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A Winter Discovery

Lou Aronica

Publisher: Open Road Media

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Summary

A father and son find new meaning in Christmas, in this uplifting and poignant novella by the author of When You Went Away. The New York Times–bestselling author revisits the characters in When You Went Away in this heartwarming holiday novella. Gerry Rubato has been marked by loss and revived by love, and his son Reese, now six, is a happy, joyful child—but Reese is just beginning to understand that he was robbed of the chance of ever knowing his late mother. Reese is old enough now to get caught up in the excitement of the Christmas season, and he throws himself into it with abandon. His sense of celebration takes on entirely new levels of meaning, though, when it leads him to an unexpected and most remarkable discovery . . . At once buoyant and moving, and filled with irrepressible Christmas spirit, A Winter Discovery is a story that will take you to new places in your heart.Praise for the Hearts of Men novels “Deeply emotional, totally romantic.” —Susan Elizabeth Phillips, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Simply the Best and Kiss an Angel “Wry, tender, beautifully written.” —Lisa Kleypas, New York Times–bestselling author of the Wallflower novels
Available since: 08/20/2024.
Print length: 100 pages.

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