Christmas Novellas

Like a lot of my friends, we love Hallmark Christmas movies. I also love Christmas novellas too. They are shorter than your regular book which is so smart since time is limited in December and they usually make you feel good like those Hallmark movies do.  I read two this month.

Restoring Christmas by Cynthia Ruchti

I read that there are some Instagram accounts who take lovely pictures featuring the book they read.  So, here is my try at taking a photo with my book.  It was fun to try. Maybe you will see more in the future. 

I love Cynthia Ruchti books. This year her Christmas novella is about an interior designer who is trying to restore an old farmhouse for a television contest. Her client isn't excited about her restoration ideas and her videographer hurt his back and has been replaced by his son. Faith, romance, and restoration of more than just homes is 

the theme of this book.

 

A Wreath of Snow by Liz Curtis Higgs

Liz Curtis Higgs writes funny Bible studies and her fiction is usually more serious in tone. I am always amused by this. She has a love for Scottish Historical Victorian fiction and this Christmas novella is set in Stirling, Scotland. 

A young teacher has left her family on Christmas Eve day because of a disagreement with her brother and is planning on returning to her house in Edinburgh. However the train gets stopped by snow. She meets a man whom she invites back to her home in Stirling when it appears they have to walk back and stay in Stirling until the snow can be removed from the tracks. This man has a connection to the family that causes quite a stir of emotions and conflict because of an incident from the past. Faith, forgiveness, and restitution is the theme of this book.