Eight-year-old Sophie Davenport has everything a little girl could want—a loving father, a grand old house, and a best doll friend named Nellie. But there’s one thing missing from her life. A mother. And this Christmas, she intends to ask Santa to bring her one.
When Annalise Owens arrives in St. Augustine, Florida, she has thirty days to transform a neglected Victorian mansion into a Christmas wonderland. It’s an impossible assignment, made even more complicated by her handsome, demanding employer, Decker Davenport, and his precocious daughter, Sophie. Annalise has spent years trying to recover from a heartbreaking loss. The last thing she needs is to fall for a man whose little girl awakens every maternal instinct she’s struggled to bury.
Decker has no intention of falling in love again. He’s devoted to his daughter and determined to give her a happy childhood. But as Christmas approaches, the spirited decorator begins working her magic on more than his house. And Sophie? She’s convinced that some things are simply meant to be.
A heartwarming Christmas romance about second chances, healing hearts, and finding love where you least expect it.
What readers are saying about Jackie’s books:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Ms. Weger’s writing style is honest and down-to-earth. Her characters are well developed, realistic, and draw you in quickly.” — Big Al’s Books and Pals Reviewer
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Hallmark Needs to Scoop this Up!” — Goodreads
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Jackie Weger is a gem. I found her writing very unique and comfortable and so annoyingly beautiful.” — Coffeeholic Bookworm
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “This book will give you all the feels. Just in time for the holidays. It will get you in the mood. Yet, it will make you nostalgic for how simple life was back in the day.” — Goodreads
Jackie Weger has been writing romance novels off and on for thirty years. For many a year, she traveled our good earth by foot, boat, bus, train, plane or pickup—but today she only gets as far as Walmart.