A Victorian Christmas Cottage: Under His Wings/Christmas Past/A Christmas Hope (Fairchild Sisters #1)/The Beauty of the Season (HeartQuest Christmas Anthology)

A beautiful patchwork of four novellas about love and joy at Christmastime by best selling author Catherine Palmer. These four novellas were previously published in four anthologies— A Victorian Christmas Quilt, A Victorian Christmas Tea, A Victorian Christmas Cottage , and A Victorian Christmas Keepsake. Return to a time when life was uncomplicated, faith was sincere ... and love was a gift to be cherished forever. Includes author’s favorite holiday recipes. Quilts and Christmas themes run through this collection of four romantic novellas. In Palmer's "Lone Star," Texan Star Ellis reluctantly travels to England to wed a nobleman. On the voyage over, she meets her intended husband's black sheep brother and ends up falling in love. Debra White Smith's "The Wedding Ring" sends Rose Brandon to Denver to return a wedding-ring quilt to her recently deceased grandmother's early love. Although the man is unforgiving, she does meet his doctor son. In Ginny Aiken's "Log Cabin Patch," Melissa Barnhart and her surly brother Craig relocate to a logging town where she has a job as a cook. Her rocky meeting with mill owner Cal Stevenson ends happily. "Crosses and Losses" is Peggy Stoks's contribution. Joyce and Samuel Colburn's marriage, strained since the death of their daughter, is healed by the Christmas season. Although these light romantic tales are fairly pedestrian, undemanding readers should find much to enjoy here. A Victorian Christmas Quilt will take you there ... to Christmas in England, where a spunky Texas gal faces an arranged marriage, with only her Lone Star quilt to remind her of her faraway home ... to the mountains of Colorado, where an heirloom Wedding Ring quilt paves the way for the mending of an old rift with a new love ... to a rustic cabin in Washington State, where a Log Cabin Patch quilt symbolizes the new hope awaiting a lonely young woman ... to snowy St. Paul, Minnesota, where a cherished Crosses and Losses quilt opens the door of healing and love for a grieving young couple Catherine Palmer, Dianna Crawford, Peggy Stoks, and Katherine Chute

A Victorian Christmas Tea is a sure romance hit. Each of the four novellas in this charming anthology is set in a different region of nineteenth-century America, and each involves a delightful Christmas tea. Wholesome, uplifting romance is coupled with strong biblical values and--as a special bonus--authentic recipes are included at the end of each inspiring story! A "must buy" for fans of Christmas by the Hearth, readers of quality Christian romance, and the recipe collector in every family.

$lt;B>Catherine Palmer, Jeri Odell, Debra White Smith, and Peggy Stoks $lt;p>Catherine Palmer's story, "Under His Wings," won the 1999 Northern Lights Best Novella contest (historical category)$lt;/B> $lt;P>Another entry in the popular Victorian Christmas anthology collection, this book is sure to please! Curl up next to the fire in your own "Christmas cottage" with this faith-filled collection of original love stories by beloved romance authors. Favorite holiday recipes from the authors are included with each story. Catherine Palmer, Jeri Odell, Debra White Smith, and Peggy Stoks

Catherine Palmer's story, "Under His Wings," won the 1999 Northern Lights Best Novella contest (historical category)

Another entry in the popular Victorian Christmas anthology collection, this book is sure to please! Curl up next to the fire in your own "Christmas cottage" with this faith-filled collection of original love stories by beloved romance authors. Favorite holiday recipes from the authors are included with each story.

HeartQuest brings together three original novellas that will stir readers to treasure their own keepsakes of life, love, and romance. These Victorian-era stories will touch hearts with the beauty of new love at Christmastime.

Story list:

• Behold the Lamb by Catherine Palmer
• Far Above Rubies by Kristin Billerbeck
• Memory to Keep by Ginny Aiken

Catherine Palmer, Peggy Stoks, Debra White Smith, and Ginny Aiken

A romance anthology that features four Victorian-era novellas, each involving a particular quilt pattern.

Under his wings / Catherine Palmer Christmas past / Debra White Smith A Christmas hope / Jeri Odell The beauty of the season / Peggy Stoks. Howdy, mister. Star Ellis snipped off a length of cotton thread and laid her diminutive swan-neck scissors atop the piecework on her lap. Lone star / Catherine Palmer The wedding ring / Debra White Smith Log cabin patch / Ginny Aiken Crosses and losses / Peggy Stokes. A romance anthology that features four Victorian-era novellas, each set at an elaborate tea party during the Christmas season Behold the lamb / Catherine Palmer -- Far above rubies / Kristin Billerbeck -- Memory to keep / Ginny Aiken Angel in the attic A daddy for Christmas Tea for Marie Going home.