A Wreath of Snow: A Victorian Christmas Novella

by Liz Curtis Higgs

 “A wonderful story of redemption and restoration that will warm your heart during the Christmas season—or any time of year!”
—Francine Rivers, best-selling author of Redeeming Love

Wrapped in a cloud of steam, the engine rolled to a stop, the screech of metal against metal filling the frosty air. Snow blew across the railway platform and around Meg’s calfskin walking boots. The weather definitely was not improving.

She ordered tea with milk and sugar, eying the currant buns and sweet mincemeat tarts displayed beneath a bell jar.
Later, perhaps, when her appetite returned. At the moment her stomach was twisted into a knot.

“Anything else for you?” the cashier asked as she handed over the tea, steaming and fragrant.

Meg was surprised to find her fingers trembling when she lifted the cup. “All I want is a safe journey home.”

“On a day like this?” the round-faced woman exclaimed. “None but the Almighty can promise you that, lass.”
 

“A Wreath of Snow glows with warmth, charm, and grace. A wonderful read.”
—BJ HOFF, author of The Riverhaven Years series

Christmas Eve 1894
 
All Margaret Campbell wants for Christmas is a safe journey home. When her plans for a festive holiday with her family in Stirling crumble beneath the weight of her brother’s bitterness, the young schoolteacher wants nothing more than to return to the students she loves and the town house she calls home.
 
Then an unexpected detour places her in the path of Gordon Shaw, a handsome newspaperman from Glasgow, who struggles under a burden of remorse and shame.
 
When the secret of their shared history is revealed, will it leave them tangled in a knot of regret? Or might their past hold the threads that will bind their future together?
 
As warm as a woolen scarf on a cold winter’s eve, A Wreath of Snow is a tender story of love and forgiveness, wrapped in a celebration of all things Scottish, all things Victorian, and, especially, all things Christmas.

• ISBN10: 1410449947
• ISBN13: 9781410449948
• Publish Date: 5 October 2012 (first published 1 January 2012)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 4 August 2016
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Thorndike Press
• Edition: Large type / large print edition
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 292
• Language: English

Reviews

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Originally posted on www.CreativeMadnessMama.com

*This post has been updated with my new format,
thanks to the Ultimate Book Blogger Plugin, on August 27, 2015.*
Story Locale: Stirling, Scotland in 1894

Recommended to Margaret by: Liz Curtis Higgs

Read from October 08 to 12, 2012

This is a Christmas novella, or short novel from one of my absolute favorite authors Liz Curtis Higgs and if you've followed my reviews for any bit of time, you've probably seen me say before that Liz was my doorway into Christian Historical Fiction and I've never looked back. After reading this story, I only have one complaint, and that is that it's too short, but it's a novella and suppose to be short. It's just I'm so used to the long sagas of Christian Historical Fiction and Romance that Liz is so wonderful at, but whether she is a new to you author or one you love this is a great Christmas read. Maybe read it while you're traveling to see family, or in the quiet evening stillness. Everyone can benefit from reading a story about romance and forgiveness.

*Thanks to Liz for sending me a copy for review.*
 

 

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