Review: Perfect break from the holiday chaos
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 11, 2012
I count on Linda Goodnight and Mary Coneally to provide me with tales that warm my soul and take me away from my daily challenges.  The Outlaw's Gift, by Linda Goodnight, is like a Christmas carol that tugs at the heartstrings, full of warmth but also causing a tear to fall. The story of a drifter who comes to the aid of a woman at the end of her rope is also a great reminder of how love, both God's and mankind's, can conquer loneliness during the holidays. With her trademark "wry eye," Mary Connealy's The Christmas Candle delivers a tale taking the reader smack dab into a time when Christmas was not about commercialism. As I read the story, I was reminded of opening a Christmas stocking, such fun to savor the story about a rose grower who changes the lives of a widower and his two boys. If you are overwhelmed by the Christmas chaos, pick up these historical novellas and feel your body relax and your soul lighten.