A Seagrove Christmas

Description for A SEAGROVE CHRISTMAS by Rachel Hanna:

A first Christmas as a brand-new family. A skittish stranger at the inn. A holiday secret no one in Seagrove sees coming.

Julie has waited a long time for this Christmas. She and Dawson are finally married. Their nine-year-old son Dylan has officially been theirs since the spring. The Inn at Seagrove is wrapped in twinkle lights, twenty-five wreaths are lined up for the town festival, and the boat parade is about to come gliding down the marsh.

Then Tina Hobbs walks into the bookstore in a coat too thin for December, with a story that doesn't quite add up. She says she's in town to visit extended family. She says she's staying at the rundown motel out by the highway. Julie, who has never been able to turn away a stranger at Christmas, insists Tina take a room at the Inn instead. Free of charge. As long as she needs.

But Tina watches Dylan a little too closely. Asks questions a little too carefully. And the longer she stays, the more Julie can't shake the feeling that this quiet woman has come to Seagrove for a reason.

Across town, SuAnn's bakery is being haunted by a man who looks an awful lot like Santa Claus, and he isn't there for the cinnamon rolls. Meg is barely keeping motherhood, college, and a long-distance romance afloat. Colleen and Tucker are about to be handed the opportunity of a lifetime, if they're brave enough to grab it. And Dixie's stepdaughter is finally arriving from California with forty years of unspoken resentment tucked into her suitcase.

Every woman on Seagrove Island is going to walk into this holiday season with one set of plans and walk out of it with a brand-new life.

This is #6 in South Carolina Sunsets Series.