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Summary: Heart touching
Review: Two events changed two families' lifelong friendship years ago. When Sandy MacDowell borrowed Mary Sutton's tea service, loaned it to someone, and it was then stolen, their families became enemies. Despite this, Noel MacDowell and Thomas Sutton managed to fall in love and plan to marry. However, a misunderstanding shattered this relationship and the two parted, not to see one another for ten years.When Noelle comes home to be part of her sister's wedding, it is inevitable that Thomas is one of the first people she sees, and keeps on seeing. At first, both pretend that their love turned into hate, but before long, they realize it did not and try to be just friends, though secretly. Their mothers still hate each other; however, they are being forced to work together on their club's annual Christmas basket project. In an effort to mend the feud, Thomas and Noelle begin a search for a duplicate tea service, and in the process find that friendship is not all they feel. As Christmas draws nearer, can two miracles occur and two sets of hearts be healed? ... With trademark humor and warmth, Debbie Macomber spins a tale sure to touch your heart. Both storylines are endearing and captivating, as you can always expect with this writer. Her characters, as always, are easy to relate to, as if you already knew them, or someone just like them. This is perfect reading with a cup of warm cocoa, even in the deep south where it might be iced hot chocolate instead.
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Summary: A light-hearted treat for the holiday season...or anytime!
Review: What a delightful story! The plot has been described beautifully already by Amazon and fellow reviewers, so I won't take the time mention characters or events. What I will say is that this story is full of reunited high school sweethearts, feuding mothers, fun family members, neighbors and, eventually, forgiveness, romance and a happy ending - Would you expect anything else from a Christmas story?!?
I highly recommend this book. This was my first experience with a Debbie Macomber book and I thoroughly enjoyed her writing style and the fact that she set the book in Oregon, my home state. It's a beautiful tale that you can read quickly and is guaranteed to leave you with a smile. :)
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