Season for Miracles

It's not Christmas for me until I've read the story "A Season for Miracles." It's uplifting and Christmas-y without being syrupy or overwrought. While I always enjoy Ms. Pappano's books, the Bethlehem stories are my favorites. If you haven't read this, don't spend time watching "A Wonderful Life" for the umpteenth time--reach for this book!

A great book to read!!! A very touching story, lovable characters- everything about it is just perfect.

This is one of the most beautiful stories I've read. Miss Pappano touches the heart of readers with her characters who are struggling to stay alive and against an unfair social system. This is a must read if you want to feel good.

For the past year, Atlanta resident Emilie Dalton has lived in the Boston area to take care of her two nieces and nephew while their flighty and druggie mother, her sister Berry, failed to properly care for them. However, Emilie was unable to make things better and the court ordered the children be placed in foster homes. Emilie decides to flee with the three children to Atlanta to start over. Eventually, the foursome land in the small town of Bethlehem, New York with no place to stay, little money and a snow storm hitting the area. The waitress at a local diner suggests that they move into a nearby temporally vacant home. Desperate, Emilie heeds the advice of the waitress and move into the vacant home. The next day, the weary travelers are welcomed by several of the townsfolk, who assume that Emilie is the previously unseen niece of the former owner of the house. Emilie quickly falls for the magical allure of the town and its people, and cannot resist giving her three children one last Christmas before they go back on the lam. Local police officer Nathan Bishop loves the way Emilie takes care of the three kids and soon falls in love with her. She returns his feelings, but knows deep inside her soul that when the truth surfaces, she will lose him unless a miracle occurs. SEASON FOR MIRACLES is a wonderful romantic tale that will remind readers of such classics as THE GIFT OF THE MAGI and ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE. The lead protagonists are a beautiful pair and the support cast is as magical as any to grace a book during this holiday season. The story line is the typical moving tale that the great Marilyn Pappano constantly gifts her fans with , making the novel a truly magical Christmas present. Harriet Klausner