Christmas Homecoming: The Heart of a Stranger/A Place to Call Home/Christmas Legacy

by Pamela Griffin, Kathleen Fuller, Pamela Griffin

This anthology contains three original historical novellas set in the late 1800s, each revolving around the discovery of love at Christmastime and a significant Christmas homecoming.

"A Place to Call Home: " The daughter of wealthy high-society parents falls in love with an Irish immigrant while helping the needy in Boston.

"The Heart of a Stranger: " Childhood sweethearts are reunited in the New Mexico Territory.

"Christmas Legacy: " A widow returns to her childhood home in Minnesota to sell her late grandmother's farm, only to find that widower Ben Akers has been named co-owner of the farm in her grandmother's will.

Genres: Christmas, Romance, Christian Fiction

371 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2003

About the author

Pamela Griffin lives in Texas with her family. She fully gave her life to Christ in 1988 after a rebellious young adulthood and owes the fact that she’s still alive today to an all-loving and forgiving God and to a mother who steadfastly prayed and had faith that God could bring her wayward daughter “home.” Pamela’s main goal in writing Christian romance is to help and encourage those who do know the Lord and to plant a seed of hope in those who don’t.

Reviews

[Nikki · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this book. The first story in this book wasn't nearly as good as I had hoped for but I kept reading anyway and I was happy with the ending. The other two stories in the book were amazing. I loved every second of them and I wished they had been longer instead of being novellas. There was so many more details and so much more information that could have been added to the stories to make them even better. Overall this book was great though and I would recommend it to anyone that loves good Christian romance books for any time of the year because the Christmas theme was not nearly as pronounced as the title makes it seem like it should be.

[Rivkah · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was good "literary sherbet." If you need a break from heavy reading this is a good book. The romance stories and sweet and predictable, and a nice relaxing Christmas read. The stories are novellas so they're pretty short and not a long consuming read.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I went into the library, asked for a book about Christmas, and this was what they gave me. It is a romance, and consists of 3 short stories (around 100-150 pages) set back in the late 1800's. These aren't the type of stories I would usually read, and I surprisingly really enjoyed this book! It was a nice, easy, quick read that didn't really seem to drag on at all. There is no swearing, sex, or violence- just a few sweet, uplifting stories about 2 people who find eachother. I would recommend it to anyone!

[Rose]

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[Carrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three Novella's in this book. Very easy to read. Good for Christmas time.

[Connie · Rating 3 out of 5]

These three stories were pretty predictable, but good for easy, seasonal reading.

[Eva · Rating 3 out of 5]

Consists of 3 novellas...easy reads, quite predictable, Christian based and quite mild. Nice for a change. Romance at its purist.