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Christmas on Nutcracker Court

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This Christmas, come home to Fairbrook, the setting for Judy Duarte's uplifting, heartwarming novels, where friendship, faith, and some extra-special providence will make it a holiday to remember.

Fairbrook is a town tailor-made for Christmas, with beautiful old houses dotting quaintly named streets like Sugar Plum Lane and Nutcracker Court. But not everyone is eager for the holidays to arrive. Cash-strapped single mom Carly Westbrook worries about providing a merry Christmas for her boys. It doesn't help that they've been having run-ins with neighbor Max Tolliver, an aspiring novelist stricken with writer's block. Then there's Grant Barrows, a formerly wealthy businessman whose heart seems to have shrunk along with his bank balance.

Some folks are still determined to make the season sparkle—like the Diamond Lils, a ladies' group that meets weekly to play poker and socialize. This year, they're looking to do some good deeds—and wealthy widow Lynette thinks that a little matchmaking between Grant and Carly would be a perfect place to start.

Yet Christmas is a season for surprises. And sometimes, the gifts we never expected turn out to be the most precious of all.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 8, 2011
      In Duarte’s fourth novel set in the fictional town of Fairbrook (after The House on Sugar Plum Lane), struggling single mother Carly Westbrook wants to provide a merry Christmas for her preteen sons, Josh and Mikey. The boys, who are often left to fend for themselves, meet aspiring writer Max Tolliver, their neighbor and the owner of Hemingway, a free-spirited dog that constantly escapes from Max’s yard to play with the boys. When Max accuses the boys of setting his dog free, he comes face-to-face with Carly, and, predictably, they instantly connect. Meanwhile, the Diamond Lils, a ladies’ social group, decide to do some good deeds for the holidays, and a mysterious stranger hanging around the Court inspires everyone to believe in Christmas miracles. The sympathetic Carly, an engaging, hardworking, devoted mother, has an unshakeable faith in God, a cornerstone of Duarte’s novels. While certain predictable elements distract (e.g., the stranger isn’t as mysterious as she could be), this is a solid Christmas read, firmly in the spirit of the holiday without being overly saccharine.

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