num_pages: 288
description: Continuing in a festive annual tradition #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber returns with a new original holiday novel full of romance and cheerand the magical prospect of finding love in the most unexpected places. Friendly and bubbly Julia Padden likes nearly everyone but her standoffish neighbor Cain Maddox presents a particular challenge. No matter how hard shes tried to be nice Cain rudely rebuffs her at every turn preferring to keep to himself. But when Julia catches Cain stealing her newspaper from the lobby of their apartment building thats the last straw. Shes going to break through Cains Scrooge-like exterior the only way she knows how: by killing him with kindness. To track her progress Julia starts a blog called The Twelve Days of Christmas. Her first attempts to humanize Cain are far from successful. Julia brings him homemade Christmas treats and the disagreeable grinch wont even accept them. Meanwhile Julies blog becomes an online sensation as an astonishing number of people start following her adventures. Julia continues to find ways to express kindness and little by little chips away at Cains gruff faade to reveal the caring man underneath. Unbelievably Julia feels herself falling for Cainand she suspects that he may be falling for her as well. But as the popularity of her blog continues to grow Julia must decide if telling Cain the truth about having chronicled their relationship to the rest of the world is worth risking their chance at love.
language: English
title: Twelve Days of Christmas
publisher: Ballantine Books