I enjoyed this Clean, family orientated Christmas short story>

FROM AMAZON : A wonderful short story of God's grace and restoration of a family. Really enjoyed it." Jennifer S

Margaret and Harold plan to spend Christmas in London with their twin daughters, Chloe and Sophie, but when Harold comes home ill from work one day, their plans are thrown into disarray.

Knowing how much his parents had been looking forward to their trip and to meeting their two small grandchildren for the first time, Harrison, their adult son, decides to make the day special by springing a few surprises on his parents, but a snowstorm in London threatens to spoil everything, including the surprise he has in store for Zoe, the beautiful young medical student he’s been dating.

Set in Australia, this short Christmas love story will be sure to warm your hearts during the festive season and all year round. ( )

This is one of those books that are tucked between books in a series. In this case, it fits into "The True Love Series" between books two and three. All of these are Christian romances. Even though this is an in-between book, it was written so that it could stand alone, although I certainly think it would be more meaningful if read with the series. I have not read any of the other books in the series, felt that it was a good read, but would have loved knowing more the context than I did. In any case, this is such a short story you can read it in a couple of hours.

The focus is on Margaret and Harold, parents of twin sisters who are grown, married and have children. Their single son Harrison lives nearby. Past Christmas's have been stressful because of tension in the family. This year there is the potential for more problems because Harold is too ill to travel, as they had planned, to visit their twin daughters and new grandchildren whom they haven't seen yet.

A solution is needed and Harrison is the man to help coordinate it. There is a pleasant ending to this story, but not enough development to really get to know any of the main characters well. My guess is that it is accomplished in the series books. So the intention of this book is a pleasant side track to get to know known characters just a little bit better. If it's read like this, then it's a pleasant sidebar and nice read for getting into the Christmas spirit. ( )

This short story can be read either as a stand alone or as part of The True Love Series. The plot is fairly predictable, but the characters are very well done and drew me into the story immediately. There are also numerous instances where life has thrown different characters different curves which provides a way to see different ways of responding to unexpected events or events that turn out differently than you wanted. ( )