“A wonderful story of redemption and restoration that will warm your heart during the Christmas season—or any time of year!”—Francine Rivers, best-selling author of Redeeming LoveWrapped in a cloud of steam, the engine rolled to a stop, the screech of metal against metal filling the frosty air. Snow blew across the railway platform and around Meg’s calfskin walking boots. The weather definitely … walking boots. The weather definitely was not improving.
She ordered tea with milk and sugar, eying the currant buns and sweet mincemeat tarts displayed beneath a bell jar.
Later, perhaps, when her appetite returned. At the moment her stomach was twisted into a knot.
“Anything else for you?” the cashier asked as she handed over the tea, steaming and fragrant.
Meg was surprised to find her fingers trembling when she lifted the cup. “All I want is a safe journey home.”
“On a day like this?” the round-faced woman exclaimed. “None but the Almighty can promise you that, lass.”
“A Wreath of Snow glows with warmth, charm, and grace. A wonderful read.”
—BJ HOFF, author of The Riverhaven Years series
Christmas Eve 1894
All Margaret Campbell wants for Christmas is a safe journey home. When her plans for a festive holiday with her family in Stirling crumble beneath the weight of her brother’s bitterness, the young schoolteacher wants nothing more than to return to the students she loves and the town house she calls home.
Then an unexpected detour places her in the path of Gordon Shaw, a handsome newspaperman from Glasgow, who struggles under a burden of remorse and shame.
When the secret of their shared history is revealed, will it leave them tangled in a knot of regret? Or might their past hold the threads that will bind their future together?
As warm as a woolen scarf on a cold winter’s eve, A Wreath of Snow is a tender story of love and forgiveness, wrapped in a celebration of all things Scottish, all things Victorian, and, especially, all things Christmas.
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Simple easy read
It depends what the reader is looking for,since we are approaching Christmas I wanted an inspirational story. On the positive side, the author has researched well aVictorian Christmas in Scotland. This is a Christian romance and the author introduces biblical quotes to support the characters struggle with guilt, shame as well as forgiveness and divine mercy. It was also a pleasure to read a book that does not use profanity and vulgarity. Now on the downside, I found the plot very very slow and at times dense. I kept reading it until the end with effort. However , to be open minded the plot occurring in a different culture and time in history may have affected the cadency and movement of human interactions . Maybe that is why I found the rigidity and magic solutions so boring . The characters even when taking the above into consideration were not that we’ll developed and the ending was not believable even for that time period. If readers are looking to relax and get into the Christmas spirit. I recommend it. Very light reading
A nice Christmas story.
Such a wonderful read! Liz Curtis Higgs never lets me down. One of my favorite authors.
This historical romance is set in Stirling, Scotland, during Christmas of 1894.
Meg Campbell should never have come home for Christmas. She had missed her parents, but her brother, Alan, always managed to poison her visits with his bitter remarks. On Christmas Eve, she couldn’t leave Stirling quickly enough.
Gordon Shaw’s business in Stirling had been accomplished without anyone recognizing him as the one who’d caused an accident a dozen years ago that crippled a boy, Alan Campbell. Gordon couldn’t leave Stirling quickly enough.
A chance meeting on a train might have ended there—except for the falling snow that created its own problems.
I loved this multi-layered story with relatable, wounded characters. Higgs reaches deep to touch their hearts and, in doing so, touches the hearts of readers.
Well-written. Moving. This one will stay with you.
A Wreath Of Snow Is an engaging story. How so? Well I’m glad you asked. It takes you to a time when hearth and truth and CHRIST was looked on as dignified and right – can you imagine? – being right by loving your SAVIOR. What a grand idea. Ms. Higgs really knows how to bring you back in time and truly make you feel like you’re there when you hear a phone go off while reading – for a second you’d be discombobulated – I was – to funny – you will be transformed and transfixed and be glad you did. I received a copy of this book from the Publisher and Netgalley; all of the opinions expressed in this review are all my own.
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