Emily S Christmas Gift

-a Henderson’s Ranch Big Sky story- Major Emily Beale (retired—mostly) keeps her hand in the Black Ops world remotely from the family horse ranch on Montana’s Front Range. Her husband, Major Mark Henderson (fully retired), has settled comfortably into his new role as father and ranch operator. Years ago, she helped rescue a young girl. But when Emily’s childhood friend, the former President of the United States, comes to visit, he raises doubts about the girl’s safety. No longer so sure of herself, Emily must reach deep into the White House’s secret library to find the answers. Little does she know the true location of Emily’s Christmas Gift. Don’t miss the companion story: Dilya’s Christmas Challenge, a White House Protection Force story.

In the sometimes hectic days before Christmas, Emily's family appreciates her gifts of caring, sharing, helping, smiling, and loving. Includes a note for parents on how to encourage good manners during the holiday season.

Forty-year-old bachelor veterinarian Jonathan Ryan is struck to his core the first time he hears the sound of Emily’s voice. It’s not only the sweet lilt of her voice that affects him, but also the fact that the boy she is tutoring at the time—his nephew—is laughing and relaxed, both rare occurrences. Jon is intrigued. English professor Emily Erickson is recovering from an automobile accident that has left her with physical limitations and has undermined her self-worth. She dedicates herself to nothing less than a full recovery while navigating her first real romance. Can this man of nature and this woman of words find love in Litton? Devoted followers of Lisa Smelter’s Love in Litton series will no doubt recognize familiar names and places as this romance covers the distance between the beloved Minnesota town and Redding, Iowa.

Abandoned by her family, Emily discovers the truth of the town slogan: We aren’t just a town. We’re a family. As her foster mother, friends, the townspeople and church family rally around her, Emily learns she is not stuck in the life she was born into. It is up to her to work towards the life she wants. Join Emily as she navigates life in Mountain Grove, making serious decisions about her relationship with Jonathan, helping Kelly Ann with her pregnancy, and fulfilling the dream of meeting her sister.

A heart-warming short story, Emily's Christmas Wish is a delightful festive read exclusive to eBook from Pam Weaver, author of Blue Moon. Emily Farrent should be looking forward to Christmas at home with her parents in London; instead she lies petrified under her bed. Ushered away from a horrendous scene at her family home, Emily is taken to a nearby children's home. Since witnessing an attack on her mother, she hasn't uttered a word, and now the other children are making her life miserable. With her father missing and her mother fighting for her life, Emily's only hope lies in the hands of a woman she's never met . . . Susan Marley faces a bleak Christmas on her own in Worthing. The families she usually spends the holiday with are all busy doing other things this year. She can share some of the joys of the season whilst looking after their children, but this only serves to exacerbate her own loneliness. Will Emily ever be reunited with her family again? Or is she, like Susan, destined to be all alone for Christmas?

Who has ever seen a faded photograph from bygone days without wondering about the people pictured - whom they were, how they lived, what became of them? Which of us has toured a historic building and never once thought, if these walls could talk??Emily Primm has. A thoroughly modern New York girl devoid of such childlike imagination, she sees herself as an adult trapped in a ten-year-old's body. She's never more anxious to slip the bonds of childhood than at Christmas, when all the grownups around her seem to become kids themselves. However, when she's given an unusual gift - a dollhouse that once belonged to a great-great grandmother, Emily's intrigued. She's inexplicably drawn to the heirloom, so much so that she finds herself whisked away to the house's real-life counterpart thirty miles - and more than a hundred years - from home.Emily spends Christmas Eve, 1905 with the real house's residents, the Forrests. She becomes fast friends with young Grace and her little brother Harry, a bookish boy who may hold the key to sending Emily back home. Their bonds strengthen when Emily learns that Grace is the dollhouse's original owner, and realizes that Harry and Grace are not only her friends, but her ancestors. As she shares in the Forrests' old-fashioned traditions, Emily begins to view the holidays, her own family, and her youth in a different light. She longs to go home (even though it means enduring the dreaded family dinner!), and by the time she finds her way back she's happy to return to the childhood she'd almost let slip away.

Emily Parks is a newcomer to the small town of Mountain Grove, Virginia, where she lives with her alcoholic mother, father, and grandmother. When she has a problem at school she learns the townspeople she has met are willing to step in and help her. They give her advice, support, and something she has never received before…love. With their help, Emily begins to plan for the life she wants and a way to escape from the world her parents have created. When Emily’s parents leave her in the middle of the night, she must make some quick decisions. Her unusual solution takes everyone in the village by surprise. Meet the often quirky people of Mountain Grove and join Emily and her friends as they find their way in this confusing and often unfair world.