There’s a legend in Twilight, Texas. If you sleep with a kismet cookie under your pillow on Christmas Eve, you will dream of your one true love.She saw him in her dreams . . .It’s impossible! Naomi Luther was standing face-to-face with the man she’d dreamed about over a year ago. Was it the magic of kismet Christmas cookies that brought him to her? Or is there an even greater force at work? All … an even greater force at work? All Naomi knows is she is falling, hard and fast, for the one man all good sense says she should not have.
She was his buddy’s sister . . .
Rebellious Mark Shepherd found order in the Marines but chaos on the battlefield. In a mission gone wrong, Mark is injured and one of his fellow soldiers loses his life. Haunted by guilt, he arrives in Twilight to keep a solemn promise. But when the Luthers mistake him for their handyman, he’s swept up in playing Santa to his buddy’s orphan son . . . and falling hard for Naomi’s irresistible bright spirit and sweet, sexy smile. But what will happen when she learns the truth?
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THE CHRISTMAS KEY is a wonderful book that gets you into the holiday spirit. It’s a heartwarming tale about love and forgiveness. And once you start reading, you won’t be able to put it down until you know how it all ends for Naomi and Mark. This book is the prefect holiday read.
It was witty and fun!
Loved the book! Empathized and admired main characters: H battling PTSD, limping, and adjusting to leaving Marines, h taking care of everyone but herself. (Plus a therapist who serves as a magical godfather.) Great read!
I love all her books. can’t wait for the next ine
5 Stars for “The Christmas Key” ARC Review
This return to Twilight, Texas did not disappoint. I was immediately drawn to Mark Shepherd and Naomi Luther. They both had issues to overcome and were destined for each other from the beginning. I could not put this book down because I had to know how the events unfolded. I was not disappointed.
I highly recommend this Christmas story to all. I love when romance books have more than a wonderful love story and this definitely fits the bill.
The Christmas Key (A Twilight, Texas Novel) by Lori Wilde is the story of Naomi Luther and Mark Sheperd. Naomi and Mark both dreamed of each other after having but a kismet cookie under their pillow last Christmas Eve. Bit, Mark come to Twilight with a secret that could derail his and Naomi budding romance before it even gets off the ground. Naomi has always been “the good girl” the preacher daughter who is juggling more balls and heartache then one person should have to. She is in the process of adopting her late brother son. Mark entered the Marine to get away and find order in his life that has been missing all his growing up years. Dealing with more guilt then one person can hope to carry and survive, Mark comes to Twilight to relieve a “key” to is buddy’s family. Who just happen to be Naomi and her parents. But, what Naomi and Mark don’t realize is that there are people behind the scenes trying to help them find their way. Can Mark learn to forgive himself and move on from his past to find the happiness he so richly deserved? Can Naomi let go of all the pain she been carting around and finally realize that she doesn’t have to be everything to everybody. If this is your first visit to Twilight, Texas it won’t be your last. If you have been here before then you know this town and the people in it keep calling you back. Lori Wilde delieve another highly emotional book, one that will keep you turning the pages to the end.
This was another amazing book by Lori Wilde. She truly has the gift to pull readers into her stories and not let go until the very last page.
This is a truly captivating story about faith, forgiveness and fate. In this book you return back to the town of Twilight where one Christmas Key could change the fate of Mark Shepard and Naomi Luther’s lives forever.
Christmas magic is awesome to behold and what is better than love and cookies. The Marines a noble service to behold. The sadness and disappointment in the previous year can be mended by kismet indeed!
I love it. and plan to re read it over and over again
The Christmas Key by Lori Wilde left me speechless. With that said, I’m going to do my best to put into words how impactful this Twilight, Texas novel is. How incredibly perfect Lori Wilde made the characters of Mark Shepherd and Naomi Luther. How my heart was pulled in directions that I didn’t even know existed. The Christmas Key is truly a story that will impact you in unimaginable ways.
It had been a year since Mark Shepherd, a United States Marine, returned home from the battlefield suffering from PTSD and nursing a bummed knee. While there, he lost a fellow soldier leaving Mark laden with guilt for his death. The young Clayton Luther was under his watch, his responsibility. A heavy burden for anyone to bear for an entire year. Mark bonded with Clayton that fateful Christmas Eve when the young man gave him a kismet cookie sent from his hometown to lay under his pillow with promises of it revealing his one true love. HA! Like Mark believed that hoopla! But sleep with the kismet cookie under his pillow he did and boy did he have the most vivid dream of the most gorgeous woman he’d ever seen. Wishful thinking? Maybe. Soulmate? Not likely.
Now, on a personal mission from Clayton himself, Mark sets off to the small town of Twilight, Texas to deliver a mysterious white skeleton Christmas key to the Luthers. What the key meant to the family was beyond Mark’s knowledge, but he was a man of his word and owed this mission to Clayton and his family. His first day in Twilight was life altering to say the least when a bubbly and beautiful woman mistakenly climbed into his Jeep. This woman, his mystery angel, his butterfly, was the same one he dreamt about that Christmas Eve when he slept with a silly cookie under his pillow. He’d found her. Mind. Blown!
Naomi Luther had had a tough year since her younger brother died. You never would have known just how hard because her winning smile was ready to be pasted on at every second of every day. With her thriving personal shopping business, the adoption of her orphaned nephew, and the responsibility of looking after her parents, she was determined to make things as perfect as possible. This was their first Christmas without her brother, Hunter’s dad, and her parent’s son. Her hopes of ever finding that dream boat soulmate she dreamt about last Christmas Eve would have to wait – stupid kismet Christmas cookies. It was a legend anyways, right? Wrong! As soon as she realized her mistake of climbing into the wrong vehicle with a tall and handsome stranger, she knew. She knew he was the dark-haired man she dreamt about last Christmas Eve, when she’d slept with a kismet cookie under her pillow. Sweet Holy Mother of baby Jesus…
Mark’s mistaken identity as the new church handyman buys him the time he needs to heal, mourn, and grow from a broken soldier to a man worthy of love. There are so many moments in this novel in which Lori Wilde brought the feels and emotions to the surface, transporting my heart in the moment, every step of the way with Mark and Naomi. The Christmas Key is as wonderful as its magical kismet cookies, dreams of hope, forgiveness, and happily-ever-afters. ENJOY!
This book grips you from page one with an emotional gut punch and never lets go. The story of a wounded, guilt-torn soldier who must deliver a Christmas key to his deceased fellow marine’s family and ends up being drawn into the family and falling for his courageous, determined sister and his sweet three-year-old son, finding the love, mercy, and forgiveness he needs. Complex, loveable characters, an off-the-charts romance, and plenty of Christmas magic! Unputdownable. Highly recommend.