Part of Cedar Cove, book 8.5
First published 2008
Mary Jo Wyse steps off the bus in Cedar Cove on Christmas Eve, heavy with child and desperate to find David Rhodes, her baby's father. He promised he would be here, but the town holds no trace of him. With no money and nowhere to go, Mary Jo faces the reality of spending Christmas alone and pregnant in a strange place. Grace Harding refuses to let that happen. She brings Mary Jo to her ranch, where holiday guests already fill the house. The only space left sits above the stable, which currently houses donkeys and camels for the town's Nativity pageant. That night, labor pains grip Mary Jo. Paramedic Mack McAfee rushes to help deliver her baby as her three brothers arrive in Cedar Cove. The townspeople gather to welcome baby Noel into the world. For Mack, this Christmas Eve birth becomes more than a medical call. It awakens something deeper in him, bringing faith, hope, and love into his life in ways he never expected.
Genres: family, romance, christmas, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: Cedar Cove
Period: Christmas Eve
288 pages · Hardcover · Mira Books