Holly In His Heart
(2024)(A book in the Christmas Stocking Sweethearts series)
A novel by Jo-Ann Roberts
Stranded! Three days before Christmas
It was the last thing he wanted.
It was the last thing she wanted.
What is a boy to do when he is trying to play matchmaker for his father? Seven-year-old Danny Stone is working hard to help his lonely widower father find love again. When a pretty, new teacher moves to Angel Falls, Danny believes she is the perfect choice. But so far, his matchmaking attempts have not been successful until a snowstorm hits and strands Miss Holly at their farm.
Fleeing an ill-fated relationship, Holly Ross accepts an interim teaching position in Angel Falls, Kansas. Her week, she is knocked down by a stranger. His rude behavior raises her annoyance when he insists he saved her life!...not that she believed she needed saving. When she discovers Jesse Stone is the father of one of her students, she vows to give the man a wide berth. But when Danny Stone leaves behind a scarf belonging to his late mother, she makes a decision that will alter her Christmas plans…and her life.
Since his wife’s passing, Jesse Stone has no interest nor the time for romance. With a herd, a ranch, and a seven-year-old son to raise, the last thing he needs is ungrateful criticism from a woman he saved from being hit by a wagon. His irritation grows when he discovers Holly Ross is the new teacher his son keeps praising…and the feeling is mutual. So, she is the last person he expects to see at his door at the start of a blizzard.
As the hours pass, Holly decides to create some Christmas memories for Danny. When he gives her a handmade gift he created, she despairs that she has nothing to give him in return. Until she remembers the Christmas stocking she received from her beloved music teacher, Miss Melody Nightingale. Instructed to keep the stocking or give it away to someone with the hope the recipient will continue to spread joy to others, she gives it to Danny.
Will a dose of Mother Nature’s magic, along with a bit of divine intervention make a little boy’s Christmas wish come true?
Genre: Historical
It was the last thing he wanted.
It was the last thing she wanted.
What is a boy to do when he is trying to play matchmaker for his father? Seven-year-old Danny Stone is working hard to help his lonely widower father find love again. When a pretty, new teacher moves to Angel Falls, Danny believes she is the perfect choice. But so far, his matchmaking attempts have not been successful until a snowstorm hits and strands Miss Holly at their farm.
Fleeing an ill-fated relationship, Holly Ross accepts an interim teaching position in Angel Falls, Kansas. Her week, she is knocked down by a stranger. His rude behavior raises her annoyance when he insists he saved her life!...not that she believed she needed saving. When she discovers Jesse Stone is the father of one of her students, she vows to give the man a wide berth. But when Danny Stone leaves behind a scarf belonging to his late mother, she makes a decision that will alter her Christmas plans…and her life.
Since his wife’s passing, Jesse Stone has no interest nor the time for romance. With a herd, a ranch, and a seven-year-old son to raise, the last thing he needs is ungrateful criticism from a woman he saved from being hit by a wagon. His irritation grows when he discovers Holly Ross is the new teacher his son keeps praising…and the feeling is mutual. So, she is the last person he expects to see at his door at the start of a blizzard.
As the hours pass, Holly decides to create some Christmas memories for Danny. When he gives her a handmade gift he created, she despairs that she has nothing to give him in return. Until she remembers the Christmas stocking she received from her beloved music teacher, Miss Melody Nightingale. Instructed to keep the stocking or give it away to someone with the hope the recipient will continue to spread joy to others, she gives it to Danny.
Will a dose of Mother Nature’s magic, along with a bit of divine intervention make a little boy’s Christmas wish come true?
Genre: Historical