Finding Christmas (Steeple Hill Women's Fiction #28) [Mass Market Paperback]

Gail Gaymer Martin (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Steeple Hill (October 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373811233
• ISBN-13: 978-0373811236
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,275,639 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Award-winning author, Gail Gaymer Martin writes romantic suspense, romance and women's fiction for Steeple Hill and Barbour Publishing and has over 3 million books in print. Her books have received numerous national awards including: Romantic Times Reviewers Choice for Best Love Inspired 2002 and the American Christian Romance Writers Carol for her romantic suspense, A Love for Safekeeping. Her books have also won two Holt Medallions, two Booksellers Best, National Readers Choice Award,and the Winter Rose Award. Gail's novel The Christmas Kite, a Holt Medallion finalist, was optioned by Greystoke Entertainment for a Hallmark television movie. She was awarded 2009 Heartsong Presents Author of the Year. Gail is a cofounder of American Christian Fictoin Writers and is a popular keynote speaker. She grew up in a Detroit suburb and continues to live in Oakland County. She has a Bachelor and Masters degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Before writing, she was a high school guidance counselor and previously a high school English and public speaking teacher. She also worked as an adjunct instructor of English and public speaking at Davenport University. Gail's web site has been visited by many new writers where she provides numerous articles, workshop logs, and frequently asked questions about writing and getting published. Visit her web site at www.gailmartin.com You can also visit her blog at www.gailmartin.blogspot.com and her WritingFictionRight blog at www.writingright-martin.blogspot.com

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Way to Usher in the Holidays, October 22, 2005

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Pamela Meyers "Writer Woman" (Chicagoland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Finding Christmas (Steeple Hill Women's Fiction #28) (Mass Market Paperback)

If you enjoy romantic suspense Finding Christmas is a great way to start off your holidays or to perhaps make it a stocking stuffer for that person on your list who enjoys this genre! I always enjoy Gail's stories and this one is no exception. The storyline is already very well described in the other reviews so I won't fill the page with a repeat description. I will say as I read the tension mounted and I found myself not wanting to put the book down until I found out exactly what had happened to Joanne's daughter and how it would all turn out. I do agree with another reviewer in that I would have liked to have seen more conflict in the romance element, but that is very minor. There certainly is enough tension in the mystery surrounding the little girl's disappearance and seeing what was going on through the eyes of the antagonist only raises the stakes.

You won't be disappointed with this read!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FINDING CHRISTMAS combines romance, suspense and heart-warming pathos., October 12, 2005

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M.K. Bullock "Mimi" (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Finding Christmas (Steeple Hill Women's Fiction #28) (Mass Market Paperback)

FINDING CHRISTMAS

By Gail Gaymer Martin

Three years ago, Joanna's three-year-old daughter, Mandy, died in the icy waters of a Michigan lake, along with Greg, Joanna's husband-or so she was told. But her daughter's body was never found. Now, Joanna is receiving mysterious phone calls and email messages, reawakening her doubts.
Will the baffling messages give Joanna false hope? Will she have to learn to accept her loss? Or is someone really trying to reunite her with her daughter she thought was dead?
Benjamin, a family friend, aids her in a desperate search to find Mandy during the Christmas season-the season of hope. Will he and Joanna also find romance? An exciting, satisfying read that kept me on the edge of my seat.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Christmas novel that warms that heart all year round, February 6, 2006

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Judy Fedele "Blogger, Lost and Found" (Syracuse, New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Finding Christmas (Steeple Hill Women's Fiction #28) (Mass Market Paperback)

Finding Christmas is all about recovering faith in the most devastating of circumstances. The novel opens with Joanna Fuller, who finds herself at the beginning of the Christmas season with little to celebrate. Three years have passed since the untimely death of her husband and daughter. Unable to come to terms with her loss, Joanna buries herself in her work to bury the pain of the terrible accident that took her family away from her on a cold winters night. With the unexpected arrival of a long-time family friend, Joanna begins to uncover feelings that were lost to her even as she uncovers a sinister web of deceit surrounding her daughter's death. Joanna and her friend Benjamin work to find the truth - that Joanna's daughter, Mandy, is alive. The truth truly sets Joanna free - free to live again, free to love again, free to find her faith again. Finding Christmas is at times a heart-wrenching story of terrible loss - and a heart-warming story of dramatic recovery. This is truly a fantastic novel. It brings home the Christmas season any time of the year. I highly recommend it and look forward to reading more of Gail Gaymer Martin's books.