“The Christmas Heirloom” ~ Book Review

Dec 17, 2018 by Rachel

Merry Christmas, readers and welcome back to Rachel’s Back Talk! I’m so glad you could join me again. Today I am reviewing Four Holiday Novellas, A Christmas Heirloom, by four incredible authors: Kristi Ann Hunter, Karen Witemeyer, Sarah Loudin Thomas, and Becky Wade!

As is my custom, if I could ask these authors one question about The Christmas Heirloom, it would be — “What inspired the story of the brooch?” And if you want to know why I asked that question, I guess you’ll just have to read the book to find out!

And without further ado, onto Rachel’s Back Talk!

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From the Back Cover:

In Kristi Ann Hunter’s “Legacy of Love,” Sarah Gooding never suspected returning a brooch to an elderly woman would lead to a job . . . and introduce her to the woman’s grandson, a man far above her station.

In Karen Witemeyer’s “Gift of the Heart,” widow Ruth Albright uses the family brooch as collateral for a loan from the local banker. But the more she comes to know the man behind the stern businessman, the more she hopes for a second chance at love.

In Sarah Loudin Thomas’s “A Shot at Love,” Fleeta Brady’s rough-and-tumble childhood means she prefers hunting to more feminine activities. She never expected her family’s brooch might be how a fellow hunter turns her attention from competition to romance.

In Becky Wade’s “Because of You,” Maddie Winslow has spent years in love with a man whose heart was already spoken for. When a church Christmas project brings them together and she stumbles upon an old family brooch, might it finally be her turn for love?

Rachel’s Back Talk:

5 – award winning covers

Get in the Christmas spirit by reading this fabulous novella collection! This might have been one of my favorites because I loved how there was a common object that was included in each book and how it continued along through the same family though years apart. I loved the short, sweet, heart-felt stories that each of the authors wrote about.

Sarah Gooding in Kristi’s Legacy of Love was one of my favorite heroines. I’m also partial to historical stories 🙂 I loved Sarah’s heartfelt care and concern for her caretaker. It embodied so much of what Christmas should truely be about. But Sarah’s caretaker also has a grandson who she is quite determined to match them up! It was just so short and sweet and basically such a wonderful Christmas story.

And Sarah is where the whole family brooch tradition started and thus continued through each book. I loved the “ahh” moments as I read through the other books when the puzzle piece began to click!

I received a free copy from the author. No review, positive or otherwise, was required — all opinions are my own.