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description: Hannah Morrison already had a Christmas romance. She and her beloved Davey eloped on Christmas Eve and had four and a half wonderful years together before an untimely accident claimed his life. Now facing life as a widow and unable to make ends meet for herself and her young daughter, Hannah considers the unthinkable—marriage to a man she’s never even met, a man on the other side of the country in a place completely unlike her lifelong home of New York City.  As mayor of a small town in New Mexico, Marsh Ollender feels it is time for him to find a wife to help with his community duties—but also to fill the ache of loneliness in his heart. Single women are in short supply in Navarre, and the one he thought was right for him flat out rejected his heritage. He quickly comes to anticipate the long, heartfelt letters from the widowed governess and is thrilled when she accepts his invitation to come west and get to know each other in person.  But Marsh didn’t count on his injured and sometimes difficult mother coming to live with him a few weeks before Hannah’s arrival. And Hannah wasn’t prepared for how traumatic this transition would be for her young daughter Rachel who wants nothing to do with the idea of a new papa. Meanwhile, the Navarre townsfolk are full of curiosity and expectations, placing even more strain on the fragile new life Marsh and Hannah are trying to build together.  When a Christmas project for little Rachel draws them together, Marsh’s patience is rewarded as Hannah begins to find her heart opening to him. Just as she is hoping that he will indeed make her his wife, a sudden mishap threatens to tear them apart forever.  Among her prized possessions from home, Hannah brought her box of Christmas ornaments and the beautiful glass star tree topper, treasures from her own childhood and her deceased parents. What will Christmas be like in the West, far from everyone and everything she has ever known? With all her bittersweet Christmas memories, can it ever be a day of joy for her again? Is it too much to hope that Christmas could once again be the season that she finds true love?
title: A Frontier Christmas