She’s finally come home, but will she choose to stay?After twelve years spent building her career in Los Angeles, Bailey Boone returns home to Ministry, Alabama, weeks before Christmas with a large cast and crew. She’s desperate for a miracle to save her company’s big budget holiday film that just lost its winter wonderland location. Bailey may have bolted from Ministry before the ink on her … the ink on her diploma dried, but her hometown definitely knows how to throw an unforgettable southern Christmas. Except she forgot about the ghosts of Christmas past she left behind—especially her first love, Seth.
Sheriff Seth McKay never forgot the girl he let go so many years ago. They were soulmates, but he knew Bailey needed more than Ministry could offer. Now she’s back and more stunning and confident than ever. Despite the years, their connection and chemistry still burn bright. Can Seth find his own Christmas miracle and convince Bailey to write her story in Ministry…with him?
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What stood out for me in Susan Sands’ fifth book in the Alabama series, Noel, Alabama, was the underlying poignancy woven throughout the story. I don’t think I can remember a story, in recent memory, ever having such an impact on just how much Seth and Bailey’s second chance at a HEA touched my heart. The vibrancy of this couple’s emotions literally leaped off the page, with their love for each other eclipsing all the other feels intricately laced from opening paragraph, to the Epilogue. Having read all the other books in the series, this one by far is my favorite…it eclipses other stories I’d deemed a favorite by a mile.
This ARC book was complimentary, provided by the Publisher. I am voluntarily providing my honest review.