Christmas at Star Inn

In classic romance style, these great authors give readers a real holiday treat with three novellas set at the beautiful Star Inn, an iconic B&B tucked at the base of Mount Hood in Oregon. "Do You Hear What I Hear?"Can a tree-hugging activist and lumbermill owner find love? Two bad things happened to Sally Cartwright that week. Three if she counted the pink slip received at the Home and Family magazine's annual Christmas party. But nothing was worse than plowing into a snowbank and being stuck in a town she swore never to see again. A town she once called home. Now she must spend the long cold night in the car or follow the bright shining star through the woods to the old Star Inn. She chooses the inn and that's where her troubles really begin... Lumbermill owner, Rick Rennick is in no mood for Christmas cheer. Having recently buried his father, he's still trying to sort out the financial mess left behind. Unless Rick comes up with a miracle, the mill run by the family for generations is about to shut down for good. That would put a lot of men out of work and impact the future of the town. If things aren't bad enough he's now stuck at the old Star Inn waiting for the road back to his cabin to reopen. His luck takes another turn for the worse when he suddenly comes face to face with the past he'd sooner forget. For unless he's seeing things the only woman he's ever loved is standing in front of the inn's blazing fire trying to get warm. How is it possible that one chance meeting could stir up so many old memories? Both Rick and Sally regret what happened between them, but his family lumberyard clashes with her tree-hugging ways and neither are willing to try again. It will take the storm of the century, one stage-struck young boy, a certain meddling "angel" - and even a cranky cat - to convince them that in matters of the heart, the second time around is sometimes best. "Silent Night, Star-lit Night" by Ruth Logan Herne Jed Taylor knows how to cowboy up on horseback and in their busy farm & feed store, but when he heard Mia O'Loughlin was planning a trip north the week before Christmas, pregnant and alone, he can't let her make the long trek alone. More Grinch than grace, he flies to the coast, determined to help. It wasn't supposed to be like this... E.R. nurse and Red Cross emergency responder Mia O'Loughlin was strong, but losing her deployed husband the week before she realized they were expecting their first child knocked her off-kilter. With Christmas and her due date approaching, all she can see is getting back home to Kittitas County for the birth of her child... their child... and seeing her failing Grandpa Joe one last time. Determined to do it on her own, she reluctantly allows Jed to accompany her, mostly because the gruff cowboy showed up and won't take no for an answer.But when a blizzard grinds their progress to a stop in Northern Oregon, the light from an old inn beckons them into the sweet town of Heywood where old truths open the way to new beginnings for both of them.And in "Room at the Inn for Christmas" by multi-published, award-winning author Mary Connealy: Welcome to Heywood, Oregon where a lonely woman comes home to find healing, hope and love under the bright light of the town's old Star Inn this Christmas season.Amanda Star is a high-powered executive in the multi-national Halston hotel chain... then she inherits the Star Inn, her childhood home, from her father. With no time to be away from her job, she impatiently rushes home to list the beautiful old bed and breakfast for sale. Now that she's here she's swamped with sweet memories and keen regret.As Amanda struggles against the lure of home, she also is reunited with an old classmate: Anthony Carter, a handyman with a guarded heart. Can he help Amanda realize the Star Inn is worth saving... and can he do it in time for Christmas?


Genre: Romance