Title: A Family for Christmas
First published: 2004
Description: The Gift of Family by Irene Brand

Newly engaged Wendy Kenworth and Evan Kessler’s relationship is tested when Evan must leave college to manage the family farm. City-girl Wendy can’t understand her fiancé’s sudden need to work the land, but getting stranded at the Kesslers’ for Christmas gives Wendy cause for reflection. Can Evan’s strong faith inspire her to accept the gift of family?

Child in a Manger by Dana Corbit

Finding an infant in the church nativity scene was a Christmas surprise for Allison Hensley! The social worker took the baby when no foster family could be found. But working with cynical detective Brock Chandler to find the unknown parents awakened unexpected feelings. Could this child be heaven-sent to make a family of Allison and Brock?
Subjects: Christmas stories, Romance, Love Inspired, Farm, Abandoned Child, Social Worker, Detective, Christian Romance, Fiction, religious, Fiction, romance, general
LC classification: CPB Box no. 2331 vol. 20