Ok, I don't know how to get these all aligned pretty like I like them, but these are three of the last I read to nearly round out my Christmas reading for 2025. (I'm finishing my for real last one now 😉) These are three of the eight books in the series I bought for my Paperwhite. I'll finish the fourth one in the next few days, then but the other four on hold for November.
The Wonder of Christmas
Actress Cheyenne West heads north to join her family for Christmas, with no idea that a storm will strand her in the small town of Misty Cove on the Oregon coast. But when she bumps—quite literally—into the handsome former Marine, Grady Darnell, and learns about a family in need, she realizes God sent her to Misty Cove for a bigger reason than meeting a handsome man. But with the way her pulse kicks up in Grady’s presence, maybe God has a dual purpose in mind. (picture and description at Amazon)
My True Love Gave Me
Christmas is the best time of year, but Cassidy Turner is too distracted to get in the spirit. Cassidy loves her life. She has a job in a vintage housewares store, a cute bungalow in Seattle’s Green Lake neighborhood, good friends, and a dog who adores her. But at age twenty-eight, being single is getting old. So, when an invitation to an exclusive Christmas party gives her an excuse to find a plus-one, her best friend convinces her to explore her options in the singles group at church. There are, after all, a couple of intriguing candidates. What could go wrong? One of Sean Garrett’s favorite things about his job as a delivery driver is getting to know the people on his route, but he doesn’t expect that to amount to anything significant. So, when the pretty woman at the vintage housewares store turns his head, he tells himself it’s no big deal. From the conversations he’s overheard between her and her friend, she has plenty of interested suitors already. She wouldn’t be interested in adding him to her dance card. Would she…? (picture and description at Amazon)
Deck the Halls
When a messy relationship falls apart, Luce Edwards is stuck sleeping on her aunt’s couch and away from her four-year-old daughter. According to her ex, Nicola is happy living with him and his new girlfriend. Luce wants her daughter back. With a low-paying thrift store job and no home, it seems impossible—until she’s invited to compete in a Christmas decorating show, Great Design’s Deck the Halls. The prize, a tiny cottage, is exactly what she needs. Bridge-building architect, Jordon, is mourning the loss of his parents. When he returns to his parent’s house after an evening with his sister’s family, he finds the front porch decorated for fall—with his mother’s décor he donated to the thrift store. However nice it looks, it doesn’t make grieving easier. (picture and description at Amazon)
I would say out of these three, I liked Deck the Halls best. It was actually first one I read. The other two (and Once Upon a Christmas Carol, which I read in between the other two) all seemed the same with different names and locations, but I could not tell you which one was which because they all had girl stranded in snow, cute guy rescues her & takes her to his family home, they all go to a dance/event, they fall in love .... This last one I'm reading now seems a little diffrerent, so I hope I'm not disappointed.
FINAL TALLY FOR 2025!!!
Let's remember I not only read all these fiction books, but I also read the Bible 1.5 times and read a Bible Handbook as well.
Total books: 51
Total pages: 16,559
Wonder if I can top that in 2026?
Looking forward to exciting adventures in my books this year!
Melissa
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