Friday Memes: The Gift by Nora Roberts

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Beginning:

So much can change in ten years. He was prepared for it.

Friday 56:

Quiet valley bustled with Christmas energy. From a jerry-rigged loudspeaker on top of the hardware store roof carols rang out.

This week I am spotlighting The Gift by Nora Roberts. This is the last book in my LibraryThing account that I added in 2008 and hadn't read. It is a collection of three Christmas themed novellas. Here's the description from Amazon:

Home for Christmas

After years spent abroad, reporter Jason Law returned home determined to win back the heart of the girl he left behind. It would take all his skills—and then some—to convince Faith Monroe that he was the man for her. But this time, nothing would stand in his way. All he needed was a little faith!

All I Want for Christmas

Identical twin boys Zeke and Zach wished for only one gift from Santa this year: a new mom! But convincing their love-wary dad that their music teacher, Miss Davis, was his destiny and part of Santa's plan wasn't as easy as they'd hoped….

Gabriel's Angel

All Gabriel Bradley wanted was solitude. But when a very pregnant—and very beautiful—woman ended up at his remote cabin during a blizzard, desperate, alone and on the run, the modern-day Scrooge couldn't turn her away. For Laura brought him the gifts of passion, hope and life—he needed only the courage to reach for it.