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Carl Brenner, a solitary shopkeeper in Missouri, rescues Grace Mallory—a widowed mother of two—from a frigid farmhouse on Christmas Eve. Their charitable meeting reopens Carl’s lonely world with warmth, laughter, and song, while Grace re‑embraces faith and hope. As they share cottage life, the chasm between them narrows, revealing that divine grace can kind in love’s hearth and open pathways to a future where both find healing, purpose, and renewed devotion to God.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Christian Fiction/Christian Romance
Authors: Lynn Bulock
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