A Texas Legacy Christmas (Texas Legacy Series #4) [Paperback]

DiAnn Mills (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2007

Zack Kahler heads back to Texas with a homeless eight-year-old pickpocket named Curly in tow. But soon Zack finds his hands full as he tries to run a newspaper, recover from a lost love, and keep his unruly charge out of trouble. Boardinghouse worker and life-long outcast Alice Hawkins has had her fair share of hurt and rejection. When Zack and Curly show up on her doorstep, more than one wounded heart is stirred with love. But soon a life-threatening illness and misunderstanding threaten to destroy all their hopes. Can the love of Christmas present a miracle to heal these Texan hearts?

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

The captivating Kahlerville chronicles continue... Snuggle down between the covers of A Texas Christmas Legacy, where the miracle of love and life awaits you on every page.

From the Author

DiAnn Mills lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and is the mother of four grown sons. The award-winning author of fifteen books and nine novellas also writes nonfiction articles and devotions. DiAnn believes her readers should "expect an adventure" when they read her books.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc (September 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1597898228
• ISBN-13: 978-1597898225
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,030,520 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Award-winning author DiAnn Mills is a fiction writer who combines an adventuresome spirit with unforgettable characters to create action-packed novels. DiAnn's first book was published in 1998. She currently has more than fifty books in print, which have sold more than a million and a half copies.

Her titles have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists and have won placements through the American Christian Fiction Writer's Book of the Year Awards from 2003 to 2008. DiAnn was also a Carol Award finalist in 2010 & 2011. She received the Inspirational Reader's Choice award in 2005, 2007, and 2010, and was a Christy Award finalist in 2008 and a RITA Award finalist in 2010. In 2010, DiAnn won the Christy Award for Breach of Trust and in 2011 she won the Christy Award for Sworn to Protect, the first and second books in her Call of Duty series.

DiAnn is a founding board member for American Christian Fiction Writers and a member of Inspirational Writers Alive; Romance Writers of America's Faith, Hope and Love chapter; and the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association. She speaks to various groups and teaches writing workshops around the country. DiAnn is also the Craftsman mentor for the Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild.

She and her husband live in sunny Houston, Texas.


Awards
2011 Christy Award Winner - Sworn to Protect
2011 Carol Award Finalist - Pursuit of Justice
2011 Daphne Du Maurier Award for Excellence Finalist - Pursuit of Justice
2011 Golden Quill Award Finalist - A Woman Called Sage
2011 Award of Excellence Finalist - Pursuit of Justice
2010 Christy Award Winner - Breach of Trust
2010 Inspirational Reader's Choice Winner - Breach of Trust
2010 RITA Finalist - Breach of Trust
2010 Carol Award Finalist - Breach of Trust
2008 Christy Award Finalist - Lightning and Lace
2005 Inspirational Reader's Choice Winner - Footsteps
2005 Inspirational Reader's Choice Winner - Novella At the End of the Bayou from Hidden Motives

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hoping for a Christmas Miracle, October 3, 2007

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

This review is from: A Texas Legacy Christmas (Texas Legacy Series #4) (Paperback)

DiAnn Mills' A TEXAS LEGACY CHRISTMAS
Reviewed by Marion Kelley Bullock

Zack Kahler is ready to leave New York and return to his hometown, Kahlerville, Texas, where he has bought the local newspaper. He slips on the ice, and six-year-old twin waifs swoop down and help him up. In the process, they relieve him of his wallet. He goes to the orphanage where they live, to leave money for their care, and ends up adopting them.

So Zack, along with Curly and his sister, Charley, arrive in Kahlerville by rail. They settle in the local boarding house, where Zack stays busy taking over the newspaper and keeping the twins out of trouble. Zack renews his friendship with Chloe Weaver, who works at the boarding house. Back in their school days, when she often had no food, Zack brought her a sandwich for lunch every day. This she remembers, as well as her feelings for him. She has loved him ever since.

The children are endearing and they interact with Zack and Chloe, as well as others, including Mrs. Scott, schoolteacher, and Simeon, the cook. The owner of the boarding house plies Chloe with unwanted attention, and she begins to wonder if romance with him is all she can expect. But she hopes for the love of her heart.

A Christmas miracle is what they all need. And that's what this story is all about.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Texas Legacy Christmas, November 2, 2007

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Town Of Lexingtonsherri Burgess - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Texas Legacy Christmas (Texas Legacy Series #4) (Paperback)

This book ties in well with the other series. I have really enjoyed reading this title.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Texas Legacy, March 19, 2011

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M. Palmer "Michelle P." (Arkansas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Texas Legacy Christmas (Texas Legacy Series #4) (Paperback)

WARNING - SPOILERS BELOW!!!

This was an excellent book! It was really hard for me to get into it because the thought of a man like Zack adopting a little boy and girl from the streets of New York really didn't ring as something that would have really happened, but by the end of the story, I was absolutely happy with the way everything turned out! Of course, without reading the book we knew they live happily ever after - the always do, but letting the twins propose to her was simply DARLING!!!

I'm keeping this book, because like my "Love Comes Softly" books, I'm sure I'll want to read it again. Next time, I'll have more appreciation for the story! And I didn't realize this was the forth in a series, so now I must go back and read the first three. I hope it tells the story of Zack and the tornado!!!