colorado business their mutual attraction cannot be denied. The Christmas Gift: In 1883, Miriam takes the train to Denver to deliver her orphaned baby nephew to her married sister. But the joy of his touch upon her cheek makes her heart tighten. How will she ever let him go? "The Christmas Gift brims with love and warmth...reminding us that miracles are indeed possible." Includes Excerpt from Journey to Sand Castle, @ 2013, contemporary western women's fiction"--Goodreads.com.