A Mother for Christmas

A sweet Christmas story. Decker is buying a house from an older woman who is going into a nursing home. Before she will sell it though, she wants it fixed up and be able to have one last Christmas Eve in her home. Decker and his daughter Sophie stay there to do that, but Decker hires Annaleise to help him decorate the house. He is very protective of his daughter and doesn't really want her getting too close, but she had her child stolen from her and put up for adoption so she is very taken in by Sophie's intelligence and curiosity. As sparks begin to fly between her and Decker, a lot of things come to the forefront.

This story has a lot of beautiful descriptions of the house and the lead up to Christmas. The characters are engaging, particularly Sophie who is very precocious. It's a bit predictable, but as a Christmas story it's terrific and really gets you in the holiday mood.