Patchwork Christmas

by Renee DeMarco

An Heirloom Quilt Heals Tattered Hearts
When a homeless mother and a grounded pilot are most in need of healing,
a treasured patchwork quilt appears to each, offering comfort, hope, and love.
Story 1: Remnants of Faith, Renee DeMarco
Natalie Thorsett and her two daughters, seven and five, are in desperate straits. Natalie's letters to her husband are returned marked "Addressee Unknown." Has Mark abandoned his family?

Story 2: Silver Lining, Colleen L. Reece
Major Gavin Scott, a U.S. Air Force pilot, is badly injured after a plane crash in the Middle East. Can his nurse-practitioner fiancée accept the grounded "white hawk?"

Will Natalie and Gavin’s former teacher’s cherished possession fulfill her dreams concerning her beloved students? Can the couples, with the help of God and an old quilt, piece their lives back together and each find true love as they struggle to make it through a Patchwork Christmas?
Award-winning aunt-and niece team Reece and DeMarco combine their talents into a touching story of those who face adversity. While the story is fictional, the quilt on the cover was made Colleen’s mother, Pearl, more than 50 years ago.

244 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 7, 2015

Reviews

[Rebecca Dauber · Rating 4 out of 5]

A thoroughly enjoyable and uplifting book. I enjoyed both stories equally!

[Bhriv · Rating 5 out of 5]

Patchwork Christmas is a wonderful Christmas themed book by two talented authors. It starts out with a retired teacher updating her will to help her former students who she feels need love in their life...in essence she is trying to match-make. One student, Natalie, and the other, Gavin. The story winds through the life of each of these students to come to the point where they hear from the lawyer that they have both been named in her will. The winding through of their lives show how faith, endurance, love and God have made a difference in both of their lives. I definitely recommend this book!
I was given this book in exchange for my honest review.

[Ang Langford · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I love both of these stories, my favourite has to be 'Remnants of Faith'. My heart goes out to Natalie every time I read it (which is regularly!), and having been saved by my giant yellow dog more than once I feel like the author must have known what they were about when she inserted that twist to the story! Having said I liked it so much that's not to say I don't like 'Silver Lining' - being an army brat when I was young stories like this always tug at my heartstrings. Christa and Susan are lovely characters and Ben provides such a lighthearted aspect to every conversation he features in.

[Joyful · Rating 5 out of 5]

Patchwork Christmas is a Christmas themed book by two authors. A retired teacher updates her will to help two of her former students, who didn't meet in school, to find each other and love in their lives. The story shows how faith in God, love, and endurance can make difference in lives. I was given this book in exchange for my honest review.