Christmas on the vast American plains holds little appeal for four women struggling to find a warm place to belong.
Estelle is paralyzed by grief over a fallen soldier and balks at holiday preparationespecially those surrounding her nieces wedding. What can unlock her frozen heart?
Kathleen thinks she made a mistake accepting a teaching position away from home. How can she have a real Christmas without her family, the holiday parties, and sleigh rides?
Ivy abhors the Nebraska town she and family now call home and longs to flee back East, to the security of the familiar. Can she open a gift of new friendship?
Lucinda mourns the loss of her home to the great Chicago fireand her reputation to lies. Can she find the jusitice she desires? Or will she discover something of greater value this Christmas season?
The holidays arent going as planned for any of these four women. Can they each take a moment to discover the blessing of a Christmas romance?
The titles of the four short stories in this book are: One Wintry Night, by Pamela Griffin; The Christmas Necklace, by Maryn Langer; Colder than Ice, by Jill Stengl; and Take Me Home, by Tracey V. Bateman.